Durham Health & Social Theory Group

Are you thinking about a PhD in the social sciences? Interested in health and mental well-being? Or the global challenges of climate and planetary health? We have a range of pathways to suit your plan in the ESRC NINE DTP call for 2026-27. Get in touch! ninedtp.ac.uk/the-applicatio…

⏰Deadline 31 Oct 2025: drop us a line!

After an increased diversity of applicants, universities and award holders, @BritishAcademy_ has extended the innovative partial randomisation trial for BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/partial-r…

Call for Papers Special Issue on Urban Experiences of Health and Illness: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Care and Wellbeing in the City onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1…

3 days, 15 streams, 700 presentations, our annual conference is our biggest UK sociology event – this year on the theme of Social Transformations #britsoc25

Health, Environment, and AnThropology (HEAT) conference on planetary health @ Durham + online, 23-24 April 2025. Co-org by Durham & Edinburgh, sponsored by RAI. Jed Stevenson and I have got an exciting international panel on Pol Ecol & Elements of Health - full prog: d72qb09is4it8.cloudfront.net/event-ckeditor…

Applications now open for 100 Postgraduate Student Support Scholarships to support eligible UK students from low/middle income who apply for postgraduate study starting Sept 2025. £3,000/year for taught or £2,000 per year for MRes progs + Alumni Fee Scholarship. @DurhamSociology

It's been a good month for us in PGR news: Emma Gratte won the Ruth First 2024 prize for her PGT project (informing her current PhD project) Salman Khan passed his PhD Viva without corrections Congratulations to both - way to go!

Time is running out to apply for an IME intercalated scholarship! Please share to those who are pursuing an intercalated degree in medical ethics Deadline: 23.59, 24/03/2025 Funding (up to £4k) is for intercalated degrees commencing 2025 ime-uk.org/grants-and-com… @IMEstudents

JEV is a serious mosquitoborne disease. It causes illness in animals and humsns. In australis, it was first observed in piggeries in 2022, now seems to be expanding

‼️We are absolutely delighted to announce the #CFP for our group's seminar this year "Poetics of (Self)Extinction: Loss and Disappearance from the Perspective of the #MedicalHumanities" 📩You can send us your #abstracts up until the 5th of March! 👇Here is all the information!

📢Some faculty in our RG are members of FSHI and highly recommend the Mildred Blaxter postdoctoral fellowships for those who recently completed their PhD. Let us know if you're a prospective applicant (deadline 28 March): shifoundation.org.uk/schemes/mildre…

Delighted to announce that our research group is now member of the STS in the Midlands and North Network. We look forward to (re)connecting and collaborating w/ colleagues in Lancaster, Leeds, Nottingham, Sheffield, and York. Watch this space👇 stsmn.pubpub.org

Call for PhD studentship applications: deadline for NINEDTP applications is Monday 20th January. You’ll need: •University online application form •Research proposal which must not exceed 2,000 words (including footnotes but excluding bibliographies) •Current CV (2 pages max) •Two references •Transcripts •Consent form •Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (completed online and completion code entered on the nomination form) •Nomination form with student section only completed. Get in touch!

Call for NINEDTP Postdoctoral Fellowship applications (closing deadline: 10 March 2025). N.B.: internal deadline (Soci) is 4pm, Monday 10 February 2025. Candidates will be expected to submit their short CV, a draft application form, and mentor statement. Get in touch!

Our fantastic December Special Issue: The politics of suspension is out now! link.springer.com/journal/41292/…

Just out - DRMC Michaelmas Term Bulletin 2024!!! In this Issue we will look back at the end of the academic year and beginning of this year including news about our new MA in Interdisciplinary Research Methods for October 2025. View here -mailchi.mp/951320258289/d…

What an extraordinary time we’ve been having in Japan. Grateful to British Council for hosting a workshop on Gender Equity and Innovation in Higher Ed, to RENKEI for discussions on our health futures, strengthening ties between our diverse research communities. Looking fwd to May 2025!

📢Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships opening in the new year: prospective applicants working in STS, environ health humanities, and cognate fields, do get in touch (w/ your CV and 2-page proposal). Please note our internal deadline is *13 Dec 2024* leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career-f…

Professor @RJMacnaughton from @DurhamImh is a pioneer in the field of #medicalhumanities. Her world-leading clinical and research experience made her the perfect choice to be the new Chair of the @Nuffbioethics Governing Board. Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wOO6p