Brenda Murphy is a founding member of the Department of Gender & Sexualities at University of Malta where she is involved in the design and delivery of postgraduate programs, research, activism and community engagement. She has served as president and general secretary for the University of Malta Academic Staff Association (UMASA). She researches for several institutions: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), COST, and Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) and is expert/researcher for European Parliament, Commission and Council. She has been national coordinator for the GMMP since 2000, and is founder of an education and activism NGO, Mediating Women, which works towards better gender-balanced media. Her personal research is located around: gender equality, gender mainstreaming and leadership (gendered places and spaces); media and Gender - portrayal, representation and politic (identities, gendered bodies, symbolic violence, cyber cultures, online hate, male gaze, activism etc.); mediated identities and performances of consumption (national, gender, ethnic etc.) ; and masculinities.