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2022/23 Research Development Projects

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Interdisciplinary priorities for an inclusive neurodiverse society

This project aims to build interdisciplinary capacity and inform future funding priorities in neurodiversity and autism research
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Science and the Media

Comprising a series of workshops to develop ideas at the intersection of scientific evidence, media reporting, and their influence on public policy and behaviour
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Syntax, Evolution, Mind and Culture

Through four half-day workshops, this project will leverage Durham’s critical mass in the interplay of cognitive and cultural evolution.
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Conversations on Machine Learning and Conceptual Change

This project aims to identify transformative ML and AI concepts that resonate across the sciences and humanities, forming the foundation for a multiyear research project
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Absence/presence of Durham’s Black History: exploration of institutions, archives, students and pedagogies

Building on BAME discussions of Durham’s Black history to contribute to decolonisation debates through research on institutions, archives, Black Students, and curricula
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Feeling Political: how intimacy and everyday life make political identities

This project fosters dialogue between scholars on politics and everyday emotions, consolidating Durham’s expertise in ‘feeling political’ and building research capacity
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