Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy (1956-) is Adjunct Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia, and was formerly Professor of Arts and Society at James Cook University in Queensland. He grew up in Brisbane. He has held appointments at the New School for Social Research (NYC), the University of Ballarat (now Federation University, Australia), Baylor University (Texas), Victoria University Wellington (New Zealand) and Monash University (Melbourne). In 1998-2001, he worked in editorial and analytic roles at the Internet start-up company Looksmart. He has been a visiting academic at Ohio State University, Panteion University in Athens, Ateneo de Manila University, Seoul National University, the University of Copenhagen and Goldsmiths College University of London, and was Adjunct Professor (2018-2024) in The Cairns Institute at James Cook University. He has been described by Australia's Daily Telegraph newspaper as 'one of the nation’s deepest thinkers about society, prosperity and creativity'.