Our 'Spotlight on' series showcases the world-leading work of our academics. Professor Paul Denny in our Department of Biosciences is dedicated to developing new therapies and diagnostics for parasitic diseases that affect over a billion people worldwide.

Durham University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham to establish the International Joint Centre of Excellence for Energy Resilience and Decarbonisation (CERD), strengthening long-term India–UK collaboration in sustainable energy research, climate resilience, and innovation.

Our ‘Spotlight On’ series showcases the world-leading work of our academics. Professor Lynda Boothroyd is a cross-cultural psychologist who explores how appearance ideals form and why they matter.

Professor Chris Stokes, in our Department of Geography, and Dr Harold Lovell, of the University of Portsmouth, say that while its tempting to see advancing ice as an antidote to the gloom of disappearing glaciers, the polar opposite is true.

New research from our Department of Psychology has discovered a link between loneliness and people’s light preferences.

We are delighted to announce that CSDLP and our valued partner, the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore, will host a joint webinar on 12 March 2026. Registrations are now open for this online event.

The Melsonby Hoard - an internationally significant Iron Age find excavated by our Department of Archaeology, including our Archaeological Services team - will go on display to the public later this year.

Welcome to another instalment of our Spotlight On series, where we showcase the world-leading work of our academics. Professor Mariann Hardey, in our Business School, examines how digital systems shape, constrain and often exclude people. Her work studies the friction between human complexity and algorithmic simplicity.

Developed from the 2023 Writing Global Health Ethnography workshop, this online collection features many of our Department's health anthropologists.

Our ‘Spotlight on’ series celebrates the world-leading work of our academics. Just over 20 years after being peer nominated as the most influential forensic psychologist in the UK, Professor Graham Towl was awarded 2025 British Psychological Society Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr Sophie Hodgetts, Assistant Professor in our world-leading Department of Psychology, has played a central role in shaping national Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) research.

Professor Anna Leone is a leading authority on North African archaeology and heritage protection. Her work is driven by her fascination with North Africa and for understanding societal transitions and evolutions in the ancient world.