South-East Asia and Australasia

Durham has strong connections with universities in Australia and New Zealand through joint research and student exchange, as well as through the Matariki Network of Universities (MNU), of which Durham is a founder member. The below information provides a snapshot of our collaborations with Australasian colleagues.

Partnerships

• University of Sydney, Australia
• University of Melbourne, Australia
• University of Western Australia, Australia
• University of Otago, New Zealand

The University of Western Australia and the University of Otago are both members of the Matariki Network of Universities.

Research Centres & Institutes

• Institute for Hazard Risk and Resilience
• Durham Energy Institute
• Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM)
• Centre for Social Justice and Community Action
• International Boundaries Research Unit
• Wolfson Research Institute

Library Collections

• The Whitehead Collection, 20th Century collection relating to the health, hunting, behaviour, control and farming of deer throughout the world.
• The personal and official papers of Malcolm MacDonald, covering all periods of his life from early childhood to retirement.
• 19th Century papers of Henry George 3rd Earl Grey, incl. his tenure as Colonial Secretary 1846-1852.

Projects

• International Geoscience Programme
• Hand stencils in Upper Palaeolithic cave art
• The Gristhorpe Man Project
• Juvenile Justice Systems: An International Comparison of Problems and Solutions
• Riverine particulate organic carbon from an active mountain belt: importance of landslides

Student and Alumni Societies and Associations

• Alumni International Associations