David Murphy

Me in a green coat and sandy/green jeans with a woolly hat on, on a walk in the Lake District. Around me is a trail with stones on, some plants and fields, and some sheep in the background

Happy new year x

It’s the pure campness of Wesker in his sunglasses and a lab coat for me!

28 let’s gooooo 🎉

She’s submitted!

Marseille was cuuute! Now, back to thesis redrafting 😬

David, standing in front of a car in doc martins, white socks, red and white shorts and a red a white tank top. He is also holding a NEU LGBT+ rainbow fan.

It’s giving Get’cha Head in the Game x

One year since the publication of my first article!

Still proud of this, and happy that people read and engaged with it. Also, still can't believe I was invited to Zaragoza to present to the PRISMA conference about this topic.

You can find the article here: postgradpedagogies.lse.ac.uk/articles/24

A professional headshot of David, he is smiling at the camera and wearing glasses. He is also wearing a pink and purple shirt. He is standing in front of a white background.

it’s giving camp academic x

Last week, I attended the TUC LGBT+ Workers’ Conference 2025 in London, a key event in my year. The conference passed motions defending trans rights against rising transphobia and combating the far right. It’s vital the trades union movement sees LGBT+ liberation as a key to the workers’ movement.

Last week, I attended the TUC LGBT+ Workers’ Conference 2025 in London, a key event in my year. The conference passed motions defending trans rights against rising transphobia and combating the far right. It’s vital the trades union movement sees LGBT+ liberation as a key to the workers’ movement.

Travelling to Belfast for #BISA2025 tomorrow, and excited to be presenting my research about international queer solidarity in this panel on Thursday:

Finally have a (very rough) full first draft of my thesis! Exciting!!!! Now to begin redrafting 😊

Amazing to have run such a good workshop with @erinmcnally.bsky.social surrounding interdisciplinarity within International Relations. We heard from some amazing PGRs within the department, talking all about how their research relates to the ways in which we define the discipline of IR.

My presentation, titled ‘Queering International Relations, Queering Disciplinarity’ examined the ways in which queer theory and writing on queer IR can change the ways in which we do IR.

Amazing to have run such a good workshop with @erinmcnally.bsky.social surrounding interdisciplinarity within International Relations. We heard from some amazing PGRs within the department, talking all about how their research relates to the ways in which we define the discipline of IR.

Hit 70k words for my thesis today, getting so close to a first full draft 😊😊😊

David in a red tacu t shirt and holding a pink sign with ‘Landlord phobia not transphobia’ in white writing

Mayday x

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I am genuinely horrified by last week’s ruling and by the government’s response to it. Trans people will always be my comrades and my siblings, and we must stand together against this transphobia. To my trans friends, I am so sorry this is happening, and I stand with you in rage and solidarity ✊🏳️‍⚧️

cutest lil walk to janet’s foss x

It has been amazing working on these two events with @erinmcnally.bsky.social around disciplinarity within International Relations. We will be exploring disciplinary dilemmas in IR, and how postgraduate research in the department can help to define IR. Excited for the workshop and mixer in May!

Happy birthday!! x Hope you’re having a wonderful day x

It’s giving ✨seven months until submission date✨ x

2 years since this sign on the picket line and this queer is still against casualisation

Super excited to be on the new episode of the Queer(y)ing Asylum podcast, discussing what a queer international solidarity means, and the problems with the framing of the UK as a 'neoliberal haven'. Please do give it a listen

Thank you so much @thediegogarcia.bsky.social for having me

Super excited to be on the new episode of the Queer(y)ing Asylum podcast, discussing what a queer international solidarity means, and the problems with the framing of the UK as a 'neoliberal haven'. Please do give it a listen

Thank you so much @thediegogarcia.bsky.social for having me

Super excited to say that this fantastic book (to which I contributed a chapter) is now out!!! Thank you so much for @dradambrett.bsky.social and @profcatherinelee.bsky.social for letting me be part of this amazing project

David wearing glasses and a black half zip jumper smiling at the camera whilst taking a selfie

First day of term done x

Hmmm, trying to read more fiction this year, and read a lot of queer books, interesting in everything haha. Wanting to just get recommendations of good books people have read recently 😊