Lecture & Research video library

Financial Crises: The Need to Learn from History

Prof Roman Tomasic and Dr Folarin Akinbami discuss how we must learn from past financial crises and address the problem of 'moral hazard', where financial companies and individuals make irresponsible decisions and externalise the consequences of their actions onto others.

IHRR's Breaking the Mold:Humanitarian Aid and Empowering Local Communities Conference

Baroness Valerie Amos discusses the issues surrounding delivering humanitarian aid in disaster situations and the research taking place at Durham University.

New version of Jerusalem goes solo

New solo Jerusalem song stars Durham University Student Choir and Prof. Jeremy Dibble

Principles based approach to financial regulation

A discussion addressing the need for principles-based approaches to regulating financial services to build market resilience.

Professor Dave Petley discusses landslide research

Professor Dave Petley discusses areas affected by landslides across the world, how the department carries out it's research and examples of how the research is applied to real life situations.

Professor Epstein Inaugural Lecture

Professor Mikhail Epstein gives his Inaugural Lecture - 14/02/2013

Professor Epstein Q&A session

Q&A session following Professor Epstein Inaugural Lecture

The Customer Led Network Revolution (CLNR)

In this video, Durham University staff and PhD students as well as project partners elaborate on the installation procedure and the benefits of Real Time Thermal Ratings (RTTR) technology, which is one of the key smart grid technologies that are to be deployed and evaluated as part of the project programme.

Tipping Points - Uncovering the climate of the past in Greenland

Scientists travel to Greenland to collect artefacts that will help them uncover the mystery of a rapid cooling event that took place in the North Atlantic around 5000 years ago. This will help to discover how the Earth's climate systems may change in the future.

Tipping Points - Uncovering the climate of the past in Greenland - Part 2

Scientists travel to Greenland to collect artefacts that will help them uncover the mystery of a rapid cooling event that took place in the North Atlantic around 5000 years ago. This will help to discover how the Earth's climate systems may change in the future.

Universities Minister David Willetts visits Durham University

Watch this short video about the Universities Minister David Willetts visit to Durham University on 9th July 2012.

"King James Bible & the modern world ' Van Mildert Trust Lecture by Lord Bragg

'Every move you make' - The normal psychology of pain

Watch this lecture on the normal psychology of pain as part of the Public Engagement Lecture Series.

'How the brain is wired for pain' - Dr Michael Lee

As part of the 'It's a pain' public lecture series Dr Michael Lee presents a lecture entitled 'How the brain is wired for pain'.

Could Medicinal Plants Manage Pain? Ross Menzies

Watch this lecture on whether medicinal plants can manage pain by Ross Menzies - part of the Public Engagement Lecture Series.

Improving Workforce Health & Wellbeing through National Policy

For 2012's Wolfson Annual Lecture Dame Carol Black delivered a lecture on Improving Workforce Health & Wellbeing through National Policy.

King Hussein Memorial Lecture

King Hussein Memorial Lecture, given by Professor Marc Stears (Oxford), May 2012

Making Science Work

Nobel Prize winning scientist Sir Paul Nurse has officially opened Durham University's new student services building, the Palatine Centre. Following the opening ceremony, Sir Paul, who is the President of the Royal Society, also delivered a lecture to students and staff on the subject of Making Science Work. A video of Sir Paul's lecture can be viewed here.

Rochester Lecture 2012: 'From Einstein to Wheeler: wave particle duality for a single photon'

Professor Alain Aspect (Institut d'Optique, Palaiseau, France) delivers the 2012 Rochester Lecture on 'From Einstein to Wheeler: wave particle duality for a single photon'.

The Coalition and the Welfare State

Prof. Peter Taylor from the University of Kent discusses the real reasons why the coalition is cutting the welfare state.

The Public Intellectual in Classical Athens and Today at The Royal Society in London

This panel event organised by Durham University took place on 28th June 2012 and examined the influence of ancient Athens on democracy today. The all-female panel featured TV presenter and historian Bettany Hughes, Guardian chief arts and culture writer Charlotte Higgins and ancient drama and democracy expert Professor Edith Hall

The press we deserve: Adventures in the jungle

Watch the lecture by Sir Harold Evans on the press we deserve: adventures in the jungle from 27 November 2012.

Work, Worklessness and the Political Economy of Health

'Work, Worklessness and the Political Economy of Health' Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Clare Bambra