by linda.crowe | May 19, 2025
Project Summary Multiple and intersecting crises – climate collapse, rising authoritarianism, escalating social inequalities, wars, and pandemics – have renewed attention to the necessity, urgency, and meaning of resistance. Contemporary forms of resistance range from... by linda.crowe | May 1, 2025
Project Summary Ask a scientist how progress is made and they will likely answer: more funding, better facilities, increased data, and improved analysis techniques. Almost none will mention potentially the most powerful driver: community. Community is that... by linda.crowe | May 1, 2025
Project Summary Circularity – re-using or re-generating wastes as resources – is sustainability’s holy grail. Yet materials seldom move in ways imagined by models of circularity. This project team will explore this gap – between what circularity is imagined to... by linda.crowe | May 1, 2025
Project Summary How is mercy enacted and what are its effects? Does it restore or undermine justice? Where does it stand in relation to law? Mercy is often assumed to have positive connotations as a value that inspires reconciliation, pardon, and the administration of... by linda.crowe | Nov 28, 2024
Project summary ‘Gaming’ History? Despite the global importance of the gaming industry, and the centrality of video-games and contemporary boardgames as cultural artefacts in the modern world, historians have often failed to consider... 
by linda.crowe | Oct 8, 2024
Project summary Tübingen College of Fellows – Durham IAS collaboration The IAS is about to begin a long-term, joint project, with Tübingen’s College of Fellows (their IAS equivalent) on the topic of ‘Belonging’ . The aim of the... 
by linda.crowe | Sep 19, 2024
Project summary Pasts in the Present Drawing on the arts and humanities (English, MLaC) and social sciences (Archaeology), this project will bring in economics and business, to consider how they too may shaped by ideas of the past, and... by linda.crowe | Sep 19, 2024
Project summary Molecular windscreen wipers to mechanically disrupt bacterial biofilms This project looks to develop and test a novel design of compound which seeks to destroy biofilms by mechanical disruption, rather than chemical inhibition or... 
by linda.crowe | Sep 19, 2024
Project summary Uncovering Leaders’ Identity Processes Through the Use of Natural Language Processing Why some people step up as leaders, while others do not is a question that can make or break organizations. This project addresses this... 
by linda.crowe | Sep 19, 2024
Project summary Mater-morphosis: Transformations of motherhood through matrescence An exploration of motherhood, pregnancy, childbirth as transformative life events and long-lasting changes. The theme of transformation across time and space – ...