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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.


Pandemic Geopolitics in the Anthropocene

The COVID-19 pandemic has simultaneously highlighted the extraordinary transformations of the contemporary earth system that are currently underway and the fragility of the political institutions in place.


Political uncertainty and institutional herding

This event will discuss the role of political uncertainty in motivating herding among US institutional investors


Coventry University provide technology aid to support learning in Kigeme Refugee Camp, Rwanda

A humanitarian initiative led by Coventry University has donated essential electronic equipment to Kigeme Refugee Camp in Rwanda.


Dialogue Moves: Embodying Diversity through Amerta Movement in Indonesia

This fellowship investigates how Amerta Movement practice supports dialogue between diverse ethnic and religious communities in Indonesia. This is especially important in a country where ‘unity in diversity’ is the national motto.


Coventry University Professor appointed Co-Director for the Doctoral Training Alliance

Coventry University Professor Elena Gaura has been chosen to take on the prestigious role of Co-Director at the University Alliance’s (UA) Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA).


Does corruption amplify or mitigate the impact of ownership structure on cash?

With a within-country quasi natural experiment and a global cross-country set up we show that the interaction of corruption with ownership structure has a first order effect on firms’ cash holdings.


Pioneering Dance Researchers lead campaign to illustrate the importance of dance and bodily knowledge

Researchers at Coventry University are leading a major international campaign which aims to share and celebrate the importance of dance research.


New book by Coventry University researcher explores experiments in open access and collaborative scholarly publishing

Dr Janneke Adema, from Coventry University’s Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC), has published her latest book Living Books: Experiments in the Posthumanities with the MIT Press.


Qualitative Inquiries into Student and Staff Experiences during the Pandemic

This seminar will report from a range of staff and student voices, discussing the positive and negative aspects of the changes, and specifically report on early findings from the research into the positive impact on the attainment gap. 


Open webinar sessions: MA by Research in Global Education

The Research Centre for Global Learning (GLEA) offers a part-time, online PhD in Global Education and a part-time, online MA by Research in Global Education.