Durham RDM

DRMC’s Research Methods Café

Wed 8th Oct 2025, 1130-1300

DRMC/Nine DTP Hub, 1st Floor, Arthur Holmes Building

This meeting is in person!

Conversation Topic: Suggest conversation topics for future meetings this term.

PGR/PGT Students and all DU Staff welcome!

No need to sign up, just turn up.

Our scientists have helped verify the superconducting wires that will power the world’s largest fusion energy project: ITER.

Their work ensures the giant magnets at the heart of the machine will perform flawlessly bringing us a step closer to clean energy.

Learn more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

And their research data has been published in the University's own research data repository! DOI: doi.org/10.15128/r1m...

Read our most recent Open Research round up! 👇

libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_researc...

New research data published: Contact-induced molecular reorganization in E. coli model lipid membranes [dataset] / N Tormena, T Pilizota and K Voitchovsky. DOI: doi.org/10.15128/r2h...

New research data published: Comparative molecular dynamics simulations of charged solid-liquid interfaces with different water models [dataset] / M. Tavakol and K. Voitchovsky. DOI: doi.org/10.15128/r3v...

New research data published: Dur360BEV: A Real-world 360-degree Single Camera Dataset and Benchmark for Bird-Eye View Mapping in Autonomous Driving [dataset] / E. Wenke, T.P. Breckon et al. DOI: doi.org/10.15128/r3q...

New research data published today! Geometric Visual Fusion Graph Neural Networks for MPHOI Recognition in Videos: MPHOI-120 is a collection of 120 high-resolution videos of 3 participants interacting with 2 to 5 objects: collections.durham.ac.uk/collections/...
Created by Tanqiu Qiao et al.

Our final Research Methods cafe of the Easter Term will be held on Wednesday, 25 June from 11.00 - 12.30 on the 1st Floor, Arthur Holmes Building. Left of the Calman Learning Centre. Signposted DRMC. All PGR/PGT students and DU staff welcome!

Hello, our latest article with @was3210.bsky.social *Health information communication and advocacy in the haemophilia community: an X-based analysis.*

Our research explores communication and advocacy for the haemophilia patient community on social media www.emerald.com/insight/cont...

@durham-university.bsky.social #DurhamUniversity #Exhibition #Bionanotech

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

🚨 With Jessame Thomson (rockstar undergrad), Chris von Rueden, & @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social, we examine cross-cultural variation six mechanisms that help maintain egalitarianism in four African hunter-gatherer groups. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Great to have our Director, Professor Ita Mac Carthy, represent IMEMS today at part of a series of conferences organized by the Matteo Maria Boiardo Study Center!

Early empathy development: Concern and comforting in 9- and 18-month-old infants from Uganda and the UK Empathy, the capacity to share and understand others’ emotional states, is important for navigating our social lives, yet its development in infancy remains poorly understood. Moreover, most research ...

🚨 New paper alert 🚨

Collaboration between @yorkpsychology.bsky.social and @durhamdcerc.bsky.social / @durhampsych.bsky.social

A longitudinal, cross cultual, study on infant development of concern & comforting:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

@zannaclay.bsky.social

new preprint: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/9055

Code used in research is key to the methods and scientific output and we should ensure it’s not just "available" but easy to verify and build on.

We present a practical tool to code review for scientists 🧪

work with @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social

Examining the impact of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) on life and relationship quality: An online cross-sectional survey study Little is known regarding the impact of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) on specific aspects of life quality within the home, such as spousal/partner relationships. Moreover, the impact of PMDD ...

New publication alert! 🚨
My first paper on #PMDD is out in PLoS One today!

In collaboration with @iapmdglobal.bsky.social, we looked at the impact PMDD has on those with the condition and on their partners, who often fall into an informal, familial caregiver role.

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Fast Higher-Order Interpolation and Restriction in ExaHyPE Avoiding Non-physical Reflections Wave equations help us to understand phenomena ranging from earthquakes to tsunamis. These phenomena materialise over very large scales. It would be computationally infeasible to track them over a reg...

I realise we've never published our SIAM BGCE contribution on arXiv. Here it is: arxiv.org/abs/2504.15814 We study stationary black holes phrased as wave equations over an adaptive mesh. The solution should be stationary by definition, but it is subject to numerical instabilities.

YouTube video by IMEMS Durham Arcimboldo's Dragon: From Costume Design to Performance

Happy #StGeorgesDay! 🐉

We're no strangers to dragons at IMEMS. This extraordinary collection of puppets and costumery was created as part of research into connections between tangible and intangible heritage.

Find out more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeDf...

@durham-university.bsky.social

🧪 Bionanotech in Action webinar - April 30th, 2025 15:00 GMT

Join us for the fourth instalment of our free-to-attend webinar series, exploring the fantastic work of early career researchers in biological nanotech.

Just click on the link and learn!
blogs.ed.ac.uk/unanowebinars/

Sharing the foreword from our new book - Stockdale & Addison 'Marginalised Voices in Criminology' routledge.com/Marginalised... written by Rona Epstein and Steve Tombs on behalf of the Alliance 'Is it a Crime to be Poor?' crimetobepoor.org

Open access article!

Read our Open Research Team update for the last month!👇

libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_researc...

Crystal spatial distribution controls the electrical response of nuclear waste glasses containing RuO2 crystals The content of platinum group metals (PGM, including Ru, Rh, and Pd) in high-level liquid waste (HLLW) significantly exceeds their solubility in borosilicate glass, causing them to remain as crystall...

New paper! What controls the electrical properties of nuclear waste glasses? In our samples, the concentration of RuO2 crystals is key.
ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reconceptualising resistance

It seems good news come in twos (sorry 🙈) so *delighted* to say that our project 'Reconceptualising resistance', with my Co-Is Elizabeth Kahn (SGIA) and Maja Kutlača (Psychology), has been selected for funding! Watch this space for exciting news and updates on how we can rethink resistance 👇🎉

I'm absolutely thrilled to see my new book -- POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: THE FUNDAMENTALS -- now in print!
www.wiley.com/en-gb/Politi...

YouTube video by RELISH - Reframing European Gastronomy Meet RELISH: The People, the Project, and the Future of Food Heritage

Our website relisheu.org is up and running and we even have a little video! Please subscribe and follow us as we start implementing our program and develop content.

YouTube video by Rohan Kapitany Data Encryption for Academics

I've posted this before, and will do so again until people pay attention.

If you're in the US, or affiliated with the US, and you are an academic doing soon-to-be-censored work.

YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE ENCRYPTING YOUR COMMUNICATION.

Signal/Whatsapp is not enough.

youtu.be/M2-rly3ernY

S3 E14: Long Pepper with Professor Giles Gasper, Florence Swan and Christine McFadden

In search of some lunchtime listening? Catch our Associate Director Professor Giles Gasper on Sam Bilton's Comfortably Hungry podcast, exploring the history and usage of long pepper. 🎙️🌶️
@durham-university.bsky.social
comfortablyhungry.substack.com/p/s3-e14-lon...

Save the date! Tuesday, 10 June. We are running an interactive workshop on writing a good Data Management Plan. All researchers are welcome. Please book your place on Inkpath: webapp.inkpath.co.uk#/redirect/ey...

Archive Browse recordings from past events.

🎥 Missed out on any of our events? Many are now available to view as recordings! Check out past talks on AI and gossiping, physical activity, the affective dynamics of violence, interdisciplinary conversations and many more 👇
medhumsplatform.org/archive/

#medicalhumanities #medhums