Three of our professors have been named among the world’s best for the quality and influence of their research, highlighting the global strength of Durham’s research.

[06/25] Integrating Disaster Preparedness into the Transportation Engineering Curriculum for Indian Himalayas (British Council’s £30,000 Industry Academia Collaborative Grant, Sept 2024-2025)

Former DEI director Jon Gluyas and co-author Neil Fowler from Shift Geothermal Ltd, have won a ‘best paper’ award for, ‘The future of geoenergy – a perspective’, as selected by the Geoenergy Editorial Board as one of the best papers published in the journal during 2024. The paper explores geoenergy development and production options that are low, zero and negative carbon.

Pleibéricos, an online platform founded during the Covid-19 pandemic by Prof Santiago Fouz Hernández (Durham) and Dr Esther Gimeno Ugalde (Vienna) to promote new books in Iberian Studies, marks its third anniversary this year with a new online catalogue featuring the over 100 books launched by the platform since June 2020 and its first hybrid event.

The University has been named as one of the Top 100 educational institutions worldwide in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023, demonstrating our commitment to a sustainable future.

To mark the return of World Heritage Day, we are delighted to be hosting a celebration of Durham’s history and culture with a free event for the whole family at the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[09/24] IHRR Director Professor Bruce D Malamud gave a lecture at the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) 2024 Lecture Series on the complex interplay between different natural hazards

A warm welcome to Arya Ray, who joins the Discovery Research Platform as our Events & Fellows Coordinator.

Welcome to Alona Snisarenko, who joins us as an administrator in the Discovery Research Platform’s Operations Team

Our Chancellor, foreign affairs expert Dr Fiona Hill, recently visited Bishop Auckland Hospital to learn more about their work and the partnership between Durham University and the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT).

Professor Tim Luckhurst examines how journalists covered the 1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive - the only extended campaign American soldiers fought as an independent force during the first world war.

Congratulations to Dr Barbara Vest OBE who has been appointed as a Professor in Practice at the Durham Energy Institute, commencing on 1st June 2023 for three years.