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Department of Geography
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Research and Impact

We are a large department of human and physical geographers conducting world-leading research that addresses pressing social and environmental challenges.

Our aim is to be a global node for geographical research - a destination and conduit for outstanding researchers from a wide range of countries and backgrounds. Our research clusters function as centres of gravity for new ideas, for experimentation, and for maintaining an environment that maximises our collective research strengths. As we move across boundaries and forge new areas of inquiry, we foster a research culture that is open, ambitious, flexible, and adventurous.
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Explore Our Current Research

Our research across human and physical geography addresses pressing global challenges through projects focused on delivering social and environmental benefits.

Take a look at some of current research projects

 

 

Affiliated Research Units

Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience

Research on social and environmental complexity

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IBRU Centre for Borders Research

Leading research on international boundary making

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Institute for Medical Humanities

Critical, transformative health scholarship

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Institute of Advanced Study

An international hub for leading scholars

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Take a look at our Virtual Library

Explore some of our recent outputs, from documentaries and talks to books, articles, and more.

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DON'T TOUCH TARIQUÍA: The Resistance of Chiquiacá

Dr Penelope Anthias's new documentary on Bolivian women organising against oil and gas development in Tariquía National Reserve of Flora and Fauna

Read Anthias's book: Limits to Decolonisation
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170 Years of Weather Data

Apart from the Radcliffe Observatory at Oxford, Durham University Observatory has the longest unbroken series of meteorological observations for any university in the UK.

Explore Durham's Open-Access Weather Data
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Research Masters

Our Research Masters provides an opportunity to develop your research expertise and advanced skills. Pursue your own top or collaborate on a project designed by a supervisor in our world-leading research environment.

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Doctoral Study

Our doctoral programme offers an exceptional opportunity to pursue original exciting research projects in a community of supportive staff and fellow postgraduate scholars. Numerous funding paths are available for home and international students across both human and physical geography.

Doctoral Study
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Social Sciences International Brochure

The stories presented in our International Brochure demonstrate sustained and positive engagement with international partners, particularly around work with social justice in society and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Our 8 departments have funded research projects on every continent.

Find out more in our International Brochure Postgraduate International Students

Contact Us

Founded in 1928, the Department of Geography at Durham University is one of the leading centres of geographical research and education in the world.

Department of Geography

Postgraduate Study
Durham University
Lower Mountjoy
South Road, Durham
DH1 3LE, UK
Tel: +44 (0)191 33418000

 

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