Dr David F Murphy, PhD

Biography

Dr David F. Murphy is Associate Professor of Sustainability & Collaborative Leadership and Academic Lead of the Initiative for Leadership & Sustainability (IFLAS), University of Cumbria.

David has extensive international experience of working on multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration with senior leaders and change agents in business, government, NGOs, and the UN system, including related teaching, applied research and consultancy on partnerships for sustainable development.

Recent projects include: Strengthening Cumbria's Civil Society with the Office of the Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria, Cumbria Development Education Centre (CDEC) and Thinking Philanthropy; and a series of the transformational potential of partnerships for the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

David has an MSc in Comparative Development and International Policy, and a PhD in International Policy on Sustainable Development, from the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol.

Qualifications and memberships

• PhD International Policy, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol (1998)
• MSc Comparative Development and International Policy, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol (1993)
• BEd Secondary English, University of Calgary (1987)

• Member, Association of Sustainability Practitioners, Poole, Dorset (current)
• Affiliate Member, Society of Editors, Cambridge (current)

Academic and research interests

• Cross-sector collaboration on sustainable development
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Collaborative leadership and learning in multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs)
• Monitoring and evaluation of partnering processes, governance and outcomes
• Collaborative research, appreciative inquiry, and applied qualitative research

Research supervision

 

Publications

• Marshall, A and Murphy, DF (2017) ‘Turning Point: Rural Innovation Ecosystems and Leading Wellbeing’, Journal of Corporate Citizenship. Vol. 2017, No. 68, pp. 7-14.

• Murphy, DF and Marshall (2021) Citizenship and Sustainability in Organizations: Exploring and spanning the boundaries. pp. 164, London: Routledge.

• Murphy, DF and Stott, L (2021) Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). pp. 262, Basel, Switzerland: MDPI Books.

• Murphy, DF and Stott, L (2021) Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainability 13(2): 658. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020658

• Reid, S , Murphy, DF and Pyres, J (2011) 'Approaches to Building and Managing Partnerships: Contributing to a UNESCO partnership strategy', Vol 1: Main Report & Vol. 2: Annex Report, 30 November 2011, London: The Partnering Initiative.

• Stott, L and Murphy, DF (2020) An Inclusive Approach to Partnerships for the SDGs: Using a Relationship Lens to Explore the Potential for Transformational Collaboration. Sustainability. 12(19), 7905. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12197905

• Shah, R, Murphy, DF and McIntosh, M (2017) Something to Believe In - Creating Trust and Hope in Organisations: Stories of Transparency, Accountability and Governance. eBook edition, pp. 245, London & New York: Routledge Taylor& Francis.

• Werna, E , Keivani, R and Murphy, D (2009) Corporate Social Responsibility and Urban Development: Lessons from the South, pp.245, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Jones, G and Murphy, DF (2024), 'The Paradox of Rewilding Projects: Exploring rewilding as projects, programs or portfolios' at University of Maryland Project Management Symposium

Recent external roles

• Co-Chair, Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership, with more than eighty organisations working towards a net zero carbon county by 2037 (current)
• Series Editor, ‘Citizenship & Sustainability in Organizations’, Routledge/Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, Oxon (current)
• External Examiner, Imperial College London (ongoing)
• Senior Associate, The Partnering Initiative, London (ongoing)
• Senior Associate, United Nations System Staff College, Turin, Italy (2005-2008)
• Programme Director & Director, New Academy of Business, University of Bath (1999-2004)
• Senior Researcher, The Body Shop plc, London, UK (1998-1999)

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