James T. Murphy
Research Assistant Professor

The George Perkins Marsh Institute
Clark University
Worcester, MA 01610-1477
508.793.7687 phone
email: JamMurphy@clarku.edu

Current Research

Dr. Murphy is an economic geographer whose research examines the socio-spatial dynamics of industrial and technological change in the Global South, the efficacy and equity of economic liberalization programs, and the social, institutional, and relational dimensions of entrepreneurship, innovation, and regional development. Recent work has explored the economic geographies of innovation and the socio-spatial dynamics of industrial networks in Tanzania and Bolivia's manufacturing sectors. In addition to these projects, he is interested in the processes through which more sustainable energy technologies, manufacturing systems, and land-use practices develop within and/or are diffused into developing countries. In a broad sense his work strives to promote and increase ties between researchers in development studies/geography and economic geography.

Selected Publications

Murphy, J.T. 2006. Building trust in economic space. Progress in Human Geography 30 no. 4: 427-450.

Murphy, J.T. 2006. Representing the economic geographies of "others": Reconsidering the Global South. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 30 no. 3: 39-448.

Murphy, J.T. 2003. Social space and industrial development in East Africa: Deconstructing the logics of industry networks in Mwanza, Tanzania. Journal of Economic Geography 3 no. 2: 173-198.

Murphy, J.T. 2002. Networks, trust, and innovation in Tanzania's manufacturing sector. World Development 30 no. 4: 491-519.

Murphy, J.T. 2001. Making the energy transition in rural East Africa: Is leapfrogging an alternative? Technological Forecasting and Social Change 68 no. 2: 173-193.