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Professor Thérèse Murphy

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Professor Thérèse Murphy

School of Law

My work focuses on human rights law and practice. I am particularly interested in health and human rights, including the relationship between human rights and new technologies, and the right to share in the benefits of scientific progress. I am also interested in human rights method.

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  • T.Murphy@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3475

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in: 

  • Health and human rights
  • Science, technology and human rights, in particular questions concerning law's capacity to regulate the life sciences
  • Human rights method
  • Human rights more broadly
  • Health law and ethics
  • Global health law

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Chairperson, European Master’s in Human Rights and Democratisation, part of the Global Campus of Human Rights
  • Member, Moral and Ethical Advisory Group, Department of Health and Social Care, London
  • Member, HSC Clinical Ethics Forum, Northern Ireland
  • Co editor, Hart Publishing book series on Law and Health
  • Editorial board, Human Rights Law Review
  • Co editor in chief, GC Human Rights Preparedness
  • Founder and director, Health & Human Rights Unit
  • Experienced mentor to postdoctoral research fellows funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council and the EU’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie scheme

Research students

PhD area The obstinate jury: A comparative study of mock rape trial juries
Name Rosie Cowan
   
PhD area Genetic ownership: A critical analysis of key legal, social and bioethical debates concerning genetic ownership and the rights of the individual with implications for the criminal justice system
Name Gillian Keilty
   
PhD area The treatment of female 'terrorist' fighters in international law
Name  Sylvia Farkasovska
   
PhD area Birth parents’ experiences of contact with children adopted in the last 10 years: Making and living out arrangements 
Name   Sarah Hansen 
   
PhD area  The human right to health: Developing the economic accessibility component of the AAAQ framework 
Name  Gema Ocana Noriega 
   
PhD area Facebook Feminism to contest harm: A study to understand a changing landscape of healthcare in the technological era 
Name  Angela Rogan 
   
PhD area School exclusion of pregnant girls, gender stereotyping and international human rights law 
Name   Gift Sotonye Frank 

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area Effective Protection? A comparative analysis of the role of international law in preventing and tackling human trafficking among refugees and asylum seekers in Africa and Europe
Name Dr Gillian Kane
Years of study Phd awarded 2022
Quote "Throughout the life of the project, Professor Murphy played an active role, providing valuable feedback, encouragement and advice. It was a privilege to develop as a researcher under the guidance of such an experienced and kind supervisor."
   
PhD area Raising the Bar: Gender and the careers of women barristers in Northern Ireland
Name Dr Leah Treanor
Years of study PhD awarded 2020
Current Position Barrister-at-Law, The Bar of Northern Ireland 
Quote “Her recognition that a supervisor’s role is as much about career progression as academic guidance meant that I benefited from a well-rounded PhD experience.” 
   
PhD area Ensuring human rights and investment in conflict areas: Implications for Afghanistan
Name Dr Daria Davitti 
Years of study PhD awarded 2014
Current Position Research Fellow, Lund University, Sweden; Assistant Professor and Head of the Forced Migration Unit, School of Law, University of Nottingham
Quote “She set an example of the type of academic that I aspire to become: rigorous and creative, whilst at the same time open, supportive and understanding.”
   
PhD area The removal of donor anonymity in the UK: The silencing of claims by would-be parents
Name  Dr Ilke Turkmendag
Years of study PhD awarded 2009
Current Position Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Newcastle, UK
Quote “During a sabbatical visit to Yale, I met another visiting scholar and we ended up discussing our experiences with our PhD supervisors. I told her that I partly owe my academic career to Thérèse: not only did she guide me intellectually during my PhD, helping me to cross the disciplinary boundaries which my thesis required, she also supported me during my postdoc years—in my grant applications, publications and career choices. This scholar had heard about an excellent PhD supervisor from a friend of hers who had studied in the UK, and it turned out to be the same person: Thérèse. So, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Thérèse has an international reputation for supervision and mentoring!”
   

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Get ahead: tips on how to prepare your application to study for a PhD at QUB Law

Read our guidance on the steps in our PhD applications process and how to present your research proposal.

Interested in a postdoctoral fellowship at QUB Law?

If you have already completed a PhD or are about to do so, and you are looking for a mentor for a postdoctoral fellowship in one of my areas of expertise, please get in touch via email. The School of Law has a strong track record in supporting able candidates who are working towards fellowship applications to funders such as the British Academy, EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie scheme, ESRC NINE and the Leverhulme Trust.


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