Recent Postgraduate Theses

We are always delighted to celebrate with our postgraduate students in their successes. These come in all shapes and sizes, from receiving research grants and awards for teaching excellence to delivering talks at conferences and events around the world. Many of the achievements of our postgraduate students begin as collaborations with one another and with staff, such as in reading groups and student-led workshops that tackle exciting new research areas.

Here we present a list of recent Masters and Doctoral theses produced by Durham Geography students.

A full list of published Durham Geography theses are available from the Durham eTheses platform.

Referencing / Citations

Please note that any use of, or reference to, these theses must be fully acknowledged and referenced in accordance with the referencing system you are using for your studies/publication. An example citation is included at the start of each published thesis and follows Cite them right Harvard formatting. Outside of academic use, the minimum requirement is to cite the title [by] author and the URL.

Example academic citation

AHMED, IQBAL (2024) Understanding children's rights: Perspectives from street children in Dhaka, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/15579/ 

Example non-academic reference

Understanding children's rights: Perspectives from street children in Dhaka by Iqbal Ahmed, http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/15579/

Recent Masters Theses

AHMED, IQBAL (2024) Understanding children’s rights: Perspectives from street children in Dhaka. Masters thesis, Durham University.

BLAKE, CHRISTOPHER,WILLIAM (2024) The Holocene Ecology of Pinus sylvestris in Mountain Treelines of the Northern Cairngorms: A Synthesis of Contemporary Ecological Theory and Holocene Research. Masters thesis, Durham University.

FRANCIS, JOSIE (2024) Quantifying the breeding distribution and habitat use of the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea), the world’s most southerly breeding vertebrate. Masters thesis, Durham University.

Harding, Millicent (2024) Predicting Alder shrub expansion in Sub-Arctic Alaska using machine learning, satellite data, and environmental variables. Masters thesis, Durham University.

LEE-BROWNE, DAISY,FREDA,JOSEPHINE (2024) Enhancing projections of sea-level rise with changing seasonality for the Northwest European Shelf for 2023 to 2053. Masters thesis, Durham University.

NYE, KATHRYN,MARY (2010) Fluctuations of the West Greenland Ice Sheet, independent ice caps and mountain glaciers during the twentieth century. Masters thesis, Durham University.

ROBINSON, OLIVIA (2024) Ambiguity and the Archive: Feminist Historical Geographies of North East (UK) Mining Communities (1926-1931). Masters thesis, Durham University.

WELLS, CECILY,FLORENCE,MARY (2024) Canada’s Role in the Global Political Economy of Critical Minerals: A Critical Approach to Geopolitics, Resource-making, and Statecraft. Masters thesis, Durham University.

Recent Doctoral Theses

CONCETTI, COSTANZA (2024) POWER DISRUPTIONS: ITALIAN DISTRIBUTED ENERGY POLITICS, ENERGY TRANSITIONS AND THE NEW MATERIALISMS. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

FANG, CHENG (2024) Understanding Chinese Companies’ Overseas Stock Market Listings: Global Financial Networks and Multi-scalar States. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

FERLONI, GRETA (2024) Cryomobilities: Vessel mobilities amidst the ice-prone waters of the Bering Strait. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LIRA BAHAMONDE, MARIA,PAZ,VERONICA (2024) Understanding the controls on the extension and the timing of the Patagonian Ice Sheet during the last glacial cycle. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

NUGRAHA, ERWIN (2024) Resilience governmentality: Rationality, apparatus, and subjectivity in building urban resilience in Indonesia. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

O'CONNELL, GISELE,EUGENIA (2024) Rancière, Rwanda and the Re-Distribution of the
Sensible: Performances of Equality and Recognition
in Post-Genocide Space. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

PINK, IVO,THOMAS (2024) Predicting the impact of climatic and geomorphic changes on flood hazards in Central Himalayan Rivers. An environmental modelling framework to predict potential flood hazards in the Karnali River in Nepal. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SHRESTHA, CHANDIKA (2024) Post-disaster Wellbeing of Women: a Case Study of the Gorkha Earthquake in Dolakha, Nepal. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SHRESTHA, RAMESH (2024) Exploring synergies and opportunities at the interface between culture, ritual and science for landslide risk reduction. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

WYNDHAM, KATHERINE,ESTER (2024) Governing ageing in Chile: from neoliberal hegemony to more hopeful demographic futures? Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ZHANG, LIPING (2024) Shaping Urban Villages in the Pearl River Delta: An Exploration of the State’s Impact from a Foucauldian Perspective. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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