Durham University Department of Sociology

22/05/2026

🌞 Fantastic morning celebrating practitioner research projects with final year students on our Master of Social Work programme. Then we heard from Year 10 Durham Johnston students Esme and Louis about their project looking into Young People and Health Inequalities in the NE as part of their week of work experience with us.
Thanks to .r.88 supporting student social work research, and .r.88 for hosting an excellent week of work experience. 🌞

15/05/2026

Insight into public sector and social impact roles.
See advert to apply by Friday 29th May!

13/05/2026

30/04/2026

Researchers from our Sociology Department have received a prestigious European award for their work on child-to-parent violence, highlighting the real experiences of families and the need for better support.

17/04/2026

📢 Only one week until the launch event for 'Supporting Neurodivergent clients: A guide for practitioners facilitating domestic abuse perpetrator interventions '📢

📆 We now have over 500 people registered to attend online! There's still time to book your place, 24th April: Sign-up Link in Bio!

Please see agenda above (maybe subject to change).

We look forward to seeing you next week!

16/04/2026

A new article by .184 has been published in the Journal of Family Violence which examines the (in)visibility of LGBTQ victims in fatality reviews.

Congratulations, James!

15/04/2026

📢 Seminar Invitation – Open to All DU Staff & Students

📲 Scan the QR code on the poster to receive your invite link.

14/04/2026

Our Head of Department is Durham TEDx 2026 seventh speaker! 🎟 Further details and tickets available through link in our Bio.

Geetanjali Gangoli is a Professor and Head of The Department of Sociology at Durham University, and a member of the University’s Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse.

Her work focuses on gender-based violence and abuse, with particular expertise in examining how class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and disability intersect in shaping both the experience and prevention of such violence.

Her research also explores social and feminist responses to these harms, with a particular focus on India and the UK.

25/03/2026

Marginalised Youth: Power, Precarity and Possibilities. Our Communities and Social Justice research group in conjunction with the Journal of Youth Studies brought together critical youth studies researchers to focus on questions of youth and marginalisation. Delegates considered diverse dimensions, forms and spaces of marginalisation. We also explored the potential impact and power of youth studies to shape debates, agendas and policy.

18/03/2026

Earlier today Dr Briony Anderson presented key findings and conceptual framings from her new book 'Doxxed', followed by a roundtable with Dr Jessica Elias (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Sarah Simms (Privacy International). Professor Nicole Westmarland hosted a Q&A.
You can order Doxxed here: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/doxxed

To find out more about CRiVA events, sign up here: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A0=CRIVA