Gwendolyn Murphy

This project builds on Dr. Julie Klinger's foundational ETM Governance research by focusing on the ethical, suitability, and scalability implications of a Central ET-CRM Data Repository to enhance mineral transparency and tracking across the supply chain. The analysis will address technical feasibility along with broader design, implementation, and national adoption challenges with an emphasis on social, environmental, and governance impacts. Key activities include investigating systemic guardrails that encourage system adaptation to the needs and values of vulnerable populations and ecosystems, establishing governance mechanisms for data sovereignty alongside corporate interests, and ensuring equitable narrative control over legality concerns, contested demarcations, and data usage contexts. Additionally, the project assesses safe storage and access to ETM units across all scales. Through these considerations, the project aims to lay the groundwork for an equitable and effective data governance framework for ECM resources to facilitate a sustainable global energy transition.