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REfUSE café volunteering opportunities

REfUSE are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help prepare and serve delicious meals in their community café. All training will be provided. 
REfUSE café volunteering opportunities

Polish national honour for Physics Professor

The President of Poland has presented Marek Szablewski, Professor of Physics at Durham University, with a prestigious national award for services to the Polish Scouting Association, which operates outside of Poland.
Marek Szablewsi portrait

Time to get active: Durham City Run Festival returns

Durham City Run Festival returns to our historic city this year, providing summer competition, fun, and celebration.
Durham City Run Festival 2023

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and Durham Law School (United Kingdom) sign an Agreement on Internship Arrangements

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and Durham Law School at Durham University (United Kingdom) have entered into an Agreement on internship arrangements aimed at promoting Cambodia’s transitional justice mechanisms and experiences to students and alumni of Durham Law School.
ECCC Agreement

Research collaboration at the forefront of new partnership

We have agreed a new partnership with ultrasonic instrumentation manufacturer Coltraco Ultrasonics to develop collaborative research activity and to create research impact.
Zoom virtual signing of contract with Coltraco Ultrasonics

History Now! event

Dr Markian Prokopovych (Associate Professor in Modern European Cultural History) gave a talk on 'Understanding Ukraine: Entanglements and Conflict in the History of East European "Bloodlands"'
Understanding Ukraine History Now! event

Professor A.S.M. Maksud Kamal, Pro-Vice Chancellor Education, Dhaka University, visits the IHRR

Professor A.S.M. Maksud Kamal, Pro-Vice Chancellor Education, Dhaka University, visited the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) at Durham University on 8-9 March 2023.
Disaster science institute Dhaka

Inside Health: What’s stopping us from exercising in older age?

Professor Cassie Phoenix features on BBC Radio 4’s Inside Health with James Gallagher.
Inside Health logo

IAS Epiphany Term Card of Events

The IAS has a busy term ahead and details of seminars, public lectures, workshops from both our Fellows and projects (major projects and research development projects) are listed in our Term Card.
people listening to a lecture

Welcome to our new Chief Operating Officer

We are pleased to announce Stewart Ross as our new Chief Operating Officer.
Stewart Ross on a pink background

County Durham shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2025

We’re celebrating the announcement that County Durham has been shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2025.
Image of student musicians performing in Durham Cathedral

Lumiere lights up our ground-breaking research

This week sees the return of Lumiere, the dazzling light art event hosted in Durham bi-annually. This year’s event includes three installations drawing on some of our ground-breaking research.
Night time image from Lumiere 2021 showing the Ogden building with colourful abstract images projected onto one side