Biography
Philomena Murray is Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences and Director of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. She holds Australia’s only Personal Jean Monnet Chair (ad personam) awarded by the European Union. She received a national Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning for pioneering the first European Union curriculum in Australia and leadership in national and international curriculum development. She is an Australian Research Council ‘expert of international standing’ and International Research Collaboration Advisor on Europe to the University of Melbourne. A former diplomat, she runs training courses on negotiating with the EU for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra. She is a Visiting Professor in the International Relations and Diplomacy Studies Department at the College of Europe, Bruges. Her research interests are in EU-Australia relations; EU-Asia relations; EU governance and comparative regional integration. Recent books include Australia and the European Superpower (Melbourne University Press, 2005) and P. Murray ed. Europe and Asia: Regions in Flux (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest |
Country of Expertise |
| European Union integration and polity issues; EU-Australia relations; EU-Asia relations; comparative regional integration; integration theory. |
Australia, Western Europe |
Languages
Languages
| Language |
Proficiency |
| German |
Listen & Speak |
| English |
Unspecified |
| Spanish |
Speak, Read & Write |
| Italian |
Speak, Read & Write |
| French |
Speak, Read & Write |
| Irish |
Speak, Read & Write |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Doctor of Philosophy |
European University Institute, Florence |
15-Jun-1989 |
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Other Awards
| Award Type |
Awarding Body |
Comments |
Date Awarded |
| Other (Award) |
European Commission, European Union |
Jean Monnet Personal (ad personam) Chair |
01-Jul-2006 |
| Other (Award) |
European Commission, European Union |
Jean Monnet Chair |
01-Jul-2001 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Scheme |
Award Date |
| EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND THE ASIA PACIFIC: MODELS AND LINKAGES |
Chief Investigator |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION |
Jean Monnet Actions Transnational Research Groups (EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SOCRATES-ERAMUS, JEAN MONNET ACTION) |
01/09/2005 |
| SUPPORTING RESEARCH ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION |
Chief Investigator |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION |
Jean Monnet Actions - Support for Young Researchers (EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SOCRATES-ERAMUS, JEAN MONNET ACTION) |
01/09/2005 |
| EUROPE AND ASIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY: COOPERATION OR CONFRONTATION OF TWO REGIONAL HEGEMONS? |
Chief Investigator |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SOCRATES-ERAMUS, JEAN MONNET ACTION |
Jean Monnet Actions - European integration activities in the field of higher education |
01/09/2006 |
| 'THE EU AND ASIA: INFLUENCE AND CONSEQUENCES' & 'NEW HORIZONS IN EU-ASIA RELATIONS' |
Chief Investigator |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SOCRATES-ERAMUS, JEAN MONNET ACTION |
Lifelong Learning Programme |
17/10/2007 |
Contracts
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Award Date |
| UTILISING THE EU INSTITUTIONS IN PURSUIT OF AUSTRALIAN INTERESTS |
Chief Investigator |
DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS & TRADE |
09/06/2006 |
Additional Grant and Contract Information
Research Awards
Jean Monnet European Union research activity grant: The International Impact of the European Union in East Asia, September 2007, Euro 50,000.
Jean Monnet European Union research grant: Jean Monnet Transnational Research Project: Europe and the Asia Pacific: Models and Linkages Euro 94,000, September 2005. Lead applicant with partners in Keio University, University of Limerick and Leuven University.
Jean Monnet European Union award: Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, for the Contemporary Europe Research Centre, with a grant of Euro 30,000, September 2004.
Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning for pioneering the first European Union curriculum in Australia and leadership in national and international curriculum development through sustained commitment to student learning and research, $10,000, August 2007.
Jean Monnet European Union grant for curriculum development and design, teaching module The EU and Asia: Competing Hegemons in the 21st Century?, Euro 15,000/$25,000, July 2006.
The Dean's Teaching Award, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, $3,000, May 2006.
Successfully applied for a one million-dollar grant for student mobility at Masters level, with staff mobility included. It is entitled “Coursework Masters Exchange Program in International Relations: A European-Australian Asia-Pacific Nexus (EAAPN)”. ,I coordinated the entire application and was the leader of the University of Melbourne coordination of the Australian side of the bid. November 2003
Jean Monnet European Union grant for curriculum development and design, teaching module “The EU and Globalisation”, Euro 12,000, December 2003.
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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