Research Methods Centre

DRMC Fellows

Staff and post-graduate research students make up a community of DRMC Fellows from a wide range of disciplines. Fellows meet regularly to share expertise, develop novel research methods and engage in the pedagogy of research methods training. To support their activities, Fellows have access to small pots of DRMC funding.

Please contact us if you’d like to find out more about becoming a DRMC Fellow. Staff can apply to be a DRMC Fellow here. Post-graduate research students can apply to be a DRMC Student Fellow here.

Name	Position	Research Interests
Professor Helen L. Ball	DRMC Fellow Professor in the Department of Anthropology Director of the Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Infant Sleep Safety, Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI), SIDS Relationship of sleeping and infant feeding methods Videosomnography of parent-infant sleep Integration of evolutionary and socio-cultural perspectives on anthropology of infant sleep Coping with infant-related sleep disruption -- effects on parents Development of sleep patterns and circadian rhythms Parenting, infant care, infant feeding, infant mortality Evolutionary medicine
Professor Ulrik Beierholm	DRMC Fellow Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre Professor in the Department of Psychology Professor in the Biophysical Sciences Institute	Computational Neuroscience Perception Decision Making Neuroeconomics Machine Learning
Professor Lynda Boothroyd	DRMC Fellow Professor in the Department of Psychology	Attraction Body size preferences Cross-cultural research, especially in subsistence populations Cultural drivers of behaviour Evolutionary Social and Developmental Psychology Facial masculinity Gender Body image
Dr Alex Brown	DRMC Fellow Associate Professor (Late Medieval and Early Modern British History) in the Department of History Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Member of the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies Fellow of the Institute for Medical Humanities	Medieval Economic and Social History The Black Death The History of Durham Medical Humanities Digital Humanities
Professor Camila Caiado	DRMC Fellow Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences Deputy Executive Dean (Impact and Research Engagement) in the Faculty of Science Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Fellow of the Institute for Medical Humanities	Bayesian Statistics Parametric Inference Information Theory Stochastic Processes
Dr Virginia Calabria	DRMC Fellow Post Doctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences Fellow of the Institute for Medical Humanities	Interactional Linguistics Conversation Analysis Ethnomethodology Multimodality and Embodied Interactions Qualitative Research Methods Data collection, transcription, translation Applied Linguistics and Pragmatics Clinical and Medical Linguistics Disablity studies Intersectionality
Dr Laura Channing	DRMC Fellow Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre Assistant Professor in Economic History (since 1750) in the Department of History	My research focuses on African economic development in historical perspective, particularly taxation, labour, and living standards. I am currently working on my first monograph, based on my PhD, which examines the relationship between taxation and representation in colonies in West Africa. Other research focuses on household income, labour, and wages in West African port cities and on the role of Africa and Africans in the development of humanitarian organisations.
Professor Frank Coolen	DRMC Fellow Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Decision Theory Imprecise Probability Nonparametric Predictive Inference Operations Research Reliability Theory Statistics
Professor Tahani Coolen-Maturi	DRMC Fellow Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences,	Nonparametric predictive inference Nonparametric statistics Modelling dependence Diagnostic accuracy including ROC analysis Reliability and survival analysis Uncertainty quantification including imprecise probability
Dr Helen Cramman	DRMC Fellow Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre Associate Professor in the School of Education Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Skills development in STEM education Evaluation of education programmes Impact of education environments on students and educators EDI in education
Professor Richard Crisp	DRMC Fellow Professor in the Department of Psychology	Richard’s research covers the full range of topics that comprise social psychology, from stereotyping to social influence, from attitudes to attraction.
Dr Bart de Jong	DRMC Fellow Professor in Leadership and Organizational Behaviour in the Business School	Leadership Organizational trust Research methods (incl. surveys, meta-analysis) Teams (incl. diversity, virtuality, creativity)
Professor Caroline Dodd-Reynolds	DRMC Fellow Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre Head of Department & Professor in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Community-based physical activity and inequalities Novel methods to explore physical activity and inequalities
Mr Paul Finley	DRMC Fellow Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre Digital Learning Advisor in the Durham Centre for Academic Development (DCAD) and the Foundation Centre	Paul has special interests in developing the usage of learning technologies especially how statistics and statistical software can be used in teaching, learning and research.
Dr Samuel Forbes	DRMC Fellow Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Infant development Early word learning Developmental cognitive neuroscience
Professor Fernando Galaz-García	DRMC Fellow Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences	Differential Geometry Geometric Topology Metric Geometry Transformation Groups
Professor John Paul Gosling	DRMC Fellow Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences Associate Fellow in the Institute of Advanced Study	Bayesian statistics Expert knowledge elicitation Robust analyses Uncertainty communication Uncertainty quantification
Karen Jones	DRMC Fellow Senior Evaluation and Monitoring Manager in the SASD: Student Recruitment & Admissions Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Assessment School inspections and accountability Value added and school effectiveness Quasi-experimental designs Secondary data analysis
Dr Jeremy Kendal	DRMC Fellow Professor in the Department of Anthropology Associate Fellow in the Institute of Advanced Study Fellow of the Institute for Medical Humanities	Interested in how properties of human learning and human-environment interactions shape evolving patterns of cultural variation. Uses a wide variety of approaches from mathematical modelling and experiments, to interviews and focus group work. Most of the research involves cross-disciplinary collaboration. Selection of recent or ongoing projects: adaptive properties of social learning coevolution of AI and human behaviour - implications for human knowledge and inequality conformist biased transmission dynamics cultural practices affecting disease emergence cultural evolution of knots evolution of folktales and folkmusic evolution of graphical representations evolutionary properties of digital technologies prestige effects on patterns of social transmission in hierarchical institutions social influences on spiteful & cooperative behaviour tacit knowledge in academia cultural evolution of spatial perception and spatial memory
Professor Dimitra Kokotsaki	DRMC Fellow Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre Professor in the School of Education	Creativity Music Education Teacher Education Pupil Engagement
Dr Andrea Lambell	DRMC Fellow Post Doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology Affiliate Member in the International Centre for Moral Injury Co-Director in the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Structural violence Epistemic Injustice Moral injury Disaster recovery and emergency planning Governance Complementary therapies Neurodegenerative conditions Palliative care Participatory action research
Dr Zhiyu Li	DRMC Fellow Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre Associate Professor in in Law and Policy in the Durham Law School	Constitutional Law Judicial Politics Law and Technology Algorithmic Justice Chinese Law and Society
Dr James Liley	DRMC Fellow Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences	Predictive modelling Model updating High-dimensional methods General research methodology
Professor Jonathan Long	DRMC Fellow Professor in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures Director of the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture	Literary theory Photography in the Weimar Republic Theory of photography and visual culture Twentieth-century German literature Writers and photography
Victoria Menzies	DRMC Fellow Assistant Professor in the School of Education Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Educational Evaluation Experimental Methodology Pilot Trials Development and Evaluation of Mathematical Interventions Effectiveness of Early Years education
Professor Andrew R Millard	DRMC Fellow Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre Professor in the Department of Archaeology Member of The Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies	Bayesian statistical methods in archaeology, including dating, isotope analysis and predictive modelling Developing new approaches to Bayesian chronology building for application to any dating methods Statistics in human osteology, including age estimation Chemical and biochemical methods in archaeology Elemental and isotopic analysis of bones and teeth to investigate diet and migration, including weaning Bone diagenesis Chronology of hominid evolution
Professor Adrian Millican	DRMC Fellow Professor of Comparative Political Science in the School of Government and International Affairs Deputy Executive Dean, Education and Student Experience in the Faculty of Social Sciences	British Politics Comparative Political Participation Electoral Participation Quantitative Methods Social Media
Professor Catherine Montgomery	DRMC Fellow Professor in the School of Education Deputy Executive Dean (Global) for the Faculty of Social Sciences	Internationalisation of higher education with a particular interest in transnational higher education in China and East Asia. Mobilities and immobilities in international higher education and the internationalisation of curriculum and knowledge. Flows of international students and what these can tell us about the changing landscapes of global higher education.
Dr Philip Nathan	DRMC Fellow Head of TESOL MA Programme in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures	Research Writing Genre Studies Corpus Linguistics Teaching and Learning Research (especially in relation to the teaching of writing and 1:1 consultations and conferences) Student Writing Across the Disciplines
Dr Thuy-vy Nguyen	DRMC Fellow Fellow in the Department of Psychology Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Fellow of the Institute for Medical Humanities	Solitude Self-regulation Motivation Well-being
Dr Andrew Orton	DRMC Fellow Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology	Faith, dialogue and diversity in professional practice, with a particular interest in how practitioners and others decide what is 'good practice' within related work. Interdisciplinary collaborations in particular with practical theology to explore forms of Christian community and youth work. Professional community work practice, community and voluntary organisation management, and social exclusion, especially in relation to public policy and faith-based social action.
Professor Marcus Power	DRMC Fellow Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre Professor in the Department of Geography Fellow of the Institute of Hazard, Risk & Resilience in the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience	Critical geographies and genealogies of (post)development Energy geographies and low carbon transitions Post-colonialism, Portugal and Lusophone Africa Post-socialist transformations in Southern Africa China-Africa engagement Vision, visuality and 'popular' geopolitics
Professor Stefanie Reissner	DRMC Fellow Professor of Organization Studies at Durham University Business School and Director of Research for the Department of Management & Marketing	Professional identity Organizational identity Narrative Storytelling Flexible and remote working Boundary management Qualitative research methodology Qualitative interviewing Researcher reflexivity
Professor Deborah Riby	DRMC Fellow Professor in the Department of Psychology Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Postgraduate Research Students Associate Fellow in the Institute of Advanced Study	Neurodiversity Autism Williams Syndrome Inclusive Education (for neuro-affirming provision) Social interaction & social behaviour associated with neurodivergence
Dr Nikki Rutter	DRMC Fellow Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology	How symbolic and structural expectations of 'good' children, childhoods, and mothering creates contexts conducive to family harm. Child-parent violence Childhood 'deviance' Neurodivergence Parent-carer well-being Innovative, feminist, and/or emancipatory research methodologies
Dr Akansha Singh	DRMC Fellow Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Anthropology Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Mathematical Demography Public Health Statistics Social Statistics Survey and RCT Data Analysis
Professor Brett Smith	DRMC Fellow Professor of Disability and Physical Activity in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences Co-Lead of the Narrative Practices Lab, Discovery Research Platform and Fellow in the Institute for Medical Humanities	Disability Physical Activity Co-production Qualitative Researc
Dr Alice Stefanelli	DRMC Fellow Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology	Civil society and participation Expertise, heritage and infrastructure Mobility Space and time The state and the public good Urban governance and policymaking Postcoloniality/decoloniality Mediterranean and Arab-majority worl
Dr Edward (Jed) Stevenson	DRMC Fellow Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology Chaplain (Quaker) in the Chaplains Fellow of the Institute for Medical Humanities	Child development Hunger and thirst Mixed methods and epistemologies Socio-ecological change Social inequality Ethiopia Horn of Africa
Dr Sally Street	DRMC Fellow Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology	Macro-evolutionary anthropology Phylogenetic comparative methods Technical skill: music, tool use, construction Human/animal interactions
Professor Carolyn Summerbell	DRMC Fellow Professor in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Fellow of Durham University Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Professor of Nutrition in the Durham CELLS (Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences)	Systematic reviewing and meta-analysis Randomised controlled trials Evaluation of complex interventions Natural experiments System science Implementation science Public involvement and engagement in research Ethical issues associated with the use of secondary data Food, physical activity, obesity, inequalities and public health.
Mr Nicholas Syrotiuk	DRMC Fellow Research Data Manager in the University Library and Collections	Research data management Digital preservation Reproducibility Data citation Bibliographic standards
Dr Filip Szczypinski	DRMC Fellow Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry	Supramolecular chemistry Physical organic chemistry Chemistry automation Cheminformatics and ML
Professor Jonathan Tummons	DRMC Fellow Professor in the School of Education Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Actor-Network Theory Communities of Practice Further, Higher and Adult Education Modes of Existence Professional learning and development
Professor Peter Tymms	DRMC Fellow Emeritus Professor in the School of Education Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Monitoring Assessment & testing Educational standards Primary schools ADHD
Mrs Germaine Uwimpuhwe	DRMC Fellow Statistical Officer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
Professor Nick Vivyan	DRMC Fellow Professor in the School of Government and International Affairs Professor in the Centre for Institutions and Political Behaviour	Public opinion and elections British politics Comparative politics Quantitative methods
Dr Janelle Wagnild	DRMC Fellow Honorary Fellow in the Department of Anthropology	Advanced quantitative methods Mixed methods Accelerometry Sedentary time Physical activity Medical anthropology
Dr Jia Wang	DRMC Fellow Associate Professor in the Durham Law School	Artificial Intelligence IP and Creative Industries IP and Sustainability Intellectual property law Law and technology
Professor Mario Weick	DRMC Fellow Professor in the Department of Psychology Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing	Power dynamics: Exploring different forms of power, including dominance, prestige, autonomy, socio-economic status, social class, and power distance. Socio-economic inequalities: Investigating inequalities and their consequences for wellbeing and performance. Social cognition: Examining the intersection of social and cognitive psychology, focusing on heuristics and biases, self-regulation, and mind-body interactions. Behaviour change: Designing and evaluating interventions to encourage sustainable behaviours. Applied behavioural science: Studying organisational behaviour and applying behavioural insights to address real-world challenges.
Dr Sarah Wieten	DRMC Fellow Associate Professor / Co-Director of CHESS in the Department of Philosophy Fellow of Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Fellow of the Institute for Medical Humanities	Philosophy of Medicine Philosophy of Epidemiology Philosophy of Economics Philosophy of Science History of Science Meta-Research Bioethics Clinical Bioethics