Sophia Murphy

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Sophia Murphy

PhD with Hannah Wittman, 2021
Executive Director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Contact Details

sophia[at]foodresilience[dot]net

https://www.iatp.org/about/staff/sophia-murphy https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-murphy-phd-54852b14/ https://twitter.com/foodresilience

Bio

Sophia is the Executive Director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She came to IRES to do a PhD with Dr. Hannah Wittman. In her research, she developed a new framework for assessing public food security policies from the perspective of adaptive governance. She calls her framework resilient global food security. She has 30 years of professional experience as a policy expert and advocate, focused on resilient food systems, agriculture and international trade. Sophia has worked primarily with civil society organizations, but also has also worked with governments, intergovernmental organizations and universities.

Last updated January 2022