International Centre for Moral Injury
An academic research centre dedicated to deepening the understanding of the causes and impacts of Moral Injury and to exploring sources of recovery
Welcome to the International Centre for Moral Injury
The International Centre for Moral Injury (ICMI) is an academic research centre formed to study and understand the causes and impacts of Moral Injury and dedicated to opening pathways to recovery.
It supports and promotes the development and dissemination of innovative research, pastoral resources and training methods around Moral Injury, helping to generate new partnerships and collaborations across the world in the furtherance of individual, institutional and societal wellbeing.
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Programme information available and registration open for our April 2025 conference
Envisioning and Exploring Recovery from Moral Injury | 7-9 April 2025
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Webinar by Brian Powers: Penance in light of moral injury
To be held on Thursday 30 January at 7pm GMT | 2pm EST
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Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowships
This new scheme aims to support professionals and researchers from health or voluntary and community sectors in the UK to develop research within the medical humanities.
The year-long, funded fellowship will enable you to develop or deliver a research project through a medical humanities lens on a critical issue encountered in your practice.
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Welcome Timothy Mallard
This month we were pleased to welcome our steering group member the Rev'd Colonel Timothy Mallard, PhD, MSS to Durham. Timothy will be spending a year with us as a Visiting Research Fellow at St Chad’s College, while continuing his Honorary Fellowship with the Department of Theology and Religion.
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New project to produce resources on moral injury for UK chaplains and clergy
We are delighted to announce that the ICMI will soon be commencing a new research project entitled, “Recovery from moral injury across the North East of England and beyond: Researching and refining the theological tools available to chaplains”.
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Save the date for our 2025 moral injury conference
Our 2025 conference will be held in person in Durham on 7-9 April. This conference seeks to highlight research and facilitate conversations on ways of envisioning social recovery from moral injury in a wide variety of cultural and vocational contexts. The conference will feature talks from a variety of academic disciplines and from people in various sectors with practical experiences of care for those with moral injury.
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Afghanistan Veterans: Moral Injury and Righting Wrongs
In April 2024 we had the pleasure of hosting a photography exhibition entitled Afghanistan Veterans: Moral Injury and Righting Wrongs.
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Programme information available and registration open for our April 2025 conference
Envisioning and Exploring Recovery from Moral Injury | 7-9 April 2025
Webinar by Brian Powers: Penance in light of moral injury
To be held on Thursday 30 January at 7pm GMT | 2pm EST
Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowships
This new scheme aims to support professionals and researchers from health or voluntary and community sectors in the UK to develop research within the medical humanities.
The year-long, funded fellowship will enable you to develop or deliver a research project through a medical humanities lens on a critical issue encountered in your practice.
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International Centre for Moral Injury
Durham University
Department of Theology and Religion
Abbey House
Palace Green
Durham DH1 3RS
UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 47470