📍 Research Methods Cafe – 18 February 2026 - 11.00-12.30 at the Nine DTP/DRMC Hub, Arthur Holmes Building. Conversation Topic: Methods that Help Break Boundaries. Open to postgraduate students and staff. No need to sign up, just turn up!👇 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

Durham Research Methods Café - Next session - Wednesday 18th February 2026 in person, 1100-1230. All PGR/PGT students and DU staff welcome. More information: www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...

Please register now for "Writing a good Data Management Plan"! In this workshop, you will learn to write a Data Management Plan that demonstrates your understanding of best practices in Research Data Management. Register on Inkpath: webapp.inkpath.co.uk/redirect/eyJ...

Durham Research Methods Café - Next session - Wednesday 4th February 2026 in person, 1100-1230. All PGR/PGT students and DU staff welcome. More information here:https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/research-methods/events/research-methods-cafe-session-4-february-2026/

A new piece in Insights looks back at a decade-long “quiet culture war” in scholarly publishing.. Open access, library priorities, global vs local needs… it’s all in here. Worth a few minutes if you publish research (or plan to). 👉 insights.uksg.org/articles/10....

Durham Research Methods Café - 1st session of term - Wednesday 21st January 2026 in person, 1100-1230. All PGR/PGT students and DU staff welcome. More information here: www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...

UK Data Service will be running a course next month: Using agent-based models as a simulation tool to generate synthetic data. 18 Feb 2026 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. More details: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/using...

We have published a new Library Guide today on sharing research data with others during a project: libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_researc...

DRMC BULLETIN - Michaelmas term 2025!!!!! Please see our latest bulletin here - mailchi.mp/be2147638482...

Durham Research Methods Café - next session - Wednesday 3rd December 2025 in person, 1130-1300. All PGR/PGT students and DU staff welcome. More information here: www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...

We will run training on Writing a good data management plan soon! We will cover: RDM best practices; planning data-related work before it takes place; describing different types of research data; short- and long-term storage options for research data; managing sensitive data etc shorturl.at/YLiJC

Responsible Data Stewardship: Generative AI and the Digital Waste Problem Publication by Vanessa Utz, Simon Fraser University Access the paper here: doi.org/10.48550/arX...

🪅🎉 We're celebrating today because we've now minted 600 DOIs and just over 500 datasets! 🎉🪅

Register now on Inkpath for our next training course on "Writing a good Data Management Plan!" Link to Inkpath: webapp.inkpath.co.uk#/redirect/ey...

Please mark your calendar for our next Research Methods Cafe! Wednesday, 19 November, 11.30-13.00. Another great topic for discussion!

Read our most recent Open Research round up! Check out our stats for last month and sign up to our upcoming sessions! 👇 libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_researc...

Our next cafe will be held on Wednesday, 05 November! All our cafes are informal and relaxed.

The N8 CIR group are running a workshop next week (23 October) on "Working with and Managing Sensitive Research Data". If you are interested in this topic, you can find more details about the event below: n8cir.org.uk/events/worki...

Don't miss our next Research Methods Cafe to be held on Wednesday, 22 October in the Arthur Holmes Building!

Here's what the Open Research team have been up to over the past month 👇 libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_researc...

DRMC’s Research Methods Café Wed 8th Oct 2025, 1130-1300 DRMC/Nine DTP Hub, 1st Floor, Arthur Holmes Building This meeting is in person! Conversation Topic: Suggest conversation topics for future meetings this term. PGR/PGT Students and all DU Staff welcome! No need to sign up, just turn up.

Our scientists have helped verify the superconducting wires that will power the world’s largest fusion energy project: ITER. Their work ensures the giant magnets at the heart of the machine will perform flawlessly bringing us a step closer to clean energy. Learn more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Read our most recent Open Research round up! 👇 libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_researc...

New research data published: Contact-induced molecular reorganization in E. coli model lipid membranes [dataset] / N Tormena, T Pilizota and K Voitchovsky. DOI: doi.org/10.15128/r2h...

New research data published: Comparative molecular dynamics simulations of charged solid-liquid interfaces with different water models [dataset] / M. Tavakol and K. Voitchovsky. DOI: doi.org/10.15128/r3v...

New research data published: Dur360BEV: A Real-world 360-degree Single Camera Dataset and Benchmark for Bird-Eye View Mapping in Autonomous Driving [dataset] / E. Wenke, T.P. Breckon et al. DOI: doi.org/10.15128/r3q...

New research data published today! Geometric Visual Fusion Graph Neural Networks for MPHOI Recognition in Videos: MPHOI-120 is a collection of 120 high-resolution videos of 3 participants interacting with 2 to 5 objects: collections.durham.ac.uk/collections/... Created by Tanqiu Qiao et al.

Our final Research Methods cafe of the Easter Term will be held on Wednesday, 25 June from 11.00 - 12.30 on the 1st Floor, Arthur Holmes Building. Left of the Calman Learning Centre. Signposted DRMC. All PGR/PGT students and DU staff welcome!

Hello, our latest article with @was3210.bsky.social *Health information communication and advocacy in the haemophilia community: an X-based analysis.* Our research explores communication and advocacy for the haemophilia patient community on social media www.emerald.com/insight/cont...

@durham-university.bsky.social #DurhamUniversity #Exhibition #Bionanotech

🚨 With Jessame Thomson (rockstar undergrad), Chris von Rueden, & @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social, we examine cross-cultural variation six mechanisms that help maintain egalitarianism in four African hunter-gatherer groups. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Great to have our Director, Professor Ita Mac Carthy, represent IMEMS today at part of a series of conferences organized by the Matteo Maria Boiardo Study Center!

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Collaboration between @yorkpsychology.bsky.social and @durhamdcerc.bsky.social / @durhampsych.bsky.social A longitudinal, cross cultual, study on infant development of concern & comforting: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @zannaclay.bsky.social

new preprint: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/9055 Code used in research is key to the methods and scientific output and we should ensure it’s not just "available" but easy to verify and build on. We present a practical tool to code review for scientists 🧪 work with @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social

New publication alert! 🚨 My first paper on #PMDD is out in PLoS One today! In collaboration with @iapmdglobal.bsky.social, we looked at the impact PMDD has on those with the condition and on their partners, who often fall into an informal, familial caregiver role. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

I realise we've never published our SIAM BGCE contribution on arXiv. Here it is: arxiv.org/abs/2504.15814 We study stationary black holes phrased as wave equations over an adaptive mesh. The solution should be stationary by definition, but it is subject to numerical instabilities.

Happy #StGeorgesDay! 🐉 We're no strangers to dragons at IMEMS. This extraordinary collection of puppets and costumery was created as part of research into connections between tangible and intangible heritage. Find out more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeDf... @durham-university.bsky.social

🧪 Bionanotech in Action webinar - April 30th, 2025 15:00 GMT Join us for the fourth instalment of our free-to-attend webinar series, exploring the fantastic work of early career researchers in biological nanotech. Just click on the link and learn! blogs.ed.ac.uk/unanowebinars/

Sharing the foreword from our new book - Stockdale & Addison 'Marginalised Voices in Criminology' routledge.com/Marginalised... written by Rona Epstein and Steve Tombs on behalf of the Alliance 'Is it a Crime to be Poor?' crimetobepoor.org

Open access article!

Read our Open Research Team update for the last month!👇 libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_researc...

New paper! What controls the electrical properties of nuclear waste glasses? In our samples, the concentration of RuO2 crystals is key. ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

It seems good news come in twos (sorry 🙈) so *delighted* to say that our project 'Reconceptualising resistance', with my Co-Is Elizabeth Kahn (SGIA) and Maja Kutlača (Psychology), has been selected for funding! Watch this space for exciting news and updates on how we can rethink resistance 👇🎉

I'm absolutely thrilled to see my new book -- POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: THE FUNDAMENTALS -- now in print! www.wiley.com/en-gb/Politi...

Our website relisheu.org is up and running and we even have a little video! Please subscribe and follow us as we start implementing our program and develop content.

I've posted this before, and will do so again until people pay attention. If you're in the US, or affiliated with the US, and you are an academic doing soon-to-be-censored work. YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE ENCRYPTING YOUR COMMUNICATION. Signal/Whatsapp is not enough. youtu.be/M2-rly3ernY

In search of some lunchtime listening? Catch our Associate Director Professor Giles Gasper on Sam Bilton's Comfortably Hungry podcast, exploring the history and usage of long pepper. 🎙️🌶️ @durham-university.bsky.social comfortablyhungry.substack.com/p/s3-e14-lon...

Save the date! Tuesday, 10 June. We are running an interactive workshop on writing a good Data Management Plan. All researchers are welcome. Please book your place on Inkpath: webapp.inkpath.co.uk#/redirect/ey...

🎥 Missed out on any of our events? Many are now available to view as recordings! Check out past talks on AI and gossiping, physical activity, the affective dynamics of violence, interdisciplinary conversations and many more 👇 medhumsplatform.org/archive/ #medicalhumanities #medhums

Day 1 @ 2025 Chicago Fieldtrip! @geogdurham.bsky.social