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ESRC Japan visit

This month, Dr Ian Brittain, as Principal Investigator for an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UK-Japan Social Science and Humanities Connections Grant, hosted five Japanese and four British academics.


Sustainable society through Tokyo 2020

Dr Ian Brittain recently visited Tokyo, Japan supporting a variety of discussions about disability sports in the run up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. Whilst there he was a keynote speaker at several events.


Food waste seminar

This year’s seminar series continued with a seminar delivered by Kirsten Sims, a sustainability professional from Woolworths Supermarkets in South Africa.


DOS International symposium

The Data, Organisations and Society research cluster aims to advance research and promote the debate on the challenges and opportunities related to the adoption of technologies in business and society. To that aim, the cluster organised the First International Symposium on Data, Information and Knowledge Management Research.


British Council UK-SA Project

This project is a collaboration between Walter Sisulu University, Coventry University and Stellenbosch University. The project is focused on enhancing staff doctoral capacity training and expertise for underrepresented groups in South Africa.


Newbits project

Dr Alexeis Garcia-Perez reflects on the activities of the NEWBITS project which produced science knowledge to support the development of the European ITS industry and improve the impact of research on European policy-making.


Past and future hydroclimatic variability-West and Central Africa

Past and future hydroclimatic variability over West and Central Africa and their teleconnections


We are dry as the trees: the challenges of conducting participatory work when the drought strikes

Lecture hosted by Carla Sarrouy Kay who is studying climate change and the pathways adopted to reinforce social and environmental resilience. Carla shares the challenges and joys of participatory work and research in Senegal and will reflect on the meaning and reality of resilience, agroecology and knowledge sharing.


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.


A new Special Interest Group

Ran Holtzman, from the University’s Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems, is leading a new Special Interest Group (SIG) entitled “Flow, deformation, and reaction patterns in porous media.”


Environment Matters to Us Too! Communities, 'Race' and Class

This year the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) will be hosting a special event to mark Black History Month.


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.


Inter-play: INTIME music project day 1

This October the Coventry University Experimental Music Research Group INTIME present two Project Days of new music concerts with world premieres, a keynote interactive presentation and papers in Ellen Terry Building from 1pm-9pm.


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

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.


Re-imagining the Future of Food

Matthew Adams is a Deep Ecologist, Environmental Manager (B.Sc.) and was Director of the Good Gardeners Association (2000-2011).


Concrete Cinema

Concrete Cinema is a collaborative City of Culture project led by dr. Miriam de Rosa (CPC) and dr. Michael Pigott (University of Warwick).