Research Projects

Life on the Breadline: Christianity, Poverty and Politics in the 21st Century city

Current Projects

Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations

The aim of the ‘Life on the Breadline…’ project is to understand how the social context resulting from the 'age of austerity' has affected Christian engagement with poverty in the UK and the theological motivations, which underpin it, in order to facilitate the development of better informed government policy and more effective faith-based activism thereby reducing urban social exclusion and inequality. 

ÜberReste. Strategien des Bleibens in den darstellenden Künsten (On Remnants and Vestiges. Strategies of Remaining in the Performing Arts)

Current Projects

Centre for Dance Research

The project investigates the challenges inherent in remaining and preserving in the fields of dance, music theatre and performance that otherwise operate under the primacy of presence. 

Learning Gains: A study of the use of the standardised test CLA+ for undergraduates in four institutions

Current Projects

Centre for Global Learning: Education and Attainment

Learning Gains: A study of the use of the standardised test CLA+ for undergraduates in four institutions

IFS - The Intervention Toolkit

Current Projects

Centre for Global Learning: Education and Attainment

IFS - The Intervention Toolkit

REcovery the CRisis through Entrepreneurial ATtitudE - RECREATE

Current Projects

International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship

REcovery the CRisis through Entrepreneurial ATtitudE - RECREATE - aims to foster:

• the creation of links between higher education, research and business especially at regional level, and
• the acquisition of transversal and entrepreneurial attitude among young researchers and students, in order to contribute to recovery of the current economic crisis.

Furthermore, RECREATE aims to stimulate the acquisition of key competences, such as creativity and digital skills through innovative learning environments such as, open educational resources and flexible learning approaches.

Training in Social Impact Management for Social Enterprise Mentors and Policy Makers

Current Projects

International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship

Workshop in response to the Mexican Government’s belief to tackle the economic and social development challenges that the country faces requiring innovative and financially sustainable initiatives which intentionally look to solve social or environmental problems.

Positioning Brazil the Global Creative Economy

Current Projects

International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship

Unlocking the potential of the Creative Economy involves promoting the overall creativity of societies, affirming the distinctive identity of the places where it flourishes and clusters, improving the quality of life where it exists, enhancing local image and prestige and strengthening the resources for imagining diverse new futures.

Curious Stories

Current Projects

BiLex: A Psycholinguistic Database for Bilingual Children

Current Projects

An evaluation of a digital reading intervention for beginning readers

Current Projects

How does diagnosis of dyslexia impact on identity, self-belief and reading progress in children and adults?

Current Projects

This study aims to contribute towards a better understanding of the impact of identifying dyslexia in children and adults.  Of specific interest is the effect on identity, self-belief and reading progress in light of the age at which a learner is identified as dyslexic.

Multi-disciplinary evaluation of sexual assault referral centres for better health (MESARCH)

Current Projects

This research project will evaluate Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) across England in terms of benefits and costs to service users and survivors of sexual assault and rape.

SAFERUP!

Current Projects

Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

The basis for the project will be to co-create the next generation of urban pavements whilst improving the environmental performance and minimising negative environmental impacts. CAWR research will monitor and evaluate the environmental risk from the use of novel paving materials. This will be done by taking samples of the materials and analysing them for organic and inorganic contaminants such as metals and oil residues. The project will feed back into design processes to make the drainage system connected to the pavements, as chemically sustainable as possible, maximising the opportunity to detain urban pollutants and increase the potential for bioremediation and in-situ clean up.

STARGATE

Current Projects

Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems

Reducing the amount of instrument cabling on turbine engines is key to more efficient testing, and will enable reduced wiring weight and complexity on production engines in the future.

The Coventry and Warwick Morphology and Phonology Project

Current Projects

This project investigates how much children use information about the internal structure of words to compensate for difficulties in phonics when reading and writing.

METPEX

Current Projects

Institute for Future Transport & Cities

METPEX is a research project funded in the context of the 7th Framework Programme of the EU, aiming to develop and evaluate a standardised tool to measure passenger experience across whole journeys.

Changing Attitudes Towards Dating Violence in Adolescents (CAVA)

Current Projects

The CAVA project focused on Changing Attitudes to Dating and Violence in Adolescents through the use of an immersive and engaging video game designed to appeal to young people.

Ultrasonically Enabled Low Temperature Immersion and Electroless Metallisation (ULTIEMet)

Current Projects

Institute for Future Transport & Cities

Reducing the temperatures and process times of electroless and immersion plating processes using ultrasound.

Suicidal Thoughts in Adults with Asperger Syndrome

Current Projects

This project explores whether adults with Asperger Syndrome are at higher risk of suicidal thoughts than other clinical groups, and the associated risk factors.

MASELTOV - Mobile Assistance for the Social Inclusion and Empowerment of Immigrants with Persuasive Learning Technologies and Social Network Services

Current Projects

MASELTOV - Mobile Assistance for the Social Inclusion and Empowerment of Immigrants with Persuasive Learning Technologies and Social Network Services.