Mark Murphy

Mark Murphy is Reader in Education and Public Policy at the University of Glasgow, UK. Current research interests including accountability, public sector reform and the application of social theory in applied settings. His recent publications include Habermas, critical theory and education (paperback, with T. Fleming, Routledge, 2012), the four-volume Social theory and education research (Sage, 2013), Social theory and education research: understanding Foucault, Habermas, Bourdieu and Derrida (Routledge, April 2013), and Research and Education (with W. Curtis and S. Shields, Routledge, 2014). He is Co-Director of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change at the University of Glasgow and is an active member of professional associations such as the British Education Research Association (BERA) and the Social Policy Association (SPA). He is also active on social media and is the creator of www.socialtheoryapplied.com. Mark has recently launched, in collaboration with Cristina Costa, a new open access online journal, the Journal of Applied Social Theory.