We are delighted to welcome Professor Karen O’Brien to Durham as our new Vice-Chancellor and Warden.

"We've got an exciting and potentially world-leading opportunity here in the Northeast to really establish this area as part of a globally leading centre of excellence in offshore renewable energy." Professor Simon Hogg recently comments in the new 2021 film developed and delivered by Energi Coast.

COP26 has closed and, despite challenges, the Glasgow Climate Pact was reached and the Paris Agreement Rulebook was finalised. Here, we look back at how our researchers engaged with COP26 and how we are supporting world-leading research that is helping to address climate change.

Welcome to our ‘Insights from COP26’ page where we will be posting blogs and insights from our delegation at the event.

Joseph Bullock, a Postdoctoral Researcher within the Physics Department here at Durham, who is also a United Nations Global Pulse Industry Research Associate, gave an interview to BBC Radio Tees recently on the important COVID-19 modelling work he has been undertaking.

Experts led by Professor Karen Johnson are dedicated to understanding, protecting and rebuilding soil health, aiming to make a step-change in global soil health awareness.

Our Chancellor, Sir Thomas Allen, is to step down from his post after more than ten years in the role.

IHRR is taking part in numerous events at COP26 in Glasgow. Please come along to see us!

Our graduates go on to enjoy inspiring careers and make a significant, lasting impact around the globe. We’re very pleased to be honouring one of them as she makes her way to Glasgow for COP26.

We’re proud to be a global university, with staff and students from over 130 countries and an alumni network spanning the world.

Simon Hogg commented on BBC about Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas' world largest 15-megawatt wind turbine.

Did you know we have an international Centre for the study of Spanish and Latin American art?