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Hello! Welcome to my website. My name is Joseph Murphy and I am an independent researcher based in the Highlands of Scotland specialising in environmental issues and sustainable development. Over the past 25+ years I have studied and sought solutions for many of the most difficult challenges linking people and planet, often working closely with policy makers, decision makers in business, non-governmental organisations and communities. I have also held research, teaching and management positions at some of the world’s leading universities, including Research Fellow in Sustainable Development at the University of Oxford and Professor/Chair of Environmental Studies at the University of Glasgow. In addition to six books and numerous research articles which are widely cited by scholars around the world, my outputs include policy briefs, strategy documents and articles for newspapers and magazines. Take a look around and get in touch if you want to know more.
Contact: joseph [at] joseph-murphy.org
New Book - Empires of Sustainability: People and Planet after Globalisation
Focusing on the greening of imperialisms and empires, Empires of Sustainability analyses the shift around the world from denial of the environmental crisis to action to prevent catastrophe, and the resulting implications.
Evidence of this shift is clear in widespread and purposeful social change which is gathering momentum. The book explains how globalisation accelerated us towards the crisis, and today, even as its own legitimacy is being questioned, is evolving through solutions and responses to it. Looking ahead and as the environmental crisis worsens, two possible futures are discerned and explored. One is that through universal actions to save the planet, shaped by interweaving political and economic forces, the hegemony of globalisation is restored, albeit in a green form. The other is that the world reorganises into competing spheres of influence, with politics, economics and the environment interwoven differently in each case. In these ways, we face the prospect of one or more Empires of Sustainability emerging over the decades ahead, unless we build a better alternative society. The author presents an alternative: a more diverse World of Caring Places.
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