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Mental Health and Productivity Pilot

Coventry University is co-leading a group of health professionals, academics and business leaders who have been awarded £6.8m by Government to tackle poor mental health in the workplace with a focus on the East and West Midlands regions.

Contemporary Dance and Whiteness

Contemporary dance is anecdotally described as a white field of practice. Although there is a growing body of arts research that examines whiteness as racial privilege, there is little that investigates the phenomenon of whiteness in contemporary dance.

Maths Meets Myths: research from the statistical physics group at Coventry University

Maths Meets Myths is a new way of using statistical physics in connection with humanities. It helps us to trace commonalities and differences between characters in myths and legends across cultures, and visualise networks to see nuances in social systems.

Britain’s Most Admired Companies - The voice of the C-suite for nearly 30 years 18 Sep 2019

Based on peer and analyst review, the Britain’s Most Admired Companies study is the longest running annual reputation survey of Britain’s leading companies. Compiling data across 25 sectors and rating each business through 12 key criteria, the findings are celebrated and published annually in Management Today magazine.

The ‘Taste & See’ cluster randomised controlled trial

Taste & See is a church based programme for developing a healthy relationship with food.

UNDERTREES - Creating knowledge for Understanding ecosystem services of agroforestry systems through a holistic methodological framework

The overarching objective of UNDERTREES is to form an international and inter-sectoral network of 15 organisations in 3 continents (Europe, Africa and South America) working on a joint research programme in the field of agroforestry (AF) and ecosystem services (ES) assessment.

Making Space: The Geographies of Minimalist Practices and Sustainable Consumption

The purpose of the study is to explore the motivations and practices of self-defined minimalists (or those who associate themselves with minimalist practice) and to explore minimalism’s potential link to sustainable consumption practices.

4i: Immersive Interaction Design For Indie Developers With Interactive Machine Learning

This project aims to support independent developers and artists in designing movement and body based interaction for Virtual Reality and immersive media, by building tools that allow designing by moving via Interactive Machine Learning.

Gaza Foodways: Towards Resilient Women-led Urban Agroecological Food Systems as a Pathway to Women's Economic Empowerment

Gaza Foodways is a transdisciplinary research collaboration to contribute toward a ‘just transition’ to diversified low-carbon urban food and farming systems.

Violent Extremism in West Africa Coastal States 18 Sep 2023

In this CTPSR Webinar Dr Festus Kofi Aubyn will explore issues of violent extremism in “Understanding the Drivers and Dynamics of Violent Extremism in West Africa Coastal States”.

Security and conflict researcher awarded place on prestigious leadership programme 31 Aug 2023

A Coventry University researcher has gained a place on a prestigious fellowship programme run by one of the most influential leadership institutes in the world.

Two new scientific laboratories launched in Pakistan by Coventry University and NUST 10 Jul 2023

Coventry University joined forces with the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) to launch the Internet of Things (IoT) and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) laboratories in Pakistan.

Use Your Heart to Play a Game: Playtesting event 23 Aug 2023

This playtesting will help the research team understand the effectiveness of the technology they use and the game they have developed

Rebels without a cause? Rosewood and insurgency in Senegal with Dr Martin Evans 21 Sep 2023

Illegal cutting of rosewood (Pterocarpus erinaceus) in Casamance, Senegal, and its trafficking into The Gambia for export have attracted considerable attention in recent years. The seminar discusses recent dynamics and their historical, political and biogeographical contexts.

Coventry University academic joins delegation to Palestine in support of the right to education 18 Sep 2023

Dr Ken Fero, Assistant Professor in the Centre for Global Learning (GLEA), was selected for a fellowship of the first Palestine Academic Links Seminar (PALS) organised by the Friends of Birzeit University (FOBZU).

Entrepreneurship in Context: Systemic and Behavioural Explorations 12 Oct 2023

This CBiS seminar provides insights into the relationship between Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EEs) and regional economic development in the Italian regions, with a particular focus on the moderating role of firm size.

Tackling loneliness and social isolation: exploring the impact of the Chatty Café Scheme 20 Oct 2023

This CBiS seminar will discuss the findings from the research exploring the views of beneficiaries, volunteers and the wider general public to consider the potential impact the scheme has on society.

Exploring Interpersonal Language in MOOC Lectures: A Comparison of High- and Low-Rated Courses 05 Jul 2023

Exploring Interpersonal Language in MOOC Lectures: A Comparison of High- and Low-Rated Courses

Strictly Inclusive Policy Brief Launch 26 Jun 2023

Join us at the launch event for the Strictly Inclusive Policy Brief where you will be able to hear about the project and what we have learned from talking to industry experts.

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.