Dr Marjorie “Mo” Mowlam, one of the most influential figures in modern British politics and our esteemed alumna, has been honoured with a blue plaque at her former college. The plaque recognises both her time at Durham University and her remarkable contribution to peace and public service.

Dr Veronica Heney from our Institute for Medical Humanities and Department of Sociology has been awarded a Wellcome Early Career Award to re-configure understandings of self-harm.

A new toolkit to support professionals working with neurodivergent men who commit domestic abuse has been launched by our Department of Sociology’s Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA).

Researchers from our Sociology Department have received a prestigious European award for their work on child-to-parent violence, highlighting the real experiences of families and the need for better support.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Twenty of our researchers will take important roles in assessing UK universities’ research quality.

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

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