DRMC's annual methods lecture, in honour and memory of Professor Christine Merrell will take place on Thursday 14th May 2026 at 5pm. The lecture is titled 'Large Language Models and the Future of Qualitative Research', by Professor Susan Halford & Professor Leslie Carr.

We would like to share our most recent bulletin. In this Issue we look back at what has been happening - a RENKEI 2-day workshop; conclusion of Cristina Costa's Trusted Connections Project; completion of a pilot study about frailty; an update on the MA in Interdisciplinary Research Methods and the Research Methods Café - and what we have coming up in the Easter term - DRMC Week 2026; Picturing Research: A DRMC Competition 2025/26; and The Social Simulation Conference 2026 in August!

Deadline Extended to 14th April 2026!

Following the success of previous year's competitions, the Durham Research Methods Centre invites research staff and postgraduate (PGT and PGR) researchers to submit a pictorial representation of their research to the Picturing Research competition.

We would like to share our most recent bulletin. In this Issue we will look at what has been happening this year so far - Professor Brian Castellani's events showcasing 'The Atlas of Social Complexity'; Dr Cristina Costa's innovative research projects; The PACT Project; The launch of the MA in Interdisciplinary Research Methods; and Grants news from the core DRMC team. We also look at what we have coming up - DRMC Week 2026 and the Social Simulation Conference 2026!

DRMC are pleased to announce that Paula Rossi from the University of Vaasa, Finland will be visiting us next week and giving a seminar on Monday 13th October 2025, 1400-1500 titled “Participatory Systems Mapping as Relational (But Not Relational Enough) Method for Evaluating Complex Social Phenomena."

New mothers only have about an hour out of their waking day for rest, according to new research by our psychologists.

We would like to share our last bulletin of this academic year. In this Issue we will look at what has been happening this term - A successful DRMC Christine Merrell Annual Methods Lecture, the winners of the DRMC Picturing Research Competition, our annual Durham Biostatistics Unit seminar with former DRMC Director Professor Adetayo Kasim and much more!

The Research Methods Café will be holding the last session of this term on Wednesday 25th June 2025.

Two Durham University researchers are to take important roles in assessing UK universities’ research quality.

Durham Research Methods Centre are pleased to be able to announce the winners of this year's Picturing Research Competition 2024/25!!

We would like to share our most recent bulletin. In this Issue we will look at what has been happening this year so far - A successful research staff event and completion of some funded work. We also look at what we have coming up - the DRMC Christine Merrell Annual Methods Lecture, The DRMC Picturing Research Competition and much more!