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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · 1d

Here's what the Open Research team have been up to over the past month 👇
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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · 1d

🔔New research!

Dr Eva Fernandez-Dominguez, Dr Kelly Blevins and Prof Janet Montgomery are part of a worldwide team that analysed patterns of mobility of the first farmer societies of Southwest Asia. 👇

Durham Archaeology @arcdurham.bsky.social · 2d

Read the full study here #OpenAccess - www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Strontium and oxygen isotope analysis reveals changing connections to place and group membership in the world’s earliest village societies - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Strontium and oxygen isotope analysis reveals changing connections to place and group membership in the world’s earliest village societies

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Fred Worrall @fredworrall.bsky.social · 12d

Hanna's (Zihan Yang) first paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
paired data on 317 sewage works and 232 control reaches for 22 years to find out what impact of sewage has. What was getting worse or what was getting better with time and why? @durhamearthsci.bsky.social @jlaknapp.bsky.social

The Impact of Sewage Treatment Plant Discharges on the Water Quality of Receiving Rivers

With increasing human populations, the need for sustainable management of wastewater becomes an ever-increasing issue, yet studies that consider the impact of the final effluent on the receiving rive....

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Sep 5

Read our most recent Open Research round up! 👇

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Sep 4

👏 Congratulations to Durham author @joanne-mcgrath.bsky.social on her recent publication:

📄 “If You Don’t Say It, It Doesn’t Exist”: Using Timelines to Uncover Women’s Invisible and Complex Narratives of Multiple Exclusion.

Read it here👇
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#DUresearch #OpenAccess

“If You don’t say It, It doesn’t Exist”: Using Timelines to Uncover Women’s Invisible and Complex Narratives of Multiple Exclusion - Joanne McGrath, Monique Lhussier, 2025

Equitable research practices with marginalised populations aim to centre participants voices and address inherent power imbalances. Timelines are one example of...

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Aug 1

"Who Really Influences? A Theory-informed AI Framework For Tourism Influencer Selection Under Budget Constraints"

Co-authored by Business School's Zhibin Lin

You can read without a paywall in DRO: durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4280665

Published version: doi.org/10.1177/10963480251361951

Who really influences? A theory-informed AI framework for tourism influencer selection under budget constraints

Social media influencers are particularly attractive to marketers because of their substantial followers and cost-effective influence. However, research is...

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Jul 17

Read our most recent Open Research round up!

Check out our stats for last month and hear from Nick, our Research Data Manager 👇

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Jul 8

👏 We're pleased to see Durham University listed as a supporter of Peer Community In (PCI) — a step toward more open, transparent, and community-led peer review in academia. 📖🔍

Supporting initiatives like PCI reflects a broader commitment to improving how research is shared and evaluated.

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Jul 4

Effective July 1, 2025: NIH‑funded research must be deposited in PubMed Central immediately upon publication—no more 12‑month embargo. Submit your Author Accepted Manuscript at acceptance via NIHMS to stay compliant 👍 #OpenAccess #NIH

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NIH Public Access Policy Overview | Grants & Funding

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Jun 27

Please spread the word that the DRO (repository) team are working on really reduced staffing for the next 8 weeks due to paternity leave (baby DRO team member incoming! 👶), recent reductions in the team and annual leave.

We appreciate your patience, as always!

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Jun 20

Hot off the press! Open Access!

"Doxxing to destroy: The convergence of transphobic hate speech and non-consensual disclosure on X"

By Briony Anderson, Sociology

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Jun 6

Here's what the Open Research team have been up to over the last month 👇

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · May 23

#OpenAccess research report by Carolina Gazmuri

Can growth mindset interventions improve academic achievement? A structured review of the existing evidence

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Review of Education | BERA Educational Research Journal | Wiley Online Library

Encouraging the idea of a growth mindset in which students believe that they can improve their ability, as opposed to a fixed mindset, has been suggested as an effective and relatively cheap approach...

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · May 16

⚠️ We're currently experiencing some issues with how outputs added to or updated in Worktribe are feeding through to authors' staff profiles. We're investigating the issue, and hope to have it resolved shortly, but please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused here.

Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · May 16

‘We Don’t Ask For A Luxury Life, Just Basic Things’: The Experiences Of Mothers With Babies In The UK Asylum System.

#OA research. Corresponding author @helenball.bsky.social & colleagues from the Durham Sleep & Infancy Centre working with colleagues from Scotland:

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · May 9

Read our Open Research update for the last month!

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · May 7

You've heard the term ‘fiercely egalitarian’ but some pop writers complain “it’s not clear what 'egalitarianism' should even mean.” We used thematic analysis of classic texts to identify six key mechanisms. Each was well-defined & consistent across four foraging societies. Open access & online now.

Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · May 7

🚨 With Jessame Thomson (rockstar undergrad), Chris von Rueden, & @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social, we examine cross-cultural variation six mechanisms that help maintain egalitarianism in four African hunter-gatherer groups. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · May 7

You can also read this research in Durham's repository:

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Thank you so much, @mariannhardey.com for letting the DRO team know that this had been published so we could update it and make it available immediately!

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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · Apr 23

New: From Virtual Rape to Meta-Rape: Sexual Violence, Criminal law & the Metaverse. Pleased it's finally out as it's been a few years in the making-always postponed by 'urgent' crises. But that’s the problem: we’re not doing enough to anticipate emerging abuses
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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Apr 17

Have you seen the new article by @chloefielding.bsky.social, Alice Streeter, @debbieriby.bsky.social and @mimhanley.bsky.social?

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We were particularly excited to see this one as when the team visited @dulib.bsky.social in December, Chloe talked to us about this research!

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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · Apr 15

The case of @n8research.bsky.social demonstrates the power of collaboration to enable immediate #OpenAccess through #RightsRetention👇

@openresshef.bsky.social @uoyopenres.bsky.social @drodurham.bsky.social @thejohnrylands.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social

Researcher Development @ Leeds @researcherdevleeds.bsky.social · Apr 15

‼️#ResearchCultureUncovered DOUBLE BILL. It’s only Tuesday but this week we've got 2 related episodes about #RightsRetention & #OpenAccess. First we share insights from Project Retain with guests @ivamz.bsky.social & @jontreadway.bsky.social. 👀Keep an eye out for tomorrow's follow up

(Episode 111) Project Retain: open access and rights retention policies across Europe

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thank you @dl-arch.bsky.social for letting the DRO team know about these open access articles so we can deposit them in the repository! They look really interesting - check them out in PNAS:

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DRMC @durhamrmcentre.bsky.social · Apr 16

Durham Research Methods Café's next session will be running on Wednesday 30th April 2025 in person, 1100-1230. All PGR/PGT students and DU staff welcome. More information here: www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...

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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · Apr 11

#HappyFriday and we were delighted to learn it is #NationalPetDay

Emi and Betsy are very valued members of the DRO team and we are so grateful for their support 😼🐾

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