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Humanitarian energy complexities and interactions with national energy policies and international commitments

This session will share findings from a multi-stakeholder analysis of clean energy policies contributing to humanitarian action using two case studies in East Africa and the Middle East.


Coventry University calls on public to help protect sweet chestnut trees

Coventry University’s Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) has teamed up with The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) on a new citizen science project to help save the at-risk sweet chestnut trees from an invasive pest.


Second Innovation Lab for BIOPlastics - Designing Solutions

Evaluating the current solutions proposed in the First Social innovation lab to expand on possible solutions that challenge the norms in bioplastics packaging and identify promising prototypes.


Green roofs for ecological benefit, water management and sustainable design KTP: SEL Environmental and Coventry University

The benefits of green roofs individually include the improvement and reduction of energy consumption, while a concentration across a large area has been proven to reduce temperatures in the surrounding climate.


Independent Evaluation of the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM)

This project evaluated key aspects of the CSM functioning in the context of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) as it is today, 8 years after the Reform, and 3 years after the last evaluation.


Critical Practices Talks

The Critical Practices Talks is a series of monthly conversations curated by Carolina Rito with researchers and practitioners in the fields of art, curating, critical theory and museum studies.


Coventry University shortlisted for 'Best Wellbeing Initiative' Postgrad Award 2021

Coventry University has been shortlisted for the award for the ‘Postgraduate Researcher Wellbeing Initiative’, organised by the Doctoral College & Centre for Research Capability and Development (RECAP).


Book Launch – Research Handbook on Democracy and Development

The Research Handbook on Democracy and Development is a new publication edited by CTPSR Professor Gordon Crawford and Professor Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai, University of Ghana Business School.


GameChangers

GameChangers is both an open game design course and community, co-created by the Disruptive Media Learning Lab of Coventry University together with staff and students interested in exploring the opportunities of creating games as a medium for both expression and learning.


Event - Talking Back: Hip Hop through research and practice

Talking Back: Hip Hop Through Research and Practice is grounded in feminist and critical theorist Bell Hook’s idea of “Talking Back”. This three day event will open up a space to learn more about the five pillars of Hip Hop (Knowledge, style writing/graffiti, b-boying/breaking, Djing, Emceeing) and will allow artists and researchers to sit down and discuss their practice and reflect on their research.


MyCoventry

The MyCoventry project is an initiative that supports Coventry as a ‘City of Peace and Reconciliation’, by welcoming non-EU and EEA National newcomers and giving them the opportunity to make a meaningful and positive contribution to the community.


RISING Global Peace Forum 2021

The 2021 theme is Leadership for Peace, with a full line-up of speakers to be confirmed in the coming weeks. Speakers already confirmed include The Right Hon Kim Campbell, the first and only Prime Minister of Canada, and Archbishop Justin Welby.


Postgraduate Researchers bring their projects to life for the ‘Visualise Your Thesis’ competition

Coventry University postgraduate researchers (PGR) have created provoking videos that represent their research projects for this year’s ‘Visualise Your Thesis’ (VYT) competition.


Decolonisation (beyond) the Curriculum: Early Insights from Staff and Student research at Coventry University

This seminar showcases the process, insights, and impact of three strands of work acting concurrently at Coventry University.


Sanctions and Africa: an International Law and Politics Conference

The conference aims to investigate and reimagine Africa as an active voice and perspective in the global legal and political discourse on sanctions.


Coventry University Professor publishes new book on the historical endurance of democracy

In his new book Death by a Thousand Cuts Matt Qvortrup, Professor of Political Science and International Relations in the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, puts the current crisis of democracy into historical perspective.


Our Future Moves exhibition

Coventry University’s Institute for Future Transport and Cities (IFTC) is working with Coventry City Council and key stakeholders to showcase Coventry and Warwickshire’s world-leading transport innovation and rich heritage in mobility and transport design.


Big Data, Big Capabilities: Developing the Senior Finance Professionals of the Future to Exploit the Benefits of Big Data

This study aims to examine the main capabilities that senior finance professionals/accountants need to make good use of BD in their decision-making and propose how senior finance professionals/accountants can acquire and develop a portfolio of these new capabilities.


Reducing Financial Vulnerability within Birmingham's Muslim Community

A research project led by the Centre for Business in Society aiming to Reduce Financial Vulnerability within Birmingham's Muslim Community.


Concentration or composition that is the question! How do exogenous fatty acids contribute to changes in metabolic flexibility of skeletal muscle?

Using Real-Time Cell Metabolic Analysis to establish how physiological and pathophysiological concentrations of FA impact mitochondrial function, capacity and substrate utilisation in human skeletal muscle cells.