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Research Impact at Durham

Read about our Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 impact case studies.

Aerial view of Durham

Global Culture

Interested in how the cultural activities of Durham's staff and student bodies enrich life worldwide? Head to the Global Culture page to find out.

Bollywood Dance group at the Oriental museum, Holi Festival, indian dance

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Durham University to co-chair the Japan-UK RENKEI research consortium

We are strengthening our research links with Japan with the appointment of Professor Claire O’Malley as the UK co-chair of the Japan-UK RENKEI consortium.
A row of people sitting behind tables and signing documents. A banner behind them reads RENKEI.

International research centre launches to explore impact of AI and algorithms on society

We have officially launched a major new research hub dedicated to exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are transforming society.
Professor Louise Amoore wearing a black and white top smiling with a green code background

Identity distress drives poor mental health in autistic people

A new study from our Department of Psychology has found that identity distress (difficulty forming a cohesive identity) could be a behind the higher rates of poor mental health experienced by autistic people.
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Girls in female-dominated classrooms see greater career success, study finds

Girls who study in classrooms with higher numbers of girls than boys during early childhood education are more likely to gain greater financial and professional success later in life, according to new research from Durham University Business School.
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Durham hosts exhibition marking 100 years of China’s Palace Museum

We’re hosting a new exhibition marking the centenary of China’s prestigious Palace Museum.
A group of people stand looking at the camera in front of a display board reading Journey of a Century

Why Egypt is not bowing to pressure to accept Palestinian refugees

Dr Rory McCarthy, Associate Professor in Politics and Islam, at our School of Government and International Affairs is an expert in social movements, contentious politics, and Islamism in the Middle East and North Africa. Here Rory discusses the latest Israel military advances and the pressures on Egypt.
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Durham project shortlisted for QS Reimagine Education Awards 2025

Hispanic Studies colleagues Penelope Johnson and Lara Escudero-Baztan have been shortlisted for the Blended & Presence Learning Award at the QS Reimagine Education Awards 2025 for their project Empowering Students: Integrating Online Language Exchanges into Higher Education.
Hispanic Studies colleagues Penelope Johnson and Lara Escudero-Baztan

Visiting New Zealand professor to study Britain’s ‘skeletons in the closet’

A New Zealand researcher is joining us on a four-year professorship to study the bioethics of the use, curation, and repatriation of anatomical skeletal collections.
Professor Siân Halcrow smiling wearing a dark green blazer and leaning on a table in a seminar room

Middle East’s Bronze and Iron Age cultures were committed to wine production

Ancient plant samples have shown that farmers in the Middle East prioritised wine production over olive growing during times of climatic change.
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Scientists discover unexpected twist in cosmic wind speeds

An international team of scientists, led by Professor Chris Done of our Physics Department, has made a surprising discovery about powerful winds blasting from around a neutron star.
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UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship for Dr Will Brittain

Associate Professor Dr Will Brittain, from our Department of Chemistry, has been named as a recipient of a prestigious national fellowship scheme.
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New book celebrates 60 years of Classical Civilisation in English schools

A landmark new publication authored by Professors Arlene Holmes-Henderson and Edith Hall offers the first comprehensive study of two transformative subjects in the English curriculum.
Left to right: Edith Hall, Emma Bridges and Arlene Holmes-Henderson pictured at the parliamentary reception and book launch
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