Deanna Kemp

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Deanna Kemp is a leading researcher at the intersection of corporate social responsibility, mining technology, and Indigenous rights. Her work critically examines how the rapid adoption of automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics in the mining sector creates new social risks and disrupts traditional employment models. Kemp’s major contributions include pioneering the analysis of how these technological shifts affect Indigenous communities, particularly regarding employment futures and the erosion of hard-won workforce gains. Her highly cited papers, such as “Corporate responsibility and the social risk of new mining technologies” (37 citations) and “Indigenous peoples and mine automation” (35 citations), have shaped policy discussions on ethical technology deployment. Notably, her 2018 paper on Indigenous employment futures in an automated mining industry (24 citations) established a crucial research agenda, arguing that without proactive measures, automation could reverse decades of progress in Indigenous workforce participation. Kemp’s work is essential reading for anyone studying the social dimensions of technological change in extractive industries.