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Department Of Geography
Research Centres
- Centre for Medical Humanities
- Centre for Social Justice & Community Action
- Culture-Economy-Life
- Geographies of Health and Wellbeing
- IBRU: Centre for Borders Research
- International Landslides Centre
- Politics-State-Space
- Tipping Points Research Project
- Urban Worlds
Research Groups
Human Geography
- Culture-Economy-Life (CEL)
- Geographies of Health and Wellbeing (GoHWell)
- Politics - State - Space (PSS)
- Urban Worlds
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
- InCluESEV - Interdisciplinary Cluster on Energy Systems, Equity and Vulnerability
- International Network on Urban Low Carbon Transitions (INCUT)
- 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
- Politics of Chinese engagement with African development: Case studies of Angola and Ghana, The
- 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
- Rising Powers, Clean Development and the Low Carbon Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa, The
- 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)
- Trading Places: The Complex Economy of Housing Markets
- Transcapes
- Transnational Climate Change Governance (TCCG)
- Urban Transitions: Climate change, global cities and the transformation of socio-technical systems
- 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
- Dr Charlotte Adams
- Professor Louise Amoore
- Professor Ben Anderson
- Professor Sarah Atkinson
- Dr Lisa M. Baldini
- Dr Andrew Baldwin
- Dr Oliver Belcher
- Professor Mike Bentley
- Dr Louise Best
- Dr Isabella Bovolo
- Professor Louise Bracken
- Professor Gavin Bridge
- Professor David R. Bridgland
- Professor Harriet Bulkeley
- Professor Tim Burt
- Dr Sydney Calkin
- Professor Felicity Callard
- Dr Patrice Carbonneau
- Dr Kate Coddington
- Dr Rachel Colls
- Dr Nicholas J. Cox
- Professor Mike Crang
- Dr Niall Cunningham
- Professor Alexander Densmore
- Professor Danny Donoghue
- Professor David J.A. Evans
- Dr Ed Garrett
- Professor Nicky Gregson
- Dr Richard J. Hardy
- Dr Christopher Harker
- Dr Paul Harrison
- Dr Robert Hilton
- Dr Rebecca Hodge
- Professor Ray Hudson
- Dr Jim Innes
- Dr Stewart Jamieson
- Dr Mark Kincey
- Professor Paul Langley
- Dr Noam Leshem
- Dr Jeremy Lloyd
- Professor Antony Long
- Dr Andrés Luque-Ayala
- Dr Gordon MacLeod
- Dr Lauren Martin
- Dr Erin McClymont
- Professor Cheryl McEwan
- Professor Colin McFarlane
- Dr Siobhán McGrath
- Professor Glenn McGregor
- Dr David Milledge
- Professor Colm O'Cofaigh
- Professor Rachel Pain
- Professor Joe Painter
- Professor Marcus Power
- Dr Sim M. Reaney
- Professor Dave Roberts
- Dr Nick Rosser
- Dr Nick Rush-Cooper
- Dr Jeremy Schmidt
- Professor Ian Shennan
- Professor Philip Steinberg
- Professor Chris Stokes
- Professor Peter Talling
- Dr Divya P. Tolia-Kelly
- Dr Laura Turnbull-Lloyd
- Professor John Wainwright
- Dr Jeff Warburton
- Dr Joe Williams
- Dr Sarah Woodroffe
Secretarial Staff
- Mrs Freda Denby
- Mrs Joyce Blackett
- Mrs Christine Bones
- Mrs Nicola Bramfitt
- Miss Freya Copley-Mills
- Mrs Ann Dobson
- Mrs Sharon A. Gibson
- Dr Shirley A. Goodyer
- Ms Diane Greaves
- Ms Janet Hampson
- Dr Adam Holden
- Mrs Anne E. Madden
- Ms Deborah Morgan
- Miss Sophie Patterson
- Miss Lianne Percival
- Ms Lisa Tempest
- Mr John P. Thompson
- Eris Williams Reed
- Mrs Lorna Winship
- Ms Kathy Wood
Technical Staff
- Mr Steven Allan
- Mrs Michele L. Allan
- Mr Nicholas Barber
- Mr Mervyn Brown
- Mr Frank Davies
- Ms Alison George
- Ms Amanda Hayton
- Mr Michael Heslop
- Mr David Hodgson
- Miss Megan Hughes
- Mr Chris Longley
- Dr Eleanor Maddison
- Miss Kathryn Melvin
- Mr Chris Orton
- Mrs Jean Swales
- Mr Neil Tunstall
- Dr Samantha Waugh
- Mr Martin D. West
Research Staff
- Dr Janice Astbury
- Dr Martin Brader
- Dr Matthew Brain
- Dr Louise Callard
- Dr Matthieu Cartigny
- Dr Alison Cook
- Miss Sophie Davison
- Dr Tjalling De Haas
- Dr Mathieu Dellinger
- Professor Maureen Fordham
- Mr George Gerring
- Dr Richard Selwyn Jones
- Dr Zacharoula Kouki
- Dr Jenny Lawshaw
- Dr Susan Lewis
- Dr Qianqing (Lindsay) Mai
- Dr Christopher Martin
- Dr Grace Nield
- Dr Katie Oven
- Dr Mark Pittard
- Dr Jesse Proudfoot
- Dr Lizzie Richardson
- Dr Tom Robinson
- Ms. Maria Luisa Sánchez Montes
- Dr David Small
- Dr Guillaume Soulet
- Dr Charlotte L. Spencer-Jones
- Ms Bregje Van-veelen
- Dr Emma Vann Jones (née Norman)
- Dr Jin Wang
- Dr Pippa Whitehouse
- Dr Jack Williams
International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU)
Nomis
Emeritus Staff
- Professor Peter Atkins
- Professor G.H. Blake
- Professor Michael J. Blakemore
- Professor Sarah E. Curtis
- Dr Ian S. Evans
- Professor Rob Ferguson
- Professor Brian Roberts
- Professor Ian G. Simmons
- Professor Alan Townsend
Honorary Research Staff
Research Student
- Mr Jonah Agus
- Mrs Mildred Oiza Ajebon
- Miss Semra Akay
- Miss Walaa Alqaisiya
- Miss Mariana Alves-Dos-Santos
- Ms Amy Greer Murphy
- Miss Irene Arputharaj
- Mr Diego Astorga de Ita
- Gopi K. Basyal
- Miss Jessica Benjamin
- Mr Ayushman Bhagat
- Mr Ramjee Bhandari
- Dr Hannah Bickerdike
- Miss Clare Bliss
- Mr Alex Bonnefoy-Jenkinson
- Mr Richard Boothroyd
- Ms Jaya Klara Brekke
- Ms Johanne Bruun
- Miss Hung-Ying Chen
- Ms Pin-chu Chen
- Mr Peter Codling
- Miss Alice Cree
- Ms Arely Cruz-Santiago
- Miss Saskia de Vilder
- Ms Patrycja Dlugosz-Stroetges
- Dr Tim Dowson
- Ms Madhumita Dutta
- Mr Xiangwen Fan
- Ms Raihana Ferdous
- Mr Peter J Forman
- Miss Grace Garside
- Miss Katharina Grueneisl
- Miss Ailsa Guild
- Miss Julia Heslop
- Miss Esther Hitchen
- Miss Hannah Holmes
- Miss Jessica Holmes
- Miss Jennifer Horrocks
- Miss Sarah M. Hughes
- Mr Muhammad Huq
- Mr Liaqat Hussain
- Ms Zahra Hussain
- Miss Katy Hutton
- Miss Inese Jansone
- Mr Michael Javorski
- Miss Hannah Joyce
- Miss Cynthia Kamwengo
- Miss Emma Kindell
- Miss Connie Yim Ming Kwong
- Mr Michael Laiho
- Mr Kyuteg Lim
- Miss Ruth Machen
- Dr Gaja Maestri
- Ms Olivia Mason
- Miss Ashleigh Massam
- Mr Timothy May
- Mrs Naomi Maynard
- Mr Bertie Miles
- Mr John Hogan Morris
- Mr Philip Mullen
- Mr Mohd Muzzammil
- Miss Rosie Nelson
- Mrs Mihaela Newton
- Mr Erwin Nugraha
- Ms Rosalind Oates
- Ms Mateja Ogric
- Mrs Emma Ormerod
- Mr Guy Paxman
- Mr Callum Pearson
- Mr Ed Pope
- Mr Martin Price
- Mr David Pybus
- Mr Ludovico Rella
- Mr Edward Rollason
- Mrs Hanna Ruszczyk
- Mr Iman Sadrvaghefi
- Miss Vanessa Schofield
- Mr James Searle
- Mr Avidesh Seenath
- Ms Juliet Sefton
- Ms Pammi Nitin Sinha
- Mr Sam Slatcher
- Miss Rebecca Smith
- Miss Victoria Smith
- Mr Marcin Stanek
- Miss Zuzanna Swirad
- Ms Lucy Szablewska
- Mr Muh Taufiqurrohman
- Mr Andrew Telford
- Ms Sophie Tindale
- Mr James Todd
- Miss Yu-shan Tseng
- Ms Leonie Tuitjer
- Mr Simon Varley
- Mr Nicholas Walton
- Mr Ruxi Wang
- Miss Siobhan Whadcoat
- Mr Yo-hsin Yang
