We are strengthening our research links with Japan with the appointment of Professor Claire O’Malley as the UK co-chair of the Japan-UK RENKEI consortium.

We have officially launched a major new research hub dedicated to exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are transforming society.

A new study from our Department of Psychology has found that identity distress (difficulty forming a cohesive identity) could be a behind the higher rates of poor mental health experienced by autistic people.

Girls who study in classrooms with higher numbers of girls than boys during early childhood education are more likely to gain greater financial and professional success later in life, according to new research from Durham University Business School.

We’re hosting a new exhibition marking the centenary of China’s prestigious Palace Museum.

Dr Rory McCarthy, Associate Professor in Politics and Islam, at our School of Government and International Affairs is an expert in social movements, contentious politics, and Islamism in the Middle East and North Africa. Here Rory discusses the latest Israel military advances and the pressures on Egypt.

Hispanic Studies colleagues Penelope Johnson and Lara Escudero-Baztan have been shortlisted for the Blended & Presence Learning Award at the QS Reimagine Education Awards 2025 for their project Empowering Students: Integrating Online Language Exchanges into Higher Education.

A New Zealand researcher is joining us on a four-year professorship to study the bioethics of the use, curation, and repatriation of anatomical skeletal collections.

Ancient plant samples have shown that farmers in the Middle East prioritised wine production over olive growing during times of climatic change.

An international team of scientists, led by Professor Chris Done of our Physics Department, has made a surprising discovery about powerful winds blasting from around a neutron star.

Associate Professor Dr Will Brittain, from our Department of Chemistry, has been named as a recipient of a prestigious national fellowship scheme.

A landmark new publication authored by Professors Arlene Holmes-Henderson and Edith Hall offers the first comprehensive study of two transformative subjects in the English curriculum.