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M. Murphy is a feminist, anti-colonial technoscience studies and environmental justice scholar. She co-directs the Technoscience Research Unit and leads the Indigenous Environmental Data Justice lab in collaboration with Vanessa Gray, focusing on the intersections of pollution and colonialism in Ontario’s Chemical Valley. She is the social science principal investigator for the CFREF funded Acceleration Consortium, which explores automated forms of substance discovery and the research of ethical governance related to chemicals. Murphy is the author of several influential works, including Economization of Life (2017) and Seizing the Means of Reproduction (2012). Her current research interests include anticolonial conceptualizations of chemicals and the implications of industrially produced chemicals on future life. Murphy's academic contributions highlight the importance of community-based research and Indigenous approaches in addressing environmental challenges.
University of Toronto • Toronto, ON
Professor in the School of the Environment, focused on environmental justice issues and community-based research.
Department of Sociology