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.


Embodied trust in TAS: robots, dance, different bodies

The project explores the idea of deeply embodied trust in autonomous systems through a process of bringing expert moving bodies into harmony with robots.


Widening access and improving retention and career progression into the Paramedic Profession for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups within the West Midlands

West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) NHS Foundation Trust successfully recruited 10% of their applicants from black and minority ethnic groups in 2011–2012 but this fell to around 3% in 2012–2013, then rose from 6.0% in 2019 to 9.8% in 2020.


RTransform: Roma Women transforming the educational systems around Europe through their social and political Mobilization

Roma Women transforming the educational systems around Europe through their social and political mobilizations (RTransform) addresses a main challenge which is social inclusion with the potentiality of promoting education among Roma women and girls.


Gypsy Maker 5: LifeStrings Screendance

 The Romani Cultural and Arts Company was the lead for the ‘Gypsy Maker 5’ programme a development of the highly successful ‘Gypsy Maker’ project.


Dance after Lockdown

Dance and Lockdown is a small-scale qualitative study designed to generate richly detailed experiential data from two key layers of the dance industry’s ecology: artists and organisations.


Pushing Back the Doubly Exponential Wall of Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition (DEWCAD)

The DEWCAD project aims to produce a state of the art tool for solving problems of Quantifier Elimination or Satfiability over Non-Linear Real Arithmetic.


Integrating Cyber Awareness in Government and Private Sector Networks for Cooperative Critical Underwater Infrastructure Protection (CYBERCABLE)

Integrating Cyber Awareness in Government and Private Sector Networks for Cooperative Critical Underwater Infrastructure Protection (CYBERCABLE)


BRAID: Responsible use of AI in the creation, archiving, reactivation and conservation of artworks and their archives

This project is part of the new BRAID programme, which generates key new knowledge on responsible innovation and creativity when AI is used to create, document, reactivate and conserve artworks and their archives.


Climate change and firm value: The impact of severe weather warnings

This project investigates the effect of climate change on financial stability and economic growth by examining how severe weather warning alerts in the UK affect firms’ market value.


HOPE-MOVE: Help Overcome Problems Effectively – MOVement and hEalthy lifestyle

The HOPE-MOVE project will support 2,000 people with hip or knee osteoarthritis to stay active, eat well, and manage pain and mental health while awaiting NHS care.


Fashion and Ageing

The ageing population has become a significant topic in the contemporary research agenda. The post-industrial economy of improved health care, leisure and bio-medical technologies has affected both the biological and social spheres of ageing, producing new challenges for individuals, policy makers and associated industries, including fashion. The need to better cater to older individuals’ needs and expectations is the focus of Ania Sadkowska’s research.


Making voices heard: Exploring opportunities and challenges of technology use for people with disabilities to engage in politics

This project investigates how technological tools, such as social media, may support or constrain people with disabilities in the development of their political interests and careers.


Playful Co-Creation: Building the Indonesia Higher Education Disability Union (I-HEDU)

The I-HEDU project, supported by the UK-Indonesia Disability Inclusion Partnerships Grants, is dedicated to enhancing disability-inclusive education in Indonesian higher education institutions.


AGROECOLOGY PARTNERSHIP

AGROECOLOGY PARTNERSHIP is an ambitious, large scale European research and innovation initiative between the European Commission and 26 member states, with a total of 111 university and multi-actor partners from 31 countries.


F.R.A.M.E. (facial remote activity monitoring eyewear) An inconspicuous, non-invasive, mobile sensor device for real-time control of assistive technologies through facial expression.

Facial paralysis results in weakness of the facial muscles, typically on one side of the face, affecting the facial function, appearance and communication of emotions. The objective of the project is to develop a working prototype and trial (through proof-of concept clinical studies) an inconspicuous, non-invasive wearable device (indistinguishable from normal spectacles) that provides discreet feedback on facial muscle movement and helps patients to continuously practise facial muscle exercises.


PACE-AI: The Pedestrian Collision Forensics Evaluator from Coventry University

Our PACE-AI method is only using vehicle shape and pedestrian anthropometry. It can extract, in seconds, not only the vehicle impact speed (which takes the Police days), but also the pedestrian crossing speed, gait and crossing direction (impossible using Searle).


Designing communication for Newborn Screening

In 2008/9 our research aimed to inform a proposed UK pilot of an expanded newborn screening service.


Gypsy Roma Traveller in Higher Education: Influencing Policy

The project aims to shine a light on marginalised communities and attempts to bring those voices to the forefront and into the university.


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.