Laura Murphy

Laura T. Murphy is a scholar of forced labor, currently concentrating on state-imposed forced labor in the Uyghur Region of China and forced labor import bans. She is Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in DC, and Professor of Human Rights at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. She served as a senior policy advisor during the Biden administration, tasked with leading the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to enforce the US’s forced labor laws. She is the author of numerous books, articles, and reports on forced labor globally.