Staff Profiles

Assoc Prof Philomena B. Murray Ph. D. European University Institute, Florence. Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced European Studies, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium. 1978‑79. Bachelor of Arts, National University of Ireland, ­University College Dublin. Jean Monnet Chair ad personam School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology and Director, Contemporary Europe Research Centre, Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, Head, Research Unit on the European Union University of Melbourne Victoria 3010, Australia. Phone: 8344 5151 Fax: (+61.3) 8344 7906 Email: pbmurray@unimelb.edu.au Office: Medley Building Room 440A

Background

Philomena Murray is Associate Professor in the School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology and Director of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. She was educated at the European University Institute in Florence, the College of Europe in Bruges and the National University of Ireland (University College Dublin). She has worked as a diplomat in Dublin and Paris and has also worked in Brussels and Ravenna. She was awarded a Jean Monnet Chair in 2001 and a Personal Jean Monnet Chair (ad personam) in 2006. Her research interests are in European Integration analysis; 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, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming, 2008.

She received a national teaching award, a Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, in 2007, 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.

Recent Academic Awards

Awarded Jean Monnet European Union research activity grant: The International Impact of the European Union in East Asia, September 2007.

Personal Jean Monnet Chair, awarded by the European Commission, July 2006.

Melbourne Research Development Grant, University of Melbourne, The European Union as a New Global Political Actor, Dec. 2006.

Jean Monnet European Union research grant:  Jean Monnet Transnational Research Project:  Europe and the Asia Pacific: Models and Linkages September 2005, lead applicant with partners in Keio University, University of Limerick and Leuven University.

Teaching Awards

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, August 2007.

The Dean's Teaching Award, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, May 2006.

Jean Monnet European Union grant for the teaching module The EU and Asia: Competing Hegemons in the 21st Century?, July 2006.

Jean Monnet European Union grant for the teaching module “The EU and Globalisation”, Dec. 2003.

Knowledge Transfer/Training

Won contracts to train Australian officials in a series of courses on the European Union, awarded by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, entitled Utilising the EU Institutions in pursuit of Australian Interests, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Teaching and Supervision

Supervision of theses at Ph.D., Masters and undergraduate honours level on EU and comparative European politics; various aspects of the EU; Italian politics, European foreign policy; EU defence policy; immigration, racism and the extreme right in Europe; European identity; the EU constitution; minority nationalism in the UK; EU-Australia relations; EU-Asia relations; the EU and Northern Ireland; the EU and Cyprus; Intergovernmental Conferences of the EU; integration theories; the transformation of the EU nation state; EU Enlargement; EU-Asia relations; comparative regional integration; the EU as an international actor, the EU as an environmental actor; EU immigration policy; the EU Constitutional Treaty.

Research

European Union integration and polity issues; EU-Australia relations; EU-Asia relations; comparative regional integration; integration theory

Subjects Taught

• The EU and Globalisation. Masters subject.
• Europe and Asia:  Competing Hegemons? Masters subject.  Supported by EU Jean Monnet teaching award.
• Europe: Identities and Citizenship: second/third year.
• European Integration: Politics of the EU: second/third year.

Supervision

Recent Publications

Books

P. Murray (ed.) Europe and Asia:  Regions in Flux, Basingstoke, Palgrave, forthcoming, 2008.

P. Murray, Australia and the European Superpower: Engaging with the European Union, Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 2005

Book Chapters

P. Murray, “Regional Power Europe?  The place of the EU in comparative regional integration analysis, in Ariane Kösler and Martin Zimmek ed., Elements of Regional Integration, Berlin, NOMOS, forthcoming.

P. Murray, “Model Europe? Reflections on the EU as a model of regional integration”, in Pompeo Della Posta, Milica Uvalic and Amy Verdun (eds), Globalization, Development and Integration.  Basingstoke, Palgrave, in press, 2008.

P. Murray, “Contemporary European Perspectives on East Asia and EU-Asia Relations”, in P. Murray (ed.) Europe and Asia:  Regions in Flux, Basingstoke, Palgrave, forthcoming, 2008.

P. Murray, “Introduction: Europe and Asia, two regions in flux?” in P. Murray (ed.) Europe and Asia:  Regions in Flux, Basingstoke, Palgrave, forthcoming, 2008.

P. Murray, “The uses and abuses of the concept of integration”, in Chris Rumford ed., Sage Handbook of European Studies, London, Sage, forthcoming, 2008.

P. Murray, “What Australians think about the EU: National Interests in an international setting”, in Martin Holland and Natalia Chaban eds., Public, Elite and Media Perceptions of the EU in the Asia–Pacific: Conceptualizing EU Public Diplomacy, London, Routledge, in press, 2008.

P. Murray, “Should Asia emulate Europe?”, in Woosik Moon and Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan, eds. Regional Integration – Europe and Asia Compared. Ashgate, Aldershot, 2005, pp. 197-215.  

P. Murray, “European Integration Analyses: A Reappraisal”, in H. Heinze, C. Weller, H. Kreutz eds., Die Lekture der Welt. Zur Theorie, Geschichte und Soziologie kultureler Praxis (Worlds of Reading. On the Theory, History and Sociology of Cultural Practice) Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang, 2004, pp. 122-129.

Refereed Articles

P. Murray, “Exporting a new public space? Reflections on the EU integration experience as a paradigm”, , in Bee, C., Scott A. and Scartezzini R. eds., "The Development of a European Public Sphere: A stalled project?", symposium in European Political Science, vol. 7, no. 3 in press, 2008.

P. Murray, ‘The EU and Australia: Beyond the ‘Tyranny of Distance?’ in Peter Anderson and Georg Wiessala, ed. The EU and Asia: Reflections & Reorientations, European Studies: A Journal of European Culture, History and Politics, 25, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2007, pp.261-285.

P. Murray, “The Challenge of the New Bilateralism:  Australia’s relations with Ireland in the context of the European Union”, Australian Journal of Irish Studies, Issue 4, Remembered Nations, Imagined Republics, 2004, pp. 207-220.

P. Murray, “Towards a research agenda on the European Union as a Model of Regional Integration.” Asia Pacific Journal of EU Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2004, pp. 33-51.

P. Murray, “Factors for Integration? Transnational Party Cooperation in the European Parliament, 1952-79”, Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2004, pp.103-116.

Refereed Working Paper

P. Murray, The Clash Of Integrations? Recasting The European Union Bargain, Jean Monnet Working Papers Series, Jean Monnet Lecture Series 2003, Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, Facoltà di Sociologia, (Department of Sociology and Social Research, Faculty of Sociology), University of Trento, Jean Monnet Lecture Series, JML № 4. 23 pp. (refereed), 2004.
http://193.205.192.18:8080/poloeuropeo/content/e57/e130/e353/JML4.pdf

Entries in Referenced Works

P. Murray, “Europe-Australia” in Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts, eds The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 192-194.

Journal Editing and Membership of Editorial Boards

Co-Editor, Working Papers Series of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne since 2000.
Member of Editorial Board, Asia Pacific Journal of EU Studies since 2002
Member of International Advisory Board, Asia Europe Journal since 2002.
Member of International Advisory Board, Contemporary Politics, 1996-2007.
Member of Editorial Board, Melbourne Journal of Politics since 2004

Commissioned Reports

P. Murray, M. Longo, A. Berryman, B. Cleeland, M. Matera, B. Hinz, Utilising the EU Institutions in pursuit of Australian Interests, Training Course Manual for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, June 2006, August 2006, February 2007, Oct. 2007,March2008.

Dora Horvath and Fiona Machin, with Philomena Murray and Rita Wilson, Register of Contemporary European Studies in Australia, Melbourne, Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia, with Australian Universities Europe Network, and the Delegation of the European Commission, Canberra, 2004. 397 pages.

Conference Papers and Presentations

How Europe Looks at Asia: Between Expectations and Capabilities, paper presented to International Conference on EU-Asia Relations: A Critical Review, at the Contemporary Europe Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, 27-28 March 2008.

Advancing Regionalism: Does the EU Pursue a Regionalist Agenda in Asia? Keynote address to Conference on Regional Integration – Asia and Europe Compared, University Ca’ Foscari of Venice,
16 January 2008.

‘Regional Integration Comparing European and Asia Pacific Perspectives and Experiences’, paper to the Europe Australia Asia Pacific Network Pilot Project Final Network and Postgraduate Conference, University of Trento, September 2007.

‘Reflections on Australia-Europe University Cooperation: The EAAPN Experience’, paper to the Europe Australia Asia Pacific Network Pilot Project Final Network and Postgraduate Conference, University of Trento, September 2007.

‘Setting Agendas in European Studies: Some Reflections’, paper to the National Workshop of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre at the University of Melbourne and the Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia, on ‘European Studies in Australia – Setting Further Agendas’, at the Contemporary Europe Research Centre, The University of Melbourne 24 August 2007.

‘Back to the Future? Contemporary challenges for Australia – EU relations’, paper to Monash University Conference on Europe, New Governance, New Worlds?, Melbourne, April 2007

‘Contemporary European Perspectives on East Asia and EU-Asia Relations’, paper to CERC International Conference, Europe and Asia: Regions in Flux, 6–7 December 2006, Contemporary Europe Research Centre, The University of Melbourne.

‘The EU and Australia: Beyond the Tyranny of Distance?’ keynote speech to the 15th  anniversary celebration of the Australian Institute of Polish Affairs, Melbourne, 18 November 2006.

'Model Europe? Reflections on the EU as a model of regional integration', paper to the European University Institute Conference on 'Interpreting globalisation', 6-7 Oct. 2006, EUI, San Domenico di Fiesole, Florence,

‘External Perspectives on the European Union’, presentation to the School of International Studies, University of Trento, 4 October, 2006.

‘Perceptions of the EU Among Australian Elites’ paper to Paper to the Network of European Studies Centres of Asia (NESCA) Workshop on the EU's new identity and its perception in Asia: Responding to the 7th Framework Programme “Europe in the World'', 27-29 July 2006.  National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

‘Issues relating to the value of migrant communities in EU-Australia relations’, keynote address to the Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia and European Diaspora Research Network Conference on European Diasporas in Australia: Their Contribution to European Integration, Victoria University, Melbourne, 28 April 2006.

‘Is the European Union a Global Force – and what might this mean for Australia?’, speech to the Pacific Institute, Melbourne, 27 April 2006

‘Responses to Europe’s Integration: From Old Bilateralism to a New Regional Bilateralism and Beyond’, paper to the European Union Studies Association of the Asia-Pacific International Conference on Multilateralism and Regionalism in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, 8-10 December 2005, Keio University, Tokyo.

‘Expansion of membership, expansion of scope, the European Union and Australia’ paper to CERC International Conference 2005, ‘A Bitter Triumph?  The Crisis of the European Project in the Aftermath of Enlargement’, Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne, 1 December 2005

‘Obstinate or obsolete? Reflections on the European integration project.’ paper to CERC International Conference 2005, ‘A Bitter Triumph?  The Crisis of the European Project in the Aftermath of Enlargement’, Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne, 1 December 200

‘The Future Face of Europe’, Europe Update Workshop on Current Challenges, Future Perspectives”,  sponsored by the national Europe Centre and the European Commission Delegation, at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra,  9 November.

Australia and the European Superpower, presentation to the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Melbourne, 27 October 2005.

Close Encounters:  Beyond the Transatlantic Relationship, paperto Conference on The Future of Europe, European University Institute, Florence, Alumni Association with the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, 30 September 2005

Australia and the European Superpower: Engaging with the European Union, paper to the Euro-Asia Centre and Centre for European Studies, University of Limerick, 21 September 2005.

Australia’s New Relationship with Europe: Close Encounters with a Twenty-first­century Superpower, paper to the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London and Monash University London Centre, 12 September 2005.

‘Is the EU a new kind of superpower?’, presentation to the Political Interest Society, University of Melbourne, 6 September, 2005.

'The EU - Superpower of the 21st Century?' Lecture to Department of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, Sydney, 3 June 2005.

‘EU Governance: Model for Integration or Metrosexual Superpower?, paper to Conference on ‘Shifting Boundaries of Sovereignty: Governance and Legitimacy in the European Union and Australasia’, 22-3 March 2005, at the National Europe Centre, Canberra.

‘L’analise comparata dell’integrazione regionale:  il caso dell’ASEAN ed il regionalismo del Asia Pacifico’ (Comparative Analysis of Regional Integration:  the case of ASEAN and regionalism in the Asia Pacific), to the Symposium on ‘Comparative Regional Integration: Europe, Asia, Africa and Mercosur Compared’. Faculty of Political Science, University of Padua, 14 October 2004.

‘Prospettive dell’Unione Europea come Attore Internazionale’ (Perspectives on the European Union as an International Actor), Jean Monnet Lecture Series 2004, Faculty of Sociology and Jean Monnet European Centre, University of Trento, Jean Monnet Lecture Series, 12 October 2004

Should Asia emulate Europe?, paper presented to International Conference on Regional Integration – Europe and Asia Compared, Conference of Korean Institute for International Economic Policy; the EU Studies Association of Korea and Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, 3 May 2004.          

The Model European? The European Model? Reflections on the EU as a model of regional integration. Paper presented to Dept of Political and Social Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, 5 February 2004.

Distant Voices, Shared views? Australia’s Rediscovery of Europe, Jean Monnet Round Table seminar, Dublin European Institute, University College Dublin, 29 January 2004.

Briefings and Courses

Ran courses entitled ‘Utilising the EU Institutions in pursuit of Australian Interests’ Training Courses for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, June, 2006, August 2006, February 2007, October 2007, March 2008.

Applying for non-ARC grants - Europe: Observations regarding successes and challenges, presentation to Session on Applying for non-ARC grants, at Melbourne Research Office Program for Early Career Researchers in Humanities, Social Sciences and Creative Arts, 29 May 2007.

Australia-Europe Education cooperation: Observations regarding successes and challenges. presentation to the Australian TAFE International Network (ATIN), 16 June 2006. 

Understanding and reporting on the EU and EU-Australia relations. Media Training Seminar for Fairfax and SBS journalists, Fairfax Training Centre, Sydney, June 2006.

Improving European perceptions of Australia both in Brussels and in EU member states, address the Northern, Central and Eastern Europe; EU & Western Europe Branches of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra 25 October 2005.

Overview of the EU, decision-making processes and Constitution and review of EU-Australia relations. Media Training Seminar for Fairfax and SBS journalists, Fairfax Training Centre, Sydney, 3 June 2005.

Australia-Europe Education Relations: past successes, current issues, future challenge, briefing to representatives of the Department of Education Science and Training; the AVCC; the G08; the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand; European Commission, Brussels, Canberra, 3 March 2005

Australia-Europe Collaboration on Education: Opportunities and Challenges, briefing to the Americas and Europe Section, International Cooperation Branch, Department of Education, Science and Training (Canberra), Melbourne, December 2004.

Introduction to the EU, institutions and processes and Review of EU-Australia relations. Media Training Seminar, Asia Pacific Journalism Centre, for Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific journalists, University of Melbourne, 6-8 July 2004. 

Australia-Europe Collaboration on Education: A University Perspective, briefing to the Australian Vice Chancellors Committee Europe Shadowing Program, Sydney, April 2004.

International teaching and Knowledge Transfer

Is the EU a model of regional integration for East Asia? 2007 Jean Monnet International Summer School of the University of Innsbruck and University of Trento on ‘EU External Relations:  African and Asian Areas’, at the University of Trento, Sept. 2007 (invited).

‘The EU and Globalisation’ and ‘The EU and Asia’, in the 2007 Jean Monnet Chair International Summer Seminar: Integrating Europe in a Changing World, Tor Vergata University, Rome, July 2007 (invited).

‘Perspettive Esterne sull’Unione Europea come Attore Internazionale’ (External Perspectives on the European Union as an International Actor), presentation to the Faculty of Sociology Masters programme students and staff, University of Trento, 4 October, 2006 (invited).

‘External Perspectives on the EU’, 2006 Jean Monnet International Summer School of the University of Innsbruck and University of Trento on ‘Under construction: Developing a European Public Space’, at the Department of Political Science, University of Innsbruck, 4 Sept. 2006 (invited).

‘The EU and Globalisation’ and ‘The EU and Asia’, in the 2006 Jean Monnet Chair International Summer Seminar: Integrating Europe In A Changing World, Tor Vergata University, Rome, July 2006 (invited).

‘L’’Unione Europea: Attore Internazionale nel governance internazionale?’ (The European Union: An International Actor in International Governance?), Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Science, University of Padua, 14 October 2004 (invited).

‘Prospettive dell’Unione Europea come Attore Internazionale’ (Perspectives on the European Union as an International Actor), Jean Monnet Lecture Series 2004, Faculty of Sociology and Jean Monnet European Centre, University of Trento, Jean Monnet Lecture Series, 12 October 2004 (invited).