Staff Profile

• Reader (School of Education)

Selected Publications: 

Article

Murphy, M., and Curtis, W. (2013) The micro-politics of micro-management: exploring the role of programme leader in English universities. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 35 (1). pp. 34-44. ISSN 1360-080X (doi:10.1080/1360080X.2012.727707)

Murphy, M. (2013) Response to: S. Grewal, Habermas, law and European social policy: a rejoinder to Murphy. (Unpublished)

Murphy, M. (2013) The power of others: affectivity and forms of integration in the sociology of education. (Unpublished)

Murphy, M., and Skillen, P. (2013) Under suspicion: accountability and jurisphobia in the public sector. (Unpublished)

Huttunen, R., and Murphy, M. (2012) Discourse and recognition as normative grounds for radical pedagogy: Habermasian and Honnethian ethics in the context of education. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 31 (2). pp. 137-152. ISSN 0039-3746 (doi:10.1007/s11217-012-9285-8)

Moran, P., and Murphy, M. (2012) Habermas, pupil voice, rationalism, and their meeting with Lacan's Objet Petit A. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 31 (2). pp. 171-181. ISSN 0039-3746 (doi:10.1007/s11217-011-9271-6)

Murphy, M., and Bamber, J. (2012) Introduction: From Fromm to Lacan: Habermas and education in conversation. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 31 (2). pp. 103-107. ISSN 0039-3746 (doi:10.1007/s11217-012-9286-7)

Murphy, M., and Brown, T. (2012) Learning as relational: intersubjectivity and pedagogy in higher education. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 31 (5). pp. 643-654. ISSN 0260-1370 (doi:10.1080/02601370.2012.700648)

Murphy, M. (2011) Troubled by the past: history, identity and the university. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 33 (5). pp. 509-517. ISSN 1360-080X (doi:10.1080/1360080X.2011.605225)

Murphy, M. (2011) The ties that bind: distinction, recognition and the relational. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 5 (10). pp. 103-116. ISSN 1833-1882

Murphy, M. (2010) Review of: S.O. 'Brien, & M.O. Faithigh, Learning Partnerships for Social Inclusion: Exploring Lifelong Learning Contexts, Issues and Approaches. Adult Education Quarterly, 60 (2). pp. 204-205. ISSN 0741-7136 (doi:10.1177/0741713609350417)

Murphy, M. (2010) On recognition and respect: Honneth, intersubjectivity and education. Educational Futures, 2 (2). pp. 3-11.

Murphy, M. (2010) Review of: J. Lea, Political Correctness and Higher Education: British and American Perspectives. Journal of Education and Work, 23 (2). pp. 177-178. ISSN 1363-9080 (doi:10.1080/13639080903565749)

Murphy, M. (2010) Review of: R. Edwards and R. Usher, Globalisation and Pedagogy: Space, Place and Identity. Studies in the Education of Adults, 42 (1). pp. 82-84. ISSN 0266-0830

Murphy, M. (2010) Review of: Stephanie Wilde, ed., Political and Citizenship Education: International Perspectives. International Sociology, 25 (2). pp. 242-244. ISSN 0268-5809 (doi:10.1177/02685809100250020902)

Murphy, M. (2010) Review of: R. Huttunen, Habermas, Honneth and Education: the Significance of Jurgen Habermas and Axel Honneth’s Critical Theories to Education. Power and Education, 2 (2). pp. 223-224. ISSN 1757-7438

Murphy, M. (2009) Bureaucracy and its limits: accountability and rationality in higher education. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 30 (6). pp. 683-695. ISSN 0142-5692 (doi:10.1080/01425690903235169)

Murphy, M. (2006) Review of: S. Brookfield, The Power of Critical Theory for Adult Learning and Teaching. Studies in the Education of Adults, 38 (1). pp. 105-106. ISSN 0266-0830

Murphy, M. (2005) Between facts, norms and a post-national constellation: habermas, law and European social policy. Journal of European Public Policy, 12 (1). pp. 143-156. ISSN 1350-1763 (doi:10.1080/1350176042000311943)

Murphy, M. (2004) Review of: M. Bowl, Non-traditional Entrants to Higher Education: “They Talk About People Like Me”. Research Papers in Education, 19 (4). pp. 477-481. ISSN 0267-1522 (doi:10.1080/0267152042000247972)

Murphy, M. (2003) Review of: J. Holst, Radical Adult Education, Civil Society and Social Movements. Adult Education Quarterly, 53 (3). pp. 207-208. ISSN 0741-7136 (doi:10.1177/0741713603053003005)

Murphy, M., and Fleming, T. (2003) Partners in participation: integrated approaches to widening access in higher education. European Journal of Education, 38 (1). pp. 25-39. ISSN 0141-8211 (doi:10.1111/1467-3435.00126)

Murphy, M. (2003) Covert action? Education, social policy and law in the European Union. Journal of Education Policy, 18 (5). pp. 551-562. ISSN 0268-0939 (doi:10.1080/0268093032000124893)

Murphy, M. (2003) Designed to scale: lifelong learning and the European pursuit of integration. Concept: the Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory, 13 . pp. 21-25. ISSN 1359-1983

Murphy, M. (2003) Review of: C. Medel-Anonuevo (ed.), Integrating Lifelong Learning Perspectives. Studies in the Education of Adults, 35 (2). pp. 197-198. ISSN 0266-0830

Murphy, M. (2002) Creating new demand? The development of outreach initiatives in higher education. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 7 (3). pp. 273-291. ISSN 1359-6748

Murphy, M. (2001) Lifelong learning: the challenge to change. Adults Learning, 12 (7). pp. 20-22. ISSN 0955-2308

Murphy, M. (2001) Widening participation in higher education: implications for the FE sector. Broadcast, Journal Of the Scottish Further Education Unit, 54 . pp. 15-17.

Murphy, M. (2001) The politics of adult education: state, economy and civil society. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 20 (5). pp. 345-360. ISSN 0260-1370 (doi:10.1080/02601370110059519)

Murphy, M., and Osborne, M. (2001) Review of: J. Field, Lifelong Learning and the New Educational Order and F. Coffield (ed.), Different Visions of a Learning Society – Research Findings. Higher Education Review, 34 (1). pp. 84-87. ISSN 0018-1609

Murphy, M. (2000) Adult education, lifelong learning and the end of political economy. Studies in the Education of Adults, 32 (2). pp. 166-180. ISSN 0266-0830

Murphy, M. (2000) Review of: A. Tuijnman & T. Schuller (eds.), Lifelong Learning Policy and Research. Scottish Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 6 (1). pp. 108-109. ISSN 1361-7788

Murphy, M., and Fleming, T. (2000) Between common and college knowledge: exploring the boundaries between adult and higher education. Studies in Continuing Education, 22 (1). pp. 77-93. ISSN 0158-037X (doi:10.1080/713695718)

Murphy, M., and Fleming, T. (2000) The power and knowledge of the university: rethinking access. Journal of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, 24 . pp. 65-72. ISSN 0332-3641

Murphy, M., and Inglis, T. (2000) Unsuccessful mature applicants and Irish universities: a case study. Journal of Access and Credit Studies, 2 (1). pp. 100-111. ISSN 1462-0367

Cloonan, M., Hearinger, A., Matarazzo, B., Murphy, M., and Osborne, M. (1999) The use of cost-benefit analysis in funding continuing education: steering the fifth wheel? International Journal of Lifelong Education, 18 (6). pp. 492-504. ISSN 0260-1370 (doi:10.1080/026013799293540)

Murphy, M. (1995) Habermas and the state of critical theory in the 1990s. Humanity and Society, 19 (4). pp. 113-116. ISSN 0160-5976

Ilsley, P., and Murphy, M. (1995) Review of: D. O'Sullivan, Adult Education and Social Commitment. Adult Education Quarterly, 46 (1). pp. 58-61. ISSN 0741-7136 (doi:10.1177/0741713695046001006)

Book

Curtis, W., McGinty, S., and Murphy, M. (2013) Research and Education. Series: Foundations of education studies . Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415809580 (In Press)

Book Section

Murphy, M. (2013) Between power and knowledge: using social theory in education research. In: Murphy, M. (ed.) Social Theory and Education Research. Series: SAGE library of educational thought and practice . SAGE, London, UK. ISBN 9781446253120

Murphy, M. (2013) Social theory and education research: an introduction. In: Murphy, M. (ed.) Social Theory and Education Research: Understanding Foucault, Habermas Bourdieu and Derrida. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415530132 (In Press)

Murphy, M. (2013) The politics of school regulation: using Habermas to research educational accountability. In: Murphy, M. (ed.) Social Theory and Education Research: Understanding Foucault, Habermas Bourdieu and Derrida. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415530132 (In Press)

Murphy, M., and Brown, T. (2012) The dynamics of student identity: the threats from neo-liberal models and the benefits of a relational pedagogy. In: Bainbridge, A. and West, L. (eds.) Psychoanalysis and Education: Minding a Gap. Karnac, London, UK. ISBN 9781780490458

Murphy, M. (2010) Communication, deliberation, reason: an introduction to Habermas. In: Murphy, M. and Fleming, T. (eds.) Habermas, Critical Theory and Education. Series: Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education . Routledge, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 9780415806176

Murphy, M. (2010) Forms of rationality and public sector reform: Habermas and education in the context of social policy. In: Murphy, M. and Fleming, T. (eds.) Habermas, Critical Theory and Education. Series: Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education . Routledge, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 9780415806176

Murphy, M., and Fleming, T. (2010) Taking aim at the heart of education: critical theory and the future of learning. In: Murphy, M. and Fleming, T. (eds.) Habermas, Critical Theory and Education. Series: Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education . Routledge, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 9780415806176

Murphy, M., and Field, J. (2006) Governance and the learning citizen: tensions and possibilities in the shift from national to post-national identities. In: Kuhn, M. and Sultana, R.G. (eds.) Homo Sapiens Europæus: Creating the European Learning Citizen. Peter Lang, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 9780820476001

Murphy, M., and Fleming, T. (2006) The application of the ideas of Habermas to adult learning. In: Sutherland, P. and Crowther, J. (eds.) Lifelong Learning: Concepts and Contexts. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415443050

Murphy, M. (2005) Oil, recession and the search for European champions: exploring lifelong learning in the European Union. In: Papadakis, N. and Gravaris, D. (eds.) Education and Education Policy Between the State and the Market. Savvalas, Athens, Greece.

Morgan-Klein, B., and Murphy, M. (2004) Looking through the kaleidoscope: diversity, accessibility and inequality in higher education. In: Osborne, M., Gallacher, J. and Crossan, B. (eds.) Researching Widening Access to Lifelong Learning: Issues and Approaches in International Research. RoutledgeFalmer, London, UK. ISBN 9780203300305

Murphy, M., and Coughlan, D. (2003) University continuing education in Ireland. In: Osborne, M. and Thomas, E. (eds.) Lifelong Learning in a Changing Continent: Continuing Education in the Universities of Europe. National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, Leicester, UK. ISBN 9781862011571

Murphy, M., and Morgan-Klein, B. (2002) Access and recruitment: institutional policy in widening participation. In: Trowler, P.R. (ed.) Higher Education Policy and Institutional Change: Intentions and Outcomes in Turbulent Environments. Series: SRHE and Open University Press imprint . Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University, Buckingham, UK. ISBN 9780335209194

Fleming, T., and Murphy, M. (2001) Effective integrated responses to early school leaving. In: Fleming, T. and Murphy, M. (eds.) Squaring the Circle: An Analysis of Programmes in Dublin Schools to Prevent Early School Leaving. Series: Dublin employment pact policy paper (3). Dublin Employment Pact, Dublin, Ireland.

Murphy, M., and Morgan-Klein, B. (2001) Creating new stories: exploring the restructuring of university adult education in Ireland and Scotland. In: Recovering Our Stories, Rallying to Change: Proceedings of the 2001 Canadian Association for Studies in the Education of Adults Laval University, Quebec, Canada 25-27 May, 2001. Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education, Quebec, Canada.

Murphy, M. (2000) How the other half lives: a case study of successful and unsuccessful mature applicants to Irish higher education. In: Jackson, A. and Jones, D. (eds.) Researching Inclusion: Proceedings of 30th Annual SCUTREA Conference, University of Nottingham, 3 -5 July 2000. School of Continuing Education, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. ISBN 1850410917

Fleming, T., and Murphy, M. (1999) Higher education and lifelong learning: the experience of adults at college. In: Fleming, T., Collins, T. and Coolahan, J. (eds.) Higher Education: The Challenge of Lifelong Learning: Proceedings of Conference Organised by the Centre for Educational Policy Studies, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Thursday, May 13th, 1999. Centre for Educational Policy Studies, Maynooth, Ireland.

Fleming, T., and Murphy, M. (1998) College knowledge: power, policy and the mature student experience at university. In: Benn, R. (ed.) Research, Teaching, Learning: Making Connections in the Education of Adults: Proceedings of the 28th Annual SCUTREA Conference, University of Exeter, July 1998. SCUTREA, Exeter, UK. ISBN 9781899070046

Murphy, M., and Fleming, T. (1998) The experiences of mature students on third level allowance at university. In: Hurley, K. (ed.) UACE Annual Conference 1997: University Continuing Education in Partnership for Development. Series: Proceedings (Universities Association for Continuing Education) . Universities Association for Continuing Education, Dublin, Ireland. ISBN 9780903508148

Murphy, M. (1997) Capital, class and adult education: the international political economy of lifelong learning in the European Union. In: Armstrong, P., Miller, N. and Zukas, M. (eds.) Crossing Borders, Breaking Boundaries: Research in the Education of Adults: Proceedings of the 27th Annual SCUTREA Conference, July 1997. SCUTREA, Leeds, UK. ISBN 9780907644361

Murphy, M. (1997) University continuing education in Ireland. In: University Continuing Education in Europe. Universities Continuing Education Network, Brussels, Belgium.

Murphy, M. (1996) On trial: the legal basis and role of education in the new European Union. In: Cunningham, P., Lawrence, W. and Miranda, W. (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th Annual Leadership and Educational Policy Studies Conference, Northern Illinois University, February 1996. Department of Leadership and Educational Policy Studies, Illinois, IL, USA.

Edited Book

Murphy, M., (Ed.) (2013) Social Theory and Education Research. Series: SAGE library of educational thought & practice. SAGE. ISBN 9781446253120

Murphy, M., (Ed.) (2013) Social Theory and Education Research Understanding Foucault, Habermas, Bourdieu and Derrida. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415530132 (In Press)

Murphy, M., Holst, J., and Mulenga, D.C. (2013) Globalisation and Lifelong Education: Critical Perspectives. Routledge, New York, NY, USA. (In Press)

Murphy, M. and Fleming, T., (Eds.) (2012) Habermas, Krytycznej Teorii i Edukacji [Translated by A. Nizinska]. Series: Biblioteka wspólczesnej mysli spolecznej. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Dolnoslaskiej Szkoly Wyzszej, Wroclaw, Poland. ISBN 9788362302420

Murphy, M. and Fleming, T., (Eds.) (2010) Habermas, Critical Theory and Education. Series: Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education. Routledge, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 9780415806176

Murphy, M., Edwards, R., Gray, P., Morgan-Klein, B. and Tett, L., (Eds.) (2002) Cultures, Communities and Citizens: The Altered States of Adult Education? Papers from the 32nd Annual SCUTREA Conference, University of Stirling, 2-4 July 2002. University of Stirling: Institute of Education, Stirling, UK.

Research Report or Paper

Murphy, M., Morgan-Klein, B., Osborne, M., and Gallacher, J. (2004) Widening Participation in Higher Education: Report to the Scottish Executive. Project Report. Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning.

Murphy, M., and Coughlan, D. (2002) University Continuing Education in Ireland. Project Report. THENUCE, Brussels, Belgium.

Osborne, M., Gallacher, J., and Murphy, M. (2002) A research review of FE/HE links - a report to the Scottish Executive Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department. Project Report. Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning/Scottish Executive.

Fleming, T., and Murphy, M. (2000) Partnership and Local Development: Exploring a Model of Best Practice. Project Report. Integra, Dublin, Ireland.

Fleming, T., and Murphy, M. (2000) Squaring the Circle: An Analysis of Programmes in Dublin Schools to Prevent Early School Leaving. Project Report. Dublin Employment Pact, Dublin, Ireland.

Inglis, T., and Murphy, M. (1999) No Room for Adults? A Study of Mature Students in University College Dublin. Project Report. Social Science Research Centre and the Adult Education Office, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Lynch, K., Brannick, P., Clancy, S., Drudy, S., Carpenter, A., and Murphy, M. (1999) Points and Performance in Higher Education: A Study of the Predictive Validity of the Points System. Project Report. Stationery Office, Dublin, Ireland.

Fleming, T., and Murphy, M. (1997) College Knowledge: Power, Policy and the Mature Student Experience at University. Project Report. Centre for Adult and Community Education, Maynooth, Ireland.

Harned, C., Vetter, M., Holst, J., and Murphy, M. (1997) Workers Struggling to Make Ends Meet: Stories of Working Families in Metropolitan Chicago. Project Report. Centre for Governmental Studies, Illinois, IL, USA.

Conference Proceedings

Murphy, M. (2011) Learning as relational: intersubjectivity and pedagogy in higher education. In: Philosophy of Education as a Lived Experience: Navigating Through Dichotomies of Thought and Action, 12-16 Jul 2011, Tilos, Greece.

Murphy, M. (2011) The politics of time on the front-line: street-level bureaucracy and public sector relations. In: Centre for Public Policy Research, Nov 2011, London, UK. (Unpublished)

Murphy, M., and Skillen, P. (2011) Under suspicion: accountability and jurisphobia in the public sector. In: Social Policy Association Conference, 4-6 Jul 2011, Lincoln, UK.

Murphy, M. (2010) Accountability, consumerism and the professions: exploring the impact on public sector relations. In: British Education Studies Association Conference, 2-3 Jul 2010, Bangor, UK.

Murphy, M. (2010) Social class and the relational: recognition, distinction and intersubjective agency. In: British Sociological Association Annual Conference, 7-9 April 2010, Glasgow, UK.

Murphy, M. (2010) The power of others: exploring a relational sociology of education. In: British Education Research Association Conference, 1-4 Sep 2010, Warwick, UK.

Murphy, M. (2010) The ties that bind: distinction, recognition and the relational. In: 5th Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Conference, 2-5 Aug 2010, Cambridge, UK.

Moran, P., and Murphy, M. (2009) Habermas, pupil voice, rationalism, and their meeting with Lacan’s Objet Petit. In: Philosophy of Education Society Great Britain Conference, Apr 2009, Oxford, UK.

Murphy, M. (2009) Critical theory and the unfinished project of education: exploring the applications of Habermas to teaching and learning. In: British Education Studies Association Conference, 2-3 Jul 2009, Staffordshire, UK.

Murphy, M. (2009) Intersubjectivity and education theory: recognition and distinction in the work of Honneth and Bourdieu. In: Educational Theory and Lifelong Learning Conference, 26-27 Jun 2009, Stirling, UK.

Murphy, M. (2009) Psychoanalysis and the turn to recognition: education and the relational. In: Psychoanalysis and Learning Conference, 4-5 Dec 2009, Canterbury, UK.

Murphy, M. (2009) Social policy and the intersubjective: exploring issues of respect, trust and recognition in the public sector. In: Social Policy Association Conference, Jun 2009, Edinburgh, UK.

Murphy, M. (2009) Troubled by the past: on universities, missions and regions. In: Local Self-Government and Education Conference, 11-12 Dec 2009, Crete, Greece.

Murphy, M. (2009) The benefits of doubt: distinction, recognition and ambivalence in learner identities. In: Centre for Learner Identity Studies Conference, 14 Jul 2009, Chorley, UK.

Murphy, M., and Brown, T. (2009) Critical pedagogy, critical theory and psychoanalysis: exploring the ‘intersubjective’ in education. In: European Conference on Educational Research, 28-30 Sep 2009, Vienna, Austria.

Murphy, M. (2008) Axel Honneth on intersubjectivity and recognition: exploring the implications for education. In: British Education Studies Association Conference, 27-28 Jun 2008, Liverpool, UK.

Murphy, M. (2008) Finding the fault line of accountability: higher education, bureaucracy and academic identity. In: British Education Research Association Conference, 3-6 Sep 2008, Edinburgh, UK.

Murphy, M. (2008) Forms of rationality and public sector reform: joined-up thinking in reverse. In: Social Policy Association Conference, 23-25 Jun 2008, Edinburgh, UK.

Murphy, M. (2008) In the grip of doubt: public sector professionalism and the search for normative foundations. In: International Sociology Association Conference, 12-13 Sep 2008, Oslo, Norway.

Murphy, M. (2005) Politics and professionalism: staff development in further education. In: Staff Development Day, Stevenson College, 6 Jan 2005, Edinburgh, UK. (Unpublished)

Murphy, M. (2003) The state and higher education: between bureaucracy and accountability. In: Politics and the University, May 2003, Crete, Greece.

Murphy, M., and Field, J. (2003) Governance and the learning citizen: tensions and possibilities in the shift from national to post-national identities. In: EURONE&T, 2 Oct 2003, Bridge of Allan, UK.

Murphy, M. (2002) Academic drift: the transformation of university adult education into lifelong Learning. In: FUCAM Conference, Oct 2002, Mons, Belgium.

Murphy, M. (2002) Citizenship and EU education and training policy in an expanded Europe. In: EURONE&T, 18 Nov 2002, Naples, Italy.

Murphy, M., and Morgan-Klein, B. (2002) Widening participation in higher education. In: SCUTREA/SRHE/UACE, 8 Feb 2002, London, UK.

Murphy, M. (2001) Access to Scottish higher education: implications for FE. In: Stirling Community Planning Group, 22 Sep 2001, Stirling, UK. (Unpublished)

Murphy, M. (2001) The political economy of civil society: implications for adult and community education. In: Proceedings of the Adult Education Research Conference, 1-3 Jun 2001, Michigan, MI, USA.

Murphy, M. (2001) The problem with Habermas. In: Department of Adult and Community Education, May 2001, Glasgow, UK. (Unpublished)

Murphy, M., and Fleming, T. (2001) Integrated responses to preventing early school leaving. In: Dublin Employment Pact Conference Squaring the Circle: Preventing Early School Leaving in Dublin, 28 Mar 2001, Dublin, Ireland.

Murphy, M., and Morgan-Klein, B. (2001) European perspectives on widening participation and social inclusion. In: 5th Edinburgh Biennial Adult Education Conference, 24 Mar 2001, Edinburgh, UK.

Murphy, M., and Morgan-Klein, B. (2001) Widening participation in Scottish higher education. In: Researching Widening Access: International Perspectives, Jun 2001, Glasgow, UK.

Murphy, M., and Morgan-Klein, B. (2001) Widening participation in higher education. In: The FE- HE Interface, 20 Sep 2001, Stirling, UK.

Murphy, M., and Morgan-Klein, B. (2001) An overview of research on widening access to higher education. In: Lunchtime Research Seminar Series, 2011, Stirling, UK. (Unpublished)

Murphy, M. (2000) Access as recruitment: institutional policy, marketing strategy and widening participation in higher education. In: SRHE Conference, 19-21 Dec 2000, Leicester