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

📢 Join Us at EGU 2025! 🌍✨ We're excited to share that Rebekah Harries PDRA, IHRR Durham University will be part of an insightful oral presentation at European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2025, exploring how extreme rainfall events shape landscape erosion!

The University has updated its Research Data Management policy. All Durham researchers are encouraged to skim the new policy. The glossary is particularly helpful. www.durham.ac.uk/research/eth...

"News Cycles and Satisfaction With Democracy: How the Pandemic Short-Circuited Media Polarization" Co-authored by SGIA's Omar Hammoud-Gallego and Open Access! doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Hooray! The first paper of our FACE-UP project has finally been published! And this is actually the last week of funding! Literally too busy to write more now… so more later! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How can 'interdisciplinary objects' help us share ideas, build connection and plan next steps in interdisciplinary & cross-sector health research teams? Mary Robson reflects on the use of creative and experimental methods in a workshop on Long Covid. medhumsplatform.org/interdiscipl...

Hot off the press - Open Access article: Dis/ableist criminology and domestic colonisation: conceptualising disabled people’s experience of hate and home-based violence DU authors: Sociology's Stephen J. MacDonald and Catherine Donovan www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New research data published today! Dur360BEV: A Real-world 360-degree Single Camera Dataset and Benchmark for Bird-Eye View Mapping in Autonomous Driving [dataset] / T. Breckon, E. Wenke et al. Link to dataset: collections.durham.ac.uk/collections/...

Durham RDM service leaflet

On Monday, we teamed up with Flourish@Durham to run a workshop exploring how to improve support for researchers engaged with sensitive, emotionally-charged and contentious topics. So many brilliant ideas from those who attended, with a sense of that 👇🧵from one of our newest colleagues ...

Picturing Research Competition 24/25 REMINDER!! DRMC invites staff, PGT, PGR researchers to submit a pictorial representation of their research. Online competition showcasing research conducted by researchers at Durham University. More details here: www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins... #researchmethods

I was on a podcast hosted by Dr. Ryan Moyer, discussing our book and the research on solitude. I am gonna summarise a few key points we touched on below.

The online world is indeed a 'free-for-all' that we are failing to regulate. We bow down to tech giants while abuse intensifies online. But we carry on, making the case, as is powerfully shown here. www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/onli...

Documentation: Write it down, save future you Struggling to remember what your own code does? Imagine how others feel! 😅 Good #documentation makes your code usable, shareable, and way less frustrating. Let’s make it happen. 📅 Learn how in our workshop: coderefinery.github.io/2025-03-25-w...