Exploring ‘Disfluency Pride’ across Contexts and Communities
This project is looking at ways to creatively explore marginalised communication styles with communicators who may be considered dysfluent by dominant Western societal norms.
Designing ‘safe spaces’ for black children and young people in care placements with an emphasis on identity and voice
This project seeks to address the lack of research into the lived experiences of Black children and young people in care placements by creating 'safe spaces' for them and promoting their voice and discussion of their identity and culture.
Scarborough Atlas (Design the Green transition with Scarborough Museum and Art Gallery – Knowledge Transfer Partnership)
Scarborough Atlas (SA) is the development of an online mapping platform which links digital twins of artefacts at Scarborough Museum & Galleries to trails and stories about the places and artefacts that originate in the town and across the Jurassic coastline.
Sustainable cut-flowers project
Between 2015 and 2019 Dr David Bek and Dr Jill Timms managed externally funded projects examining different facets of sustainability within the global cut-flower industry.
Sensory and Motor Difficulties in Autism Spectrum Conditions
This project aims to explore how sensory and motor skills impact wider social skills in those with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC).
STEM and Belief in UK and USA Higher Education
To promote meaningful university STEM opportunities for underrepresented belief groups, this mixed methods project seeks to better understand how to foster STEM environments inclusive of belief diversity.
Research using the BAWE Corpus
Research and publications based on the British Academic Written English Corpus.
Access and Resources
How to search the British Academic Spoken English Corpus.
Development of Bioleaching-based processes for the recovery of precious metals of processed waste from Superalloys
In partnership with AAS, Coventry University are developing innovative and sustainable bioleaching-based processes to recover critical metals from superalloy by-products at AAS.
Powering European Union Net Zero Future By Escalating Zero Emission HDVs And Logistic Intelligence
This project aims to demonstrate highly efficient zHDV powertrains for long-distance applications, in line with the European 2050 targets.
Digital British Islam
This research project will push the boundaries of existing research on digital religion. It will map and interrogate the impact of Cyber Islamic Environment (CIE) exchanges on everyday life.
Multistatic RADAR Sensing for Activity Monitoring of Daily Living Simultaneously in Multiple Subjects
The primary aim of this project is to develop and evaluate a multistatic (multiple RADAR sensor nodes) RADAR sensing system to monitor the ADL [Activities of Daily Living] including but not limited to walking, sitting down, standing up, eating, lying on bed and picking up objects in multiple older adults simultaneously using machine learning algorithms. Specifically, the aim is to capture critical events such as falls and wandering behaviour.
Coventry Digital: A digital archive for the heritage and culture of Coventry
Coventry Digital is an online resource about the city of Coventry. It was created by and is maintained by Coventry University as its commitment to City of Culture in 2021/2.
Veiled Cities – Haunted Urban Realities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
This project on ‘Veiled Cities – Haunted Urban Realities’ is addressed to art, cultural and memory historians of urban spaces between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as well as of the art, literature, music that solemnized the city.
HOMED – Holistic Management of Emerging Forest Pests and Diseases
Adopting a holistic and multi-actor approach, HOMED aims to develop a full panel of scientific knowledge and practical solutions for the management of emerging native and non-native pests and pathogens threatening European forests.
Agroecology for Food Sovereignty
The project ‘Agroecology for Food Sovereignty’ brought together academic and grassroots organisations to conduct research, raise awareness and strengthen collaboration between social movements and researchers on agroecology and food sovereignty in Europe and beyond.
TOCASA (Trade-offs in communal areas in South Africa)
The overall aim of this project is to evaluate trade-offs between novel range management practices (intensified planned grazing, corralling and removal of woody plants).
Dancing Bodies in Coventry
Dancing Bodies in Coventry is a Coventry City of Culture 2021 funded project that is being led by researchers from Coventry University’s Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE).
Sustainable hydrogen production from municipal waste streams
Join a fully-funded PhD program at Coventry University to research sustainable hydrogen production from municipal waste streams. Eligible UK/EU graduates will receive bursary plus tuition fees, research training and career development support. Application deadline is 28th March 2019
From the Grounds Up: The Coffee Shop Industry and the Circular Economy
This study aims to explore how businesses and consumers can engage in the circular economy, the facilitators and inhibitors for doing so, and the importance of these actions for sustainable economies and societies. The UK and Germany are used as two case studies for exploring how and why the coffee shop industry takes part in the circular economy.
