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CBiS 2019 Winter newsletter

The newest edition of the Centre for Business in Society's newsletter is now available


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.


Designing the life-saving laboratory that fits in a paramedic’s pocket

Pocket-sized piece of pioneering medical technology could help paramedics, doctors and nurses diagnose strokes quicker and more accurately. 


Deepfake? True Lies, Real Lives and the Ethics of Biofictions

Biofictions, both in print and on-screen, problematise our distinctions between the real and the imagined, between ‘fact’ and fiction.


C-DaRE Invites… Ruth Gibson and Christina Seely

Ruth Gibson and Christina Seely offer a nuanced exploration into the ways in which an environment-based exchange anchors their artistic practices.


New Heart, New Horizons: Exercise in the journey after heart transplant

This one-day meeting will be focused on the heart transplant recipients’ journey from pre- to post-transplant.


Black Sound Coventry: Heritage Collection Day

Coventry University is proud to be hosting the Black Sound Project in collaboration with the Gallery of Living History and Black Sound. Alongside an exhibition, which is now open Monday to Friday (9.00 – 5.00) in the Delia Derbyshire Gallery, Cox Street until the 28th of February, we have an event that you or people you know may be interested in.


Protecting Biodiversity through Sustainable Redevelopment of Urban Medieval Gardens in Italy: an ATTER Case Study with Lucia Nicastro

Lucia Nicastro will present a Community of Practice, based in the Italian town of Ostuni, that is working towards the sustainable re-development of the Ostuni medieval urban gardens that were abandoned in the 1970’s.


Investigation of the Impact of Occupant Behavior on Building Performance in the UK and China

Investigation of the Impact of Occupant Behavior on Building Performance in the UK and China


Clean Futures - Understanding your Carbon Footprint

Clean Futures is partnering with Auditel,an established carbon solutions organisation in the UK, to offer SMEs in the West Midlands transport sector and its supply chain this high value masterclass.  


Struggles for Organic Sovereignties: Networking and Conventionalizing Diversity in Latvia and Costa Rica

Struggles for Organic Sovereignties: Networking and Conventionalizing Diversity in Latvia and Costa Rica.


UK’s first homegrown production of a vital chemical for electric car batteries supported by Coventry University

Coventry University is playing a key role in a major new project to strengthen the UK’s electric vehicle (EV) supply chain by supporting the first-ever UK production of a critical chemical used in lithium-ion batteries.


Fighting Hunger and Tackling Food Waste: a view from the frontline of community food provisioning during the pandemic

This event will discuss the challenges in distributing food to people in need during the pandemic This seminar takes a behind the scenes look at how the community food sector mobilised to meet the unprecedented need for requests for help as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fareshare Midlands, a regional surplus food redistribution charity, were critical to residents across Nottingham accessing healthy, nutritious and safe food services. Researchers at the Centre for Business in Society, Coventry University will present the findings of research exploring the challenges faced by the community food sector. The presentation will reflect upon how Fareshare Midlands and central England Co-op worked to fight hunger and tackled food waste over the course of the pandemic and what can be learnt going forward in transitioning towards a more sustainable food system.  About the Speaker David, Jordon and Marsha have been working together on a project funded via the QR-Strategic Priorities Framework. The project has focused on the frontline of community food support operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marsha has longstanding networks in Nottingham, and the Midlands more broadly, which have facilitated this research. The project demonstrates the Sustainable Production and Consumption research cluster’s ongoing focus upon the ‘future of food’ which is one of the major policy challenges confronting local, regional and national government in the UK currently.


Co-creating Alternative and Sustainable Futures of UK-East Asia Partnerships

The PEER project has been investigating policies, underlining principles, institutional arrangements, contexts and actors that foster or weaken UK-East Asia partnerships in Transnational Education (TNE), Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Research and Innovation (R&I). Please join the PEER concluding Conference and Roundtable Dialogue to know the key research findings about different trajectories and alternative futures of regional and bilateral UK-East Asia partnerships. Discover the newly launched interactive maps We have recently published two sets of interactive maps on TNE and SDGs research partnerships. The maps visualise a large volume of quantitative data at regional and national levels and present the findings in a user-friendly manner. Please help to disseminate the webpages below to our HE networks. Interactive Maps of the SDG Research Partnerships Interactive Maps of UK TNE in East Asia


Space Tourism: exploring the business implications and research priorities

The talk will focus on the recent developments, early market indications and socio-economic significance whilst identifying interdisciplinary research priorities.


Understanding disparities in degree awarding

The Centre for Global Learning are delighted to invite you to this event entitled 'Understanding disparities in degree awarding: Introducing a novel Difference Index (DI) to measure relationships between module characteristics, module marks, and student ethnicity', taking place virtually on 11 May 2022.


The Price-Discovery Role of Financial Intermediaries in Connected Asset Markets

This seminar will discuss research on the role of ETF Authorized Participants during the COVID crisis on bond market liquidity.


The Role of Visual Arts Organisations in the British Black Arts Movement in the Midlands

The British Black Arts Movement (BAM) in the early 1980s was responsible for a paradigm shift in UK art history, bringing to the fore the issues, concerns, practices and aesthetics of marginalised artists.


An agent-based modelling simulation on nudging recycling behaviour for novel materials: A case study for bioplastics

This project examines in what ways a nudge recycling campaign influences the disposal behaviour of bioplastics in higher education (HE) students.


Harnessing big data analytics in studying contemporary management challenges

Exploring the methodological innovations in big data analytics and how they can be better utilised to examine contemporary management topics and the global grand challenges of modern times.