Skip to main content

Virtual Library

Our staff and postgraduate students are innovative, creative scholars.

Much of our research takes final form in high-impact articles or books. But a considerable amount of our activity takes place in other mediums. There is no single formula for communicating research that operates at different speeds and rhythms, and we are committed to sharing our research in all its forms, from the fine-grained steps of partnering in community initiatives through to the high-resolution experiences of virtual reality and drone mapping.
Recent Books
Selection of geography book covers
Woman holding a phone

Living Digitally Like a Migrant - PhD Student Hannah Morgan publishes in Progress in Human Geography

Digital technologies, like cell phones, are changing experiences of (im)mobility into and within Europe. Hannah Morgan examines how, for irregular migrants, the smartphone has become a vital digital tool for mediating everyday experiences of hostile environments.

Read the full article here!
Male figure facing away from camera whilst looking at a tv screen

Digital Media

Much of our research is disseminated via more traditional publication methods, such as publ8ished articles, other information and outputs lend themselves to more interactive discussions and visual forms of display.

Digital Media
Image of the globe showing network of communication through interconnected white lines

Mainstream Media

Geography is exciting and interesting. See our research on TV or listen at your own pace via our excellent podcasts.

Mainstream Media
Student with clip board

Research and Impact

We are a large department of human and physical geographers conducting world-leading research that addresses pressing social and environmental challenges.

Research and Impact
Tiny globe on a rock

Our Research People

Our academic researchers and research staff are completing a wide range of research that is Impacting the World, helping to support Sustainable Development Goals and publishing literature that is changing our understanding of the world.

Our Research People
Two children playing whilst looking up at the camera

Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. These goals are interleaved within the research we do and the impacts we make.

Sustainable Development Goals

Contact Us

Founded in 1928, the Department of Geography at Durham University is one of the leading centres of geographical research and education in the world.

Department of Geography

Postgraduate Study
Durham University
Lower Mountjoy
South Road, Durham
DH1 3LE, UK
Tel: +44 (0)191 33418000

 

Be social. Be informed. Be a part of Durham Geography.

Stylised instagram logo in blueBluesky logo in blue Stylised X logo in blue