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Research Focus
Professor Thérèse Murphy's work focuses on human rights law and practice. She is particularly interested in health and human rights, including the right to science and the relationship between new technologies and human rights.
From 2022-2024, Thérèse is the Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Chair in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Conjoint Professor at the Faculty of Law at Lund University.
Interests
Thérèse welcomes expressions of interest from prospective PhD students who want to conduct original work on: (1) health and human rights; or (2) science, technology and human rights. She is also keen to hear from those who want to work on other topics within the human rights field, or on health law and ethics.
Thérèse has particular expertise as a mentor to postdoctoral research fellows. As part of the Health & Human Rights Unit, which she established at Queen's Belfast, she has mentored early-career researchers funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the UK's Economic and Social Research Council, and the European Commission's Marie Sklodowska-Curie scheme.
Teaching
Thérèse holds a UK university prize for teaching, the Lord Dearing Award for Teaching & Learning.
She has wide-ranging expertise in the design and delivery of undergraduate law modules, including more than 20 years' experience leading courses for beginning law students. On the postgraduate side, Thérèse led the team that introduced Gender, Sexuality & Human Rights, the first such option on a Taught Master's programme in the UK.
Working with UNESCO and the 100-university Global Campus of Human Rights, Thérèse co-designed the first-ever Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on science and human rights.
Achievements
Thérèse is chairperson of the European Master's in Human Rights & Democratisation, an interdisciplinary postgraduate programme sponsored by the European Commission. In addition, she sits on the governing body of the Global Campus of Human Rights, a network of universities across seven world regions, educating the next generation of human rights professionals.
She is co-founding editor of GC Human Rights Preparedness, co-editor of Hart Publishing's book series on Law and Health, and a longstanding member of the editorial board of Oxford University Press' Human Rights Law Review. For a number of years, she acted as an advisor to the British Council.
Thérèse is a member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, which provides independent advice to the European Commission. She is also a member of Ireland's National Research Ethics Committee for Medical Devices, Northern Ireland's Health & Social Care Regional Clinical Ethics Forum, and the Life and Medical Sciences Committee of the Royal Irish Academy. From 2019-2022, she was a member of the Moral & Ethical Advisory Group of the Department of Health and Social Care in London.
At Queen's Belfast, Thérèse is the university's co-director of the Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership sponsored by the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council. Previously, she led the law and society pathway that is part of the ESRC NINE Doctoral Training Partnership.
Awards for Thérèse's work have come from a range of sources. She has been a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Law School, a Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Monash University, a Visiting Research Professor at the Law & Innovation Group at Newcastle University, and both a Jean Monnet Fellow and a Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow at the European University Institute in Italy. She has also won awards from two of the UK's research councils and the Canadian High Commission.
Thérèse's books include Civil Liberties Law: The Human Rights Act Era; New Technologies and Human Rights; and European Law and New Health Technologies. Her book Health and Human Rights marked 10 years of the Hart/Bloomsbury series on Human Rights Law in Perspective.
Particulars
Thérèse studied law at University College Dublin and Cambridge University, and became a member of King's Inns, Dublin where she was admitted to the Bar.
Prior to joining Queen's Belfast, she was professor of law and co-founder of the Economic & Social Rights Unit within the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Parsing human rights, promoting health equity: reflections on Colombia's response to Venezuelan migration
Angeleri, S. & Murphy, T., 01 May 2023, In: Medical Law Review. 31, 2, p. 187-204 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Values in challenging times: strategic crisis management in the EU
Prainsack, B., do Céu Patrão Neves, M., Sahlin, N. E., Biller-Andorno, N., Laukyte, M., Łuków, P., Nys, H., van den Hoven, J., Mallia, P., Molnár-Gábor, F., Murphy, T., Palazzani, L., Sharon, T., Veselska, R. & Vidalis, T., Jan 2023, In: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 24, 2 p., 100553.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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The Covidisation of Ethics and Law: A short article for GC Human Rights Preparedness, written as part of a special section co-edited with Veronica Gomez, University of San Martin, Argentina
Murphy, T., 15 Mar 2021Research output: Other contribution
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COVID-19: Explaining the Legal and Ethical Dimensions and Providing Professional and Public Guidance
Coggon, J., Dove, E., Farrell, A-M., Frowde, R., Harrington, J., Murphy, T., Thomas, E., Treanor, L. & Venter, B., Jul 2020Research output: Other contribution
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The Birth and Development of Human Rights for Health
Mason Meier, B., Murphy, T. & Gostin, L. O., 2020, Foundations of Global Health and Human Rights. Gostin, L. O. & Meier, B. M. (eds.). Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Prizes
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Arts and Humanities Research Council Fellowship
Murphy, Thérèse (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Canadian High Commission Award, University of Toronto Research Visit
Murphy, Thérèse (Recipient), 1995
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Economic and Social Research Council Award for European Law and New Health Technologies
Murphy, Thérèse (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship, European University Institute, Italy
Murphy, Thérèse (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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Seminar--Ethics, Law, Human Rights and ARTs, part of the cluster on bioethics and human rights within the European Master's in Human Rights & Democratisation, Venice, Italy
Thérèse Murphy (Lecturer)
18 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Invited participant--30th National Ethics Councils Forum, Prague, Czech Republic
Thérèse Murphy (Participant)
08 Nov 2022 → 09 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Member--UKRI Talent Peer Review College (External organisation)
Thérèse Murphy (Member)
17 Oct 2022 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Inaugural lecture--Human Rights Literacy, delivered as part of the Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Chair on the Future of Human Rights 2022-2024
Thérèse Murphy (Keynote speaker)
12 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Lecture--A History of Human Rights Through Objects: What object would you select?, part of Introduction Week on the European Master's in Human Rights & Democratisation, Venice, Italy
Thérèse Murphy (Lecturer)
21 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk