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Latest research news
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Parents should be allowed to make informed choices over infant bed-sharing, says child sleep expert
Parents should be given more information and be encouraged to make informed choices to minimise the risks of infant bed-sharing, a child sleep expert has said.
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Brain frontal lobes not sole centre of human intelligence
Human intelligence cannot be explained by the size of the brain’s frontal lobes, say researchers.
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Museum find proves exotic ‘big cat’ prowled British countryside a century ago
The rediscovery of a mystery animal in a museum’s underground storeroom proves that a non-native ‘big cat’ prowled the British countryside at the turn of the last century.
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New fracking research led by Durham University finds it is “not significant” in causing earthquakes
A new study of hundreds of thousands of hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) operations has found that the process has only caused earth tremors that could be felt on the surface in three cases.
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Forthcoming research seminars
IHRR Postgraduate Research Forum
The first IHRR Postgraduate Research Forum for 2012-13 will take the form of a mini-conference.
The event will consist of a series of presentations given by postgraduate research students at Durham University specialising in hazard, risk or resilience. It will also introduce the work and mission of IHRR to postgraduate students and discuss ways the Institute can best support their work in Durham.
The following presentations will be given at the forum:
ASSESSMENT IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY, EXPERIENTIAL ACCOUNTS – by Jon Carey
COWS, BADGERS AND BACTERIA: THE EVERYDAY CRISIS OF BOVINE TB – by
Philip Robinson
IS COMMUNICATING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO A NON-ACADEMIC PUBLIC RISKY? – by Boris Popov
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, FRAMING AND DISPLACEMENT: KNOWLEDGE, POLITICS AND VOICES OF THE SURVIVORS – by
Md Nadiruzzaman
WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE RISKS OF RELATIONSHIP BUILDING – by Peter Hart
RESEARCH COMMUNICATION, ENGAGEMENT AND IMPACT – by Brett Cherry
If you are interested in attending please email ihrr.admin@durham.ac.uk.
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