Gillian Murphy

Gillian Murphy is a researcher in the School of Applied Psychology at University College Cork, where she completed a PhD in 2016 and has remained based throughout her career. Murphy's work centres on misinformation, false memory, and deepfake technology, examining how exposure to fabricated content shapes beliefs, recollections, and behaviour. Much of this research addresses practical questions about debriefing, ethical conduct in misinformation studies, and the effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce susceptibility to conspiracy theories and fake news. Murphy has also published on episodic memory, eyewitness testimony, and the gut microbiota literature, alongside applied work on air quality communication and mental health podcasts.