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York Street, Belfast Campus
BT15 1ED Belfast
United Kingdom
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Dr Martina Murphy is Senior Lecturer and Associate Head of School (Architecture) for the Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment. She has a PhD and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
She has been Course Director for the Construction Business and Leadership MSc; Construction Engineering and Management BSc, and the BA and MArch Architecture courses, during which time she led on revalidations for the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) , Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and prescription for the Architects Registration Board (ARB).
Prior to that Dr Murphy was a practicing architect and managed the design and construction of commercial, public and private sector projects in the UK, Malta, Hong Kong and Thailand. Her main research interests are in the areas of construction innovation, procurement, architectural design and pedagogical innovation.
As Associate Head of School of School she oversaw the implementation of a vertical teaching structure for delivering architectural education akin to professional practice, the SuperStudios, which is the first of its kind to be implemented in a School of Architecture.
She obtained her first degree in 1990 and began her academic career in 2011 following a long period in industry. She was awarded a PhD in 2008 under the supervision of Professor George Heaney and Professor Srinath Perera.
Dr Murphy has been Council Member for the Royal Society of Ulster Architects and co-opted Education Chair for the RIBA and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI). She is Committee Member of the Association of Professional Studies Advisors (APSA) and member of The Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of Architecture (SCHOSA).
Martina is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a member of the Project Management Institute and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
She has examined and chaired validation panels in the UK and Europe and have established international academic partnerships in Croatia, China, Bulgaria, Hong Kong and Australia.
Dr Murphy has supervised PhD’s locally and nationally and has sat on the Editorial Boards of Construction Innovation, Emerald Publishing; Construction, Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis; The International Review Board of Archnet-IJAR- International Journal of Architectural Research (MIT Press); Project Management Journal; Journal of Visualization of Engineering, Springer.
Martina has served as a School Governor for Hunter House College, Belfast, and Management Board Member for the South Ulster Housing Association (SUHA) and appointed Director to the Board of Trustees for HomeStart, UK.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Master, PgCHEP
Sept 2010 → Jun 2011
Award Date: 30 Jun 2011
PhD, Managing and sustaining building product innovations within the construction procurement process
Sept 2003 → Oct 2008
Award Date: 1 Oct 2008
Master, Architecture, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sept 1990 → Jun 1992
Award Date: 30 Jun 1992
Bachelor, BA (Hons) Architecture
Sept 1986 → Jun 1990
Award Date: 30 Jun 1989
Visiting Critic and Lecturer in Professional Studies, Birmingham City University
Sept 2019 → …
Ulster University Representative, The Royal Society of Ulster Architects
Sept 2018 → …
Member
Sept 2018 → …
Co-chair of Procurement and Practice Committee, Royal Society of Ulster Architects
Sept 2016 → Jun 2018
Board Member
2012 → 2013
DoE School Governor (Hunter House), Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
Sept 2008 → Jun 2016
Chair of Sustainability Committee, Royal Society of Ulster Architects
Sept 2008 → Jun 2009
NI Education Representative, Royal Institute of British Architects
Sept 2004 → Jun 2008
Elected Council Member, The Royal Society of Ulster Architects
Sept 2000 → …
Honorary Secretary, Mid-Ulster Regional Group of Architects
1996 → 1998
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Murphy, Martina (Recipient), 2009
Prize
Murphy, Martina (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Honorary award
Murphy, Martina (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Honorary award
Murphy, Martina (Recipient) & Keenan, Michaela (Recipient), 2017
Prize
Martina Murphy (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Martina Murphy (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Martina Murphy (Visiting lecturer)
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
Martina Murphy (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Martina Murphy (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
4/01/21
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1/10/10
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