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Welcome to the Durham University Media Guide to Expertise, a resource for journalists seeking informed comment on a wide variety of topical issues.
To find an expert in a specialist area, please use the 'search' facility to search by keyword or expert surname.
European & other international expertise
- Africa
- Americas
- Asia (excluding Middle East)
- Australasia & the Pacific
- Europe: Business, economy & development
- Europe: History & Archaeology
- Europe: Language, literature & culture
- Europe: Politics, institutions & law
- International: Business, economy & development
- International: Defence & disputes
- International: Language, literature, culture
- International: Politics, institutions & law
- Middle East
Dr Charles Augarde
Reader, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 42504
Deputy Head of Faculty (Postgraduate), Faculty of Science
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 42504
Durham X-ray Centre
Specialist expertise:
- civil engineering, tunnels, bridges
- computer modelling
- Earth building (using earth materials to create walls, rammed earth, conservation of old earth buildings)
- geotechnical engineering, ground conditions, tunnelling
Professor Robin Coningham
Professor , Department of Archaeology
Telephone: 41145 (Faculty Telephone 42904)
Pro-Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 42904
Specialist expertise:
- Bangladesh
- Buddhism
- Caste
- Heritage
- Identity and the past
- India
- Indian Ocean
- Iran
- Looting
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Persia
- Persian Gulf
- South Asia
- Sri Lanka
- Trade in illict antiquities
- Urbanism and cities
Prof Paul Sillitoe
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Specialist expertise:
- International development, esp natural resources
- Natural resources management
- Oceania - esp. New Guinea
- Subsistence farming
- Sustainable development
- Tribal peoples.
Prof John Williams
Professor, School of Government and International Affairs
Centre for the History of Political Thought
Specialist expertise:
- Research interests in ethics and international relations, especially in relation to the use of violence and war; the ethics of territory; international relations theory.