#NewResearch: Dr Qian Gao explores the interaction of heritage conservation and social values at two Buddhism-inspired rock carvings (Dazu and Anyue) in southwest China.
Learn more about this study and 'living heritage' sites: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
#Archaeology #Heritage #DUresearch
What do the numbers really say about women’s safety? Professor Nicole Westmarland from our Department of Sociology looks at what’s changing – and what isn’t 👉 bit.ly/4uvU5Ft
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How can history guide Ukraine’s recovery?
Professor Markian Prokopovych’s research explores how local histories-from migration to urban culture-can guide Ukraine’s recovery & future resilience. Find out more👉https://bit.ly/3Nuv5h1
@durhamhistory.bsky.social
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#DUSpotlightOn
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We’re working with the @ukaeaofficial.bsky.social to host an industry preview event for a proposed High-Temperature Superconductivity Centre of Excellence.
Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
#DUresearch #Fusion
People who lose a parent in childhood tend to invest less in the stock market later in life - especially in more individualistic cultures.
Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/2ntum8nh
#Finance #BehaviouralEconomics #LifeCourse #DUresearch
Mobile healthcare clinics can improve health outcomes and lower healthcare costs, especially for people far from traditional services - research from Durham University Business School highlights their value.
Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/3ks2dy8a
#Healthcare #AccessToCare #PublicHealth #DUresearch
New AI tools developed by scientists in our Computer Science Department could help hospital staff spot seriously ill patients earlier and focus care where it’s needed most.
Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Research from our Business School shows that girls with more female classmates in early school years tend to have stronger career outcomes later in life.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/fwtc6tew
#DUresearch #Education #Gender #CareerOutcomes
Research from our Psychology Department found that kids prefer comfortable respirators with ear-loops, and younger children like colourful designs. These insights could help manufacturers design masks children actually want to wear.
Read more: bit.ly/4rOqCnU
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Screenshot of a page on the Society for Medical Anthropology website, showing 12 thumbnail links for a variety of online articles. The webpage is titled 'Flashes of Responsibility: Craft, Ethics, and Impact in Global Health Ethnography'.
Special collection out now: 'Flashes of Responsibility: Craft, Ethics, and Impact in Global Health Ethnography'
Read it here: medanthro.net/critical-car...
Featuring many of our Department's health anthropologists: staff members, postdocs, and PhD students!
#Anthropology #GlobalHealth #DUresearch
Research from our Archaeology Department, that British tin was traded over 4,000km to the Mediterranean during the Bronze Age, has been featured in BBC - Digging for Britain.
Watch the full episode here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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A close up photograph of a mask-like human face decorating the shoulder of a lidded vessel or cauldron from the Melsonby hoard, shown upside down as found during excavation.
Our innovative and impactful research transforms lives and makes a difference, globally and locally.
Discover more in our Global Research Newsletter 👉 mailchi.mp/96a54d0bd591...
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The full research findings and report will be published at a later date.
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Dr Adrian Brennan from our Biosciences Department has appeared in BBC Inside Science to share his research that shop-bought #wildflower seeds may be putting Britain’s native plants at risk.
Listen to the full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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Screenshot of the EthnoScripts Contemporary Anthropology webpage, showing the Vol 27 No. 1 (2025) issue: Jewish Cultural Heritage, Minority Agency, and the State. The issue was published 2nd Dec 2025.
📃 Out now! 📃
Our Anthropology Department's Professor Yulia Egorova has co-edited an issue of Ethnoscripts titled 'Jewish Cultural Heritage, Minority Agency, and the State' - available free and open access here: journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ethnoscripts...
#DUresearch #Anthropology #CulturalHeritage
An international team of researchers, including Dr Michael Loy from @durhamclassics.bsky.social, has uncovered hidden clues about life in the hills of ancient southwest Samos, Greece. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
#DUResearch #DigitalHumanities l @britschoolathens.bsky.social
Backed by a significant investment from industry, a new research project led by Durham will support the UK’s energy transition and drive innovation in low-carbon technologies.
Read more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
@manchester.ac.uk
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New Article alert:
We introduce “average instantaneous undercooling” to track changing cooling conditions in magma. Higher values produce long, thin plagioclase (high aspect ratio), lower values more blocky grains—offering a new way to read crystallization histories.
#DUresearch #EarlyCarreer
Read @jonnydarling.bsky.social's thoughts on the UK's proposed asylum reforms: www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...
#DUresearch @geogdurham.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
Professor Gina Porter, @durhamanthropology.bsky.social, and Bradley Rink, at the University of the Western Cape, draw on research in Cape Town and London to challenge the common assumption that young men walk freely and without fear within communities. Read more 👉 bit.ly/43I4D8B
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Six of our researchers have been named among the world’s most highly cited in @clarivate.com's 2025 list 👏
Their pioneering work spans cosmology, galaxy formation, supercomputing & 6G communications.
👉 bit.ly/4nQZv9p
@clarivateag.bsky.social
#HighlyCited2025 #DUinspire #DUresearch
New research from our Biosciences Department and @btobirds.bsky.social shows that hotter European summers are reducing migratory birds’ ability to fuel up for their long journeys.
Read more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Our Prof Claire Horwell @clairehorwell.bsky.social led the GCRF-funded FACE-UP project on protecting children from urban air pollution. This new paper looks at children’s preferences for the style and design of respiratory protection.
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Professor Jeff Warburton from our Geography Department has shed light on how dam disasters of the 1920s led to vital safety reforms but with today’s changing climate.
Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...
#DUresearch @uk.theconversation.com
Did Neanderthals create art?
Archaeology Professor Paul Pettitt explores the evidence that our ancient sister species were indeed capable of artistic expression.
Read his fascinating insights: ➡️ bit.ly/47eR56K
@uk.theconversation.com
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New study from @durhampsych.bsky.social found that kids prefer comfortable respirators with ear-loops, and younger children like colourful designs, while older ones prefer plain black or white.
Read more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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In a new 10-min Talk with @britishacademy.bsky.social Professor @harrietbulkeley.bsky.social from @geogdurham.bsky.social explores how urban climate action can chart a path forward.
Listen to her full talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JLJ...
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Today, we kicked off this term's department seminar series with Dr. Michael Pons (@michapons.bsky.social) coming from @gfz.bsky.social. He presented his research on geodynamic modeling of tectonic activity on Earth and Venus 🌍🌌
#DUresearch #Modeling #GFZ
PhD student Ella Richmond studied critical metal mobility in Weardale and Cornwall granites. With her supervisor, she presented results, visited key granite sites, toured the UK’s first geothermal plant, and collected granite samples for geochemical analysis in Durham!
#DUresearch #Fieldwork
The Durham University Earth Sciences department is proudly represented at the Solar and Storage conference in Birmingham by PhD candidate Joe! Visit stand B69 until Thursday to learn more about the future of energy! 🌼☀️🔋
#DUresearch #SolarStorageLive #DurhamUniversity #DurhamEnergyInstitute
