The lecture will be delivered in English.
Thérèse Murphy is Professor of Law and Director of the Health & Human Rights Unit at Queen's University Belfast. She also serves as Chair of the European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation and sits on the Board of Management of the Global Campus of Human Rights, a network of one hundred universities dedicated to educating the next generation of human rights specialists.
A former Fulbright Scholar, Professor Murphy studied law at University College Dublin and the University of Cambridge, later qualifying as a Barrister-at-Law at King's Inns, Dublin.
Her research and teaching focus on human rights law and practice, with particular emphasis on health, science, and technology. Working in collaboration with UNESCO and the Global Campus of Human Rights, she was part of the team that created the world's first free online course on science and human rights.
She serves on the Editorial Board of the Human Rights Law Review, is Co-Editor of the Bloomsbury/Hart book series "Law and Health," and Editor-in-Chief of the Human Rights Preparedness blog.
Her public service includes membership in the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies-an independent, multidisciplinary body established by the President of the European Commission to provide expert advice on policy matters where ethical, social, and fundamental rights issues intersect with science and technology. She is also a member of Ireland's National Research Ethics Committee for Medical Devices and of the Northern Ireland Clinical Ethics Forum for Health and Social Care. Previously, she served on the Advisory Group on Morality and Ethics established by the UK Department of Health and Social Care in London.
Between 2022 and 2024, as Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Chair in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Professor Murphy led a project on the future of human rights.
She is Chair of the European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation, an interdisciplinary postgraduate programme sponsored by the European Commission. In addition, she is a member of the Board of Management of the Global Campus of Human Rights, a network of over one hundred universities dedicated to advancing education in the field of human rights.
Professor Murphy is Co-Founder and Editor of the Human Rights Preparedness blog, Co-Editor of the Hart Publishing series on Law and Health, and a long-standing member of the Editorial Board of the Human Rights Law Review, published by Oxford University Press. She has also served for many years as an advisor to the British Council.
Professor Murphy is also a member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, which provides independent advice to the European Commission. She serves as a member of Ireland's National Research Ethics Committee for Medical Devices, the Northern Ireland Clinical Ethics Forum for Health and Social Care, and the Royal Irish Academy's Committee for Life and Medical Sciences. From 2019 to 2022, she was a member of the Advisory Group on Morality and Ethics within the UK Department of Health and Social Care in London; she now continues her involvement as a member of its Ethics Advisory Group on Water Fluoridation.
At Queen's University Belfast, Thérèse co-directs the Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership, a programme sponsored by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council. She previously led the Law and Society pathway within the ESRC NINE Doctoral Training Partnership.
Her scholarly achievements have been recognised through a range of prestigious awards and fellowships. Professor Murphy has been a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Law School, a Holding Redlich Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Monash University, a Visiting Professor with the Law & Innovation Group at the University of Newcastle, and both a Jean Monnet and Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow at the European University Institute in Italy. She has also received awards from two UK research councils and the Canadian High Commission, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Between 2022 and 2024, Thérèse held the position of Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Professor in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and served as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Lund University, where she led a project on the future of human rights.
