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Department Of Geography
Research Centres
- Centre for Social Justice & Community Action
- Economy and Culture
- Geographies of Life
- IBRU: Centre for Borders Research
- Institute for Medical Humanities
- International Landslides Centre
- Politics-State-Space
- Tipping Points Research Project
- Urban Worlds
Research Groups
Human Geography
Physical Geography
Research Centres
Research Units
Research Expertise
- Coastal Evolution
- Earthquake Hazard
- Human Impacts and Coastal Hazards
- Land Uplift and Subsidence
- Late-Quaternary sea-level and environmental changes
Research Facilities
- Dedicated GIS and Remote Sensing Laboratory
- Stable isotope facility
- Soil, sediment and micropalaeontology laboratory equipment
- Dedicated design and imaging unit
- Dedicated ICT support team
- Statistical and textual analysis
- Microscopy laboratory equipment
- Field survey and sampling equipment (DGPS, corers etc.)
- Specialist geo-technic and enivonmental laboratory equipment
- Audio-visual laboratory
- Wet and dry sediment analysis laboratory
- Air conditioned laboratory for high precision chemical analyses
- Geotechnical laboratory
- Microfossil preparation laboratory
- Sediment biomarker laboratory
- Atomic absorption spectroscopy
- Gas chromatographs
- High performance liquid chromatography
- Coulter laser particle granulometer x 2
- Particle shape analyser
- Gamma ray spectrometer
- Scanning UV-visible spectrometer
- Dionex DX500 ion chroatographs
- TOC analyser
- Elemental (C, H, N, S, O) analyser
- Climatic cabinet
- Geotek multi-core sensor
- Scanning facilities up to A0
Research Projects
Human Geography
- Built Infrastructure for Older People’s Care in Conditions of Climate Change (BIOPICCC)
- Challenges of the agrarian transition in Southeast Asia, The
- Climate Change and Migration: Knowledge, law and policy, and theory
- Communities in Control Study (Phase 1), SPHR, £191,280 (01/2014 - 12/2015)
- Community Learning and Research Network (CLARN)
- Contested Borders: Non governmental public action and the technologies of the war on terror
- Data Wars: New Spaces of Governing in the European War on Terror
- Deepening Ethical Engagement and Participation in Emerging Nanotechnologies (DEEPEN)
- Designing and Consuming: Objects, Practices and Processes
- Designing out Fatness
- Durham - CMI Knowledge Exchange Laboratory, The
- Ethical Production in South Africa: Advancing a Cultural Economy Approach
- Evaluating the County Durham Worklessness and Health Support Programme, County Durham Primary Care Trust, £550,000 (2009-2014)
- Everyday Sanitation: A comparative study of Mumbai's informal settlements
- Everyday Terrorism: How Fear Works in Domestic Abuse
- Families and Cities: An Everyday Geography of Ramallah
- Fat Studies and Health at Every Size
- Geographical Variation in the Provision and Use of Health Services
- Health Inequalities in an Age of Austerity, Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Grant, £1 million (2013-2018)
- Health, Life Insurance and Financial Inclusion
- Housing for Health
- Migration, Health and Wellbeing: Comparative Perspectives from Britain and France
- Multispeed Cities and the Logistics of Living in an Information Age
- Pathways of Housing Wealth and Well-being: precipitants and consequences of mortgage equity withdrawal in BHPS and HILDA
- Police Science in digital environments
- Reframing Citizen Relationships with the Public Sector in a Time of Austerity: Community Empowerment in England and Scotland
- Rethinking the Digital Divide: The Software-Sorted Society
- Risk-Based Modelling of Diffuse Agricultural Pollution
- ROBUST: Regeneration Of Brownfield Using Sustainable Technology, EPSRC, £1 million (2008-2014)
- Rural-Urban Dynamics in a Globalising World: Changing Livelihoods and Settlement Patterns in Frontier Regions of Africa and Asia
- School for Public Health Research, £180,000
- Sources of Resilience to Adverse Social Environments
- Spiritual Machines? Debating the Moral Dimensions of New Technologies
- Strategic Science: Research Intermediaries and the Governance of Innovation
- Tackling Inequalities in Obesity, NIHR, £207,000 (2011 - 2014)
- The Politics of Chinese engagement with African development: Case studies of Angola and Ghana
- The Rising Powers: Clean Development and Low Carbon Transitions in Southern Africa
- Trading Places: The Complex Economy of Housing Markets
- Transcapes
- Waste of the World
- Winners and losers in contrasting labour markets? Socio-economic and spatial inequalities in the population health effects of economic recession and economic growth, BUPA Foundation, £130,000 (2010-2014)
- YouCitizen
Physical Geography
- Accelerated Upland Erosion Following Recent Wildfire Damage, Northern Lake District
- Asian Monsoon Climate Variability
- BRITICE‐CHRONO: Constraining Rates and Style of Marine‐Influenced Ice Sheet Decay
- British National Space Centre (BNSC) Customer Partner Project
- Climate Change and Glacier Dynamics in the Caucasus and the Mountains of Southern Siberia
- Coastal Behaviour and Rates of Activity (COBRA)
- Community Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction in China (CEDRRiC)
- Constraining Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Balance Using Salt Marsh Sediment Sequences
- Defining models of glacial isostatic adjustment in West Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula (UKANET): Better constraints on Earth structure and uplift
- Deglacial History of the Southeast Sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet During the Last Glacial Maximum, The
- Determination of a New Global GPS-Derived Surface Velocity Field and its Application to the Problem of 20th Century Sea-Level Rise, The
- Direct Measurement & Sampling of Subglacial Lake Ellsworth: Multidisciplinary Investigation of Life in Extreme Environments & West Antarctic Ice Sheet History
- Dynamics of Runoff And Erosion Modelling (DRAEM)
- Flow Structures and Flow Partitioning at River Channel Bifurcations
- Fluid Dynamics and Bed Morphology of Large Natural Open-Channel Confluences: 3D Field Quantification and Numerical Modelling, The
- ForestSAFE
- Fragile Crescent, The: Settlement Change during the Urban Transition
- Geochronology and dynamics of the western sector of the Greenland Ice sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum, The
- Glacial and climate history of South Georgia, sub-Antarctic
- Glacial Retreat in Antarctica and Deglaciation of the Earth System (GRADES - QWAD)
- Glaciated North Atlantic Margins (GLANAM)
- Greenland in a Warmer Climate: What Controls the Advance & Retreat of the NE Greenland Ice Stream? (NEGIS)
- Identification and characterisation of ice stream sticky spots: an improved understanding of ice stream basal mechanics and shut-down
- IGCP 449 / 518
- IGCP Project 495
- Improved models of West Antarctic glacial isostatic adjustment through new crustal motion data
- Interaction between the ocean, atmosphere and ice sheet dynamics along the Greenland margin
- International Landslide Centre
- Land and Sea-Level Changes Around Britain
- Landslide Assessment and Flood Erosion Risk from the North Yorkshire Floods
- Marine Geophysical and Geological Investigations of Late Quaternary Ice Sheet History and Sedimentation on the Greenland Continental Margin
- Microscale Modelling of Debris Flow Super Elevation
- Millennial-Scale History of the George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula
- Monitoring Programme for the Whitby TV Mast Site
- Monsoon Climate, Sea-Level Change and Major Cultural Changes in the Yangtze lowlands, China
- Numerical Testing of Hypotheses for the Recent Thinning and Acceleration of Greenland Outlet Glaciers
- Peat Mass Movements and Geomorphological Impacts of Extreme Rainfall
- Production in Aquatic Peri-Urban Systems in South East Asian
- Reconstructing Ice Sheet History Using Relative Sea-Level (RSL) Observations and Modelling
- Reconstructing Ice Stream Behaviour During Marine Ice Sheet Collapse
- Reconstructing Intermediate Water Temperature Response to Pliocene - Pleistocene Climates
- Recurrent Holocene Paleoseismicity and Associated Land / Sea Level Changes in the Greater Anchorage Area
- Streamlined Bedrock Terrain and Fast Ice Flow, Jakobshavns Isbrae, West Greenland: Implications for Ice Stream and Ice Sheet Dynamics
- Swale-Ure Washlands Project, The
- Teesmouth Sediment, Enteromorpha and Water Flux Study
- Terrestrial Record of Former Arctic Ice Streams: Elucidating the Controls on Ice Stream Location and Vigour, The
- Testing the Instability Mechanism for Subglacial Bedform Production
- Thinning History of the Foundation - Thiel Trough Ice Stream: A Key Control on Deglaciation of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Weddell Sea Embayment
- Three-Dimensional Quantification of Coherent Flow Structures in Large Alluvial Channels: a New Approach Using Multibeam Sounding
- Timing and Rates of Ice Sheet Thinning in The Ellsworth Mountains, Weddell Sea Embayment: Constraints on West Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics
- Understanding Contemporary Change in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
- Understanding Marine Ice Stream Retreat Using Numerical Modelling and Geophysical Data
Staff
Teaching Staff
- Professor Louise Amoore
- Professor Ben Anderson
- Dr Penelope Anthias
- Professor Sarah Atkinson
- Dr Andrew Baldwin
- Professor Mike Bentley
- Dr Isabella Bovolo
- Professor Louise Bracken
- Dr Matthew Brain
- Professor Gavin Bridge
- Professor David R. Bridgland
- Professor Harriet Bulkeley
- Dr Patrice Carbonneau
- Dr Fiona Clubb
- Dr Rachel Colls
- Dr Nicholas J. Cox
- Professor Mike Crang
- Dr Jonathan Darling
- Professor Alexander Densmore
- Professor Danny Donoghue
- Dr Simon Engelhart
- Professor David J.A. Evans
- Professor Richard J. Hardy
- Dr Paul Harrison
- Professor Robert Hilton
- Dr Rebecca Hodge
- Dr Luke Jackson
- Dr Stewart Jamieson
- Dr Elizabeth Johnson
- Dr Sarah Knuth
- Dr Karen Lai
- Professor Paul Langley
- Dr Jessica Lehman
- Dr Noam Leshem
- Dr Jeremy Lloyd
- Professor Antony Long
- Dr Andrés Luque-Ayala
- Dr Helen Mackay
- Dr Gordon MacLeod
- Dr Lauren Martin
- Professor Erin McClymont
- Professor Cheryl McEwan
- Professor Colin McFarlane
- Dr Siobhán McGrath
- Professor Glenn McGregor
- Dr Paola Moffa-Sanchez
- Dr Aya Nassar
- Dr Leonie Newhouse
- Dr Marijn Nieuwenhuis
- Professor Colm O'Cofaigh
- Professor Joe Painter
- Professor Marcus Power
- Dr Sim M. Reaney
- Professor Dave Roberts
- Professor Nick Rosser
- Dr Jeremy Schmidt
- Dr Vanessa Schofield
- Professor Anna Secor
- Professor Philip Steinberg
- Dr Monica Stephens
- Professor Chris Stokes
- Professor Peter Talling
- Dr Laura Turnbull-Lloyd
- Professor John Wainwright
- Professor Jeff Warburton
- Dr Pippa Whitehouse
- Ms Isabel Williams
- Dr Helen F. Wilson
- Dr Sarah Woodroffe
Secretarial Staff
- Mrs Freda Denby
- Mrs Joyce Blackett
- Mrs Christine Bones
- Miss Catherine Foster
- Ms Diane Greaves
- Dr Adam Holden
- Dr Jennifer King
- Ms Deborah Morgan-Anderson
- Ms Lianne Percival
- Mrs Kathleen Pickford
- Mr John P. Thompson
- Mrs Lorna Winship
- Ms Kathy Wood
- Dr Felicity Wray
Technical Staff
- Mr Steven Allan
- Mrs Michele L. Allan
- Mr Mervyn Brown
- Ms Amanda Hayton
- Mr Michael Heslop
- Mr David Hodgson
- Mr Chris Longley
- Miss Kathryn Melvin
- Mr Chris Orton
- Dr Eleanor Ross
- Mr Neil Tunstall
- Mr Martin D. West
Research Staff
- Dr Andrea Armstrong
- Dr Katherine Arrell
- Dr Megan Baker
- Dr Nicholas Barber
- Dr Jaya Klara Brekke
- Dr Matthieu Cartigny
- Dr Hung-Ying Chen
- Ms Julia Costescu
- Dr Michael Cullum
- Dr Mathieu Dellinger
- Dr Hannah Dickinson
- Dr Alexander Dodge
- Dr Andrew Dwyer
- Dr Katherine Grant
- Dr Mark Kincey
- Miss Felicity Amelia McDowall
- Dr Bertie Miles
- Dr Grace Nield
- Ms Mel Oliveira-Guirro
- Dr Jason Padgett
- Dr Ed Pope
- Miss Deborah Priß
- Dr Mohammad Rahman
- Dr Hanna Ruszczyk
- Dr Laura Schoenberger
- Dr David Small
- Dr Lucy Szablewska
- Mr Shubham Tiwari
- Dr Priyam Tripathy
- Dr Linjun Xie
International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU)
Nomis
Emeritus Staff
- Professor Peter Atkins
- Professor G.H. Blake (Emeritus)
- Professor Michael J. Blakemore
- Professor Tim Burt
- Professor Sarah Elizabeth Curtis
- Dr Ian S. Evans
- Professor Rob Ferguson
- Professor Nicky Gregson
- Professor Ray Hudson
- Professor Brian Roberts
- Professor Ian Shennan
- Professor Ian G. Simmons
- Professor Alan Townsend
Honorary Research Staff
- Honorary Professor Martin Pratt
- Dr Mark Ireland
- Dr Susan Lewis
- Dr Katie Oven
- Dr Emma Vann Jones (née Norman)
Research Student
- Mr Jonah Agus
- Mr Iqbal Ahmed
- Mrs Mildred Oiza Ajebon
- Ms Aziza Alyafei
- Miss Irene Arputharaj
- Miss Jennifer Arthur
- Mr Diego Astorga de Ita
- Miss Cristina-Ioana Balaban
- Ms Ritwika Basu
- Gopi K. Basyal
- Mr Ayushman Bhagat
- Dr Hannah Bickerdike
- Miss Clare Bliss
- Mrs. Cecile Blouin
- Mr J. Emmanuel Bustamante-Fernandez
- Mr. Carlo Ceglia
- Miss Pietra Cepero Rua Perez
- Mrs. Jing Chu
- Mr Harry Clayton
- Miss Costanza Concetti
- Miss Giselle Eugenia Connell
- Mrs Clair Cooper
- Miss Thale Damm-Johnsen
- Miss Ruusa-magano David
- Mr Robert Dessington
- Mr Christoph Doppelhofer
- Mr Miklos Durr
- Ms Leah Edwards
- Mr Xiangwen Fan
- Mr. Cheng Fang
- Ms Raihana Ferdous
- Greta Ferloni
- Miss Matilda Fitzmaurice
- Miss Grace Garside
- Miss Katharina Grueneisl
- Miss Ailsa Guild
- Mr Burag Gurden
- Ms. Shababa Haque
- Miss Erin Harvey
- Miss Esther Hitchen
- Miss Hannah Holmes
- Ms. Eleanor Honan
- Mr Ignacio Ibarra-Cofre
- Mr Michael Javorski
- Miss Abigail Joiner
- Miss Victoria J. E. Jones
- Miss Hannah Joyce
- Mr Muyeol Jung
- Miss Cynthia Kamwengo
- Miss Sophie Kenmare
- Miss Niamh King
- Miss Connie Yim Ming Kwong
- Mr Michael Laiho
- Mr Tom Lees
- Mr Joshua Leigh
- Ms Yuanyin Li
- Mr Yucheng Lin
- Miss María Paz Lira-Bahamonde
- Miss Melanie Marochov
- Ms Olivia Mason
- Mr Timothy May
- Miss Sarah Mercer
- Mr Mohd Muzzammil
- Mr Felipe Napoleoni
- Mrs Mihaela Newton
- Mr Erwin Nugraha
- Mr Brendan O'Neill
- Ms Mateja Ogric
- Mr Ikenna Osumgborogwu
- Mr Ian Pawlby
- Mr Guy Paxman
- Rebecca Pearl-Martinez
- Mr Callum Pearson
- Mr Ivo Pink
- Mr Shobhit Pipil
- Mr Martin Price
- Mr David Pybus
- Miss Yu Qiao
- Mr Md Rahman
- Mr Ludovico Rella
- Miss Amy Robson
- Mr Tobias Roylands
- Dr. Maria Luisa Sánchez Montes
- Mr. Leonard Schliesser
- Miss Laura Seddon
- Mr Avidesh Seenath
- Ms Juliet Sefton
- Miss Hannah Sellgren
- Mr Aditya Singh
- Miss Rebecca Smith
- Miss Victoria Smith
- Mr Marcin Stanek
- Mr Muh Taufiqurrohman
- Mr James Todd
- Mr. Carlos Tornel
- Miss Yu-shan Tseng
- Miss Mai Walker
- Miss Georgia Ware
- Mr. Matthew Wiecek
- Mr Ryan Wyeth
- Ms Liping Zhang