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New book launch by Dr Briony Anderson - How does the abuse of personal information harm? 

Dr Briony Anderson's new book 'Doxxed: How Privacy Abuse Harms' explores how the non-consensual disclosure of personal information can lead to gendered, relational and sensorial harms online.
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Spotlight on: Professor Carlene Firmin MBE – pioneering a new approach to protecting children and young people

Our Spotlight On series celebrates our world-leading academics. Applied social researcher Professor Carlene Firmin MBE has pioneered a radical shift in how we protect young people from harm.
Carlene Firmin

Overseas-qualified workers could address England’s social worker shortage, research suggests

The severe shortage of social workers in England could be addressed by employing overseas-qualified social workers living in the UK, according to new research.
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Collaborating with Action for ME to improve understanding of ME

Dr Katharine Cheston, from our Institute for Medical Humanities and Department of Sociology, is working with the charity Action for ME to better understand what it is like to live with ME and long Covid.
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Funding success for weight inclusivity training tool

We’re celebrating a successful funding application which will enable our experts to establish a new training tool to help tackle weight discrimination in healthcare.
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Twenty Durham researchers appointed to REF 2029 sub-panels

Twenty of our researchers will take important roles in assessing UK universities’ research quality.
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Master of Social Work alumni (2017-2019) Ben Chisanga has been awarded an MBE for services to Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children

The Department of Sociology is delighted to note that Ben Chisanga has been awarded an MBE.
Ben Chisanga

Report tackles modern air pollution

Professor Brian Castellani, from our Department of Sociology, has made significant contributions to a new report identifying air pollution as a public health crisis.
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Meet Jennifer Badham, Computational Social Scientist

Meet Jennifer Badham, Assistant Professor in social data science, and programme director for the MA in Social Research Methods, and Master of Data Science.
Jennifer Badham

Summit explores regional inequalities facing women

Researchers, policy makers and politicians from across the North of England have gathered at Durham University to discuss worsening health and work inequalities for women in the region.
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Reimagining the Future of the Health Workforce

Professor of Sociology Brian Castellani delivered an opening address at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Europe Symposium on Health Workforce Modelling for Action. The theme of the symposium was ‘Workforce Futures Reimagined’ and took place in Copenhagen on 28-30 April.
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People with health issues denied medication in police custody

People in police custody with health issues are regularly put at risk because medication is delayed or unavailable.
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