Dan Murray (He/Him)

Dan has both an undergraduate degree and PhD in Environmental Planning, specializing in Environmental Policy. He specializes in working on large and messy problems, such as strategic planning, watershed management, policy development and evaluation. A key part of this work is advancing societal transitions towards sustainability - particularly around individual, organizational, and institutional behaviour change.

Dan's strengths lie in research design, managing projects to drive them to completion, and communication of complex problems and solutions. Dan teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate level focused on untangling the relationship between our economy, society, and environment, with particular focus on how to advance sustainability.

• Environmental Policy

• Sport and Sustainability

• 2000, Honours Bachelor of Environmental Planning, Griffith University, Australia

• 2006, Doctorate, Environmental Planning, Griffith University, Australia

• 2019, Faculty of Environment, Outstanding Performance Award

• 2015, Awards for Excellence – Highly Commended Paper, Emerald Publishing

• 2022-Present: Associate Director, Undergraduate Studies

• 2018-2022: Director, Master of Environment and Business program

• ENBUS 112 - Operationalizing Sustainable Development within Business
  • Taught in 2025, 2026
• ENBUS 306 - Research Design
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023
• ENBUS 402B - Environment and Business Project
  • Taught in 2021
• ENBUS 403B - Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project
  • Taught in 2021
• ENBUS 408 - Best Practices in Regulations
  • Taught in 2021, 2024
• ENBUS 632 - Sustainability Reporting
  • Taught in 2025
• ENBUS 642 - Stakeholder Engagement, Collaborations and Partnerships
  • Taught in 2023
• ENBUS 690A - Enterprise Sustainability Project
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
• ENBUS 690B - Enterprise Sustainability Project
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
• INDEV 262 - Introduction to Global Emerging Cities
  • Taught in 2022, 2024
• INTEG 340 - Research Design and Methods
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023
• PLAN 262 - Introduction to Global Emerging Cities
  • Taught in 2022, 2024

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• Feor, L. and Murray, D. Folger-Laronde, Z. and Clarke, A. 2023. ‘Municipal Sustainability and Climate Planning: A Study of 38 Canadian Local Governments’ Plans and Reports’, Environments. 10 (12)2: 203.

• Urton, D. and Murray, D. 2021. ‘Project manager’s perspectives on enhancing collaboration in multidisciplinary environmental management projects’, Project Leadership and Society. 2: 1-11.

• de Loë, R.C. Murray, D. and Brisbois, M.C. 2016. ‘Perspectives of NaturalResource Sector Firms on Collaborative Approaches to Governance for Water’, Journal of Cleaner Production. 135: 117-128.

• de Loë, R.C. Murray, D. Michaels, S. & Plummer, R. 2016. ‘Policy transfer among regional-level organizations: insights from source water protection in Ontario.’ Environmental Management. 58 (1): 31-47.

• de Loë, R.C. Melnychuk, N. Murray, D. & Plummer, R. 2016. ‘Advancing the state of policy Delphi practice: a systematic review evaluating methodological evolution, innovation, and opportunities.’ Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 104: 78-88.

• de Loë, R. Murray, D. and Simpson, H. 2015. ‘Farmer perspectives oncollaborative approaches to governance for water’, Journal of Rural Studies. 42:191-205.

• Lynes, J. Whitney, S. and Murray, D. 2014. Developing benchmark criteria for assessing the effectiveness of community-based social marketing programs: a case study of Jack Johnson’s “All at Once” campaign, Journal of Social Marketing. 4:2 (111-132).

• Murray, D. 2005. ‘A Critical Analysis of Communicative Rationality as a Theoretical Underpinning for Collaborative Approaches to Integrated Resource and Environmental Management’, Environments, 33(2).