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Durham Research Online (DRO) is the University’s Open Access repository for publications. The primary purpose of DRO is to provide open access to publications authored by staff and students affiliated with Durham University.

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Mitigating slow reverse ISC rates in TAPC:PBD exciplex via rapid Förster energy transfer to TTPA (2024)
Journal Article
Weatherill, L. A., Milverton, R., Pander, P., & Dias, F. B. (2025). Mitigating slow reverse ISC rates in TAPC:PBD exciplex via rapid Förster energy transfer to TTPA. Organic Electronics, 137, Article 107180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2024.107180

There have been many advances in the development of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials for organic light emitting diode (OLED) applications in recent years. In particular, intramolecular exciplex systems have been highly studie... Read More about Mitigating slow reverse ISC rates in TAPC:PBD exciplex via rapid Förster energy transfer to TTPA.

Leadership for teacher retention: exploring the evidence base on why and how to support teacher autonomy, development, and voice (2024)
Journal Article
Nguyen, D., See, B. H., Brown, C., & Kokotsaki, D. (online). Leadership for teacher retention: exploring the evidence base on why and how to support teacher autonomy, development, and voice. Oxford Review of Education, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2024.2432635

Teacher retention has been a persistent challenge globally. School leadership plays a central role in retaining teachers. Drawing on a major review of 355 research outputs, this article develops and discusses an international empirical evidence base... Read More about Leadership for teacher retention: exploring the evidence base on why and how to support teacher autonomy, development, and voice.

From men's violence to an ethic of care: Ecofeminist contributions to green criminology (2024)
Journal Article
Burrell, S. R., & Pedersen, C. (online). From men's violence to an ethic of care: Ecofeminist contributions to green criminology. Journal of Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1177/26338076241293145

Green criminology has made important contributions to criminological inquiry by highlighting the destructive impact of humans on the more-than-human world. However, it often adopts a gender-neutral lens that overlooks the disproportionate role of men... Read More about From men's violence to an ethic of care: Ecofeminist contributions to green criminology.

The Psychological Type and Temperament Profile of Ordinands at Cranmer Hall, Durham, 2008–2016 (2024)
Journal Article
Cook, C. C. H., Francis, L. J., & McKenna, U. (2024). The Psychological Type and Temperament Profile of Ordinands at Cranmer Hall, Durham, 2008–2016. Journal of Empirical Theology, 37(2), 240-257. https://doi.org/10.1163/15709256-20240010

This study explores the psychological type and temperament profile of 117 male and 80 female ordinands training at Cranmer Hall, Durham, over a nine-year period alongside earlier studies of Church of England stipendiary clergy. The data confirm the... Read More about The Psychological Type and Temperament Profile of Ordinands at Cranmer Hall, Durham, 2008–2016.

The Conditionality of Helenus’ Oracle and Tragic Choice in Sophocles’ Philoctetes (2024)
Journal Article
McPhee, B. D. (online). The Conditionality of Helenus’ Oracle and Tragic Choice in Sophocles’ Philoctetes. Mnemosyne: A Journal of Classical Studies, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568525x-bja10270

Helenus’ oracle in Sophocles’ Philoctetes is commonly misunderstood as an unqualified revelation of an immutable future: the gods have fated Philoctetes to rejoin the Greek army at Troy. This has occasioned further misinterpretations of the play, es... Read More about The Conditionality of Helenus’ Oracle and Tragic Choice in Sophocles’ Philoctetes.