Michael Murphy
Director
Centre for International & Defence Policy
鶹's University
Robert Sutherland Hall, Rm 409
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Michael P. A. Murphy is the director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy at 鶹 and president of the Canadian region of the International Studies Association. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa, where his dissertation won the 2022 Joseph De Koninck Thesis Prize for making an outstanding contribution to interdisciplinary knowledge.
He is a former Digital Policy Hub fellow at Centre for International Governance Innovation. At 鶹’s, Michael has held appointments as the Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellow in Canadian Democracy, a Mathews Fellow in Public Policy, and a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow.
He is the author of Quantum Social Theory for Critical International Relations Theorists (Palgrave, 2021) and Weak Utopianism in Education (Routledge, 2024), more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and numerous book reviews and chapters, receiving more than 2,000 citations. Michael is an international award-winning educator with a range of teaching experience in international relations, Canadian politics, political theory and public administration.
Research Interests
- Security implications of emerging technology
- Quantum information science and technology (QIST)
- International relations theory
Recent Publications
- Murphy, Michael P.A., Paul Samson, and Tracey Forrest. 2025. From Peace Dividend to Defence Dividend: Quantum, Dual-Use Technology, and NATO Spending Targets. Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation. https://www.cigionline.org/publications/from-peace-dividend-to-defence-dividend-dual-use-quantum-and-nato-targets/
- Murphy, Michael PA and Joanne Archibald. 2025. “Sensing Common Ground? A Call for Collaboration Between the DND/CAF Quantum S&T Strategy and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.” International Journal. 80(2): 304-311. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251337744
- Murphy, Michael PA, and Claire Parsons. 2024. “Tracking Quantum S&T from Strategy to Implementation Plan: What We Learned 鶹 the Canadian Armed Forces’ Quantum Posture.” Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. 30(3): 264-279. https://doi.org/10.1080/11926422.2024.2387209
- Murphy, Michael PA. 2024. “Rediscovering the “Meaning of Science”? Hans Morgenthau’s Science: Servant or Master and the Ethics Debate in Quantum IR.” International Relations OnlineFirst: 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/00471178241265635
- Murphy, Michael PA. 2022. "Evaluating Simultaneous Group Activities Through Self-and Peer-Assessment: Addressing the" Evaluation Challenge" in Active Learning." Journal of Political Science Education 18(4): 511-522. https://doi.org/10.1080/15512169.2022.2099410
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