Society
Informed key research investigating society and culture in the current climate. Read our influential research below or return to our Impact Hub.
An inclusive, diverse and equal place to learn
The Business School is committed to becoming a more inclusive environment for learning. Dr Gretchen Larsen explains the latest developments.
Coping with Covid: the extra challenges faced by UK migrants
As Covid-19 secured its grip on the UK our government and social bodies acted to put a number of schemes and measures in place.
Empowering North East communities through research
Dr Ladan Cockshut discusses how the University is supporting local regeneration projects through knowledge exchange.
Exposing the stigma around social housing
For those living in social housing, the extreme stigmatisation of estates has had an impact on everything from employment to healthcare.
Pandemic-speak: lessons learned from dealing with COVID
Professors Russell Craig and Joel Amernic discuss how leaders in business and politics across the globe have used rhetoric to tackle the pandemic.
Researching police wellbeing
Professor Les Graham’s research delves into the mental and physical welfare of the police workforce across the whole of the UK.
Averting a cultural catastrophe
How Durham University is supporting the creative community during the pandemic. How Durham University is supporting the creative community.
Is speech really free?
It is easy to feel a sense of injustice where our conversations, as a form of data, provoke reactions, and enable the monetisation of social media.
Neurodiversity at work benefits everyone
Change perceptions and highlight the benefits that hiring people with different ways of thinking can bring.
Protecting the 'forgotten' workforce
Workers in precarious employment, including zero-hours contracts (ZHCs), have had a much more worrying and uncertain time than most.
The world is changing... or is it?
How do we know that life expectancy is increasing or that climate change is a looming threat?
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