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Inaugural Lecture: Breaking the Mould

Breaking the mould is the main theme which coalesces three parts of Professor Liz Deutsch's inaugural lecture.


Coventry University professors appointed as co-chairs for REF 2029 pilot panels

Two Coventry University professors have been selected to serve as co-chairs for the pilot panels of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029.


Sport science professor elected as Fellow of the International Motor Development Research Consortium

Professor Michael Duncan, Director of Coventry University’s Research Centre for Physical Activity, Sport and Exercise Sciences, has been elected as a Fellow of the International Motor Development Research Consortium (I-MDRC).


Preserving Europe’s dance traditions through international research project

Coventry University researchers have joined a major multinational initiative aiming to map and preserve Europe’s dance heritage.


“The Farmers are taking care of this”: Food Sovereignty in Haiti & Uganda

This seminar explores the impact of participatory learning and action approaches on the development and implementation of the Konbit Vanyan Kapab Farmer-to-Farmer Agroecology for Food Sovereignty Initiative (“FAFSI”).


From Indonesia to the UK: The sustainability risks of the coffee supply chain

This event is part of the Centre for Business in Society's public seminar series.


CAWR researchers release multi-lingual film on DVD to influence transnational policy

The film, Imagining Research for Food Sovereignty, highlights key moments in the process and outcomes of the St. Ulrich Workshop on Democratising Agricultural Research for Food Sovereignty and Peasant Agrarian Cultures.


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.


CHANGE Plus: Promoting Behaviour Change towards the Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation in Practising Communities and Community-Based Advocacy

The CHANGE Plus project aims to raise awareness, change attitudes and promote behaviour change on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in practicing African communities in four EU countries: Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and France.


Human-environment interactions in the Himalayan Sutlej-Beas system

The talk will focus on environmental research quantifying geomorphological and vegetation dynamics over multiple timescales.


Universities' Internationalisation: A Catalyst for Public Diplomacy

Public diplomacy is an essential channel for building and maintaining long-lasting international relations. However, new public diplomacy involves a complex array of non-state actors, leading to debates about their roles and significance.


Selected Matheuristic algorithms for VRP (Review)

Matheuristics are algorithms which are using mathematical models to accelerate the heuritics algorithms to solve large size mathematical models.


Outstanding Research Supervision Team Awards 2020

This year’s Outstanding Research Supervision Team Award was presented as part of the Doctoral Capability and Development (DCAD2020) Online Conference.


Festival of Social Science 2024: Data and AI - Empowering Communities

A talk followed by a panel discussion and photography exhibition on collective responsibility around our use of AI and data.


Scale model of Earth reveals clues about the planet’s magnetic field

Researchers at the Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems at Coventry University used a scale model of the Earth’s liquid core to learn more about the formation of the planet’s magnetic field.


Tire Technology 2016 Young Scientist Award for Coventry PhD Student Greg Smith

The Tire Technology 2016 Young Scientist Prize was won by Gregory Smith for his paper on 'GS2MF', an advanced, flat-track tire test procedure used to gather data to parameterise Magic Formula 6.1 tire models. Smith has his own company, Tyre CAE & Modelling Consultants, but does much of his work at Jaguar Land Rover. He is also studying for a Ph.D, supervised by Professor Mike Blundell at Coventry University in the UK, and in his spare time writes for Tire Technology International.


Corporate Social Responsibility, Gender and Career Capital in the UK Jewellery Industry

Exploring similarities and differences in men and women’s expectations and experiences of jewellery work.


Developing an action research based approach for understanding local institutions and improving livestock-based livelihoods of communal farmers in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

The proposed project brings together scholars from Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) at Coventry University (CU) and Department of Animal Sciences (DoAS) at Stellenbosch University (SU) as part of a knowledge exchange around action based research approaches that can be applied in exploring local institutions and livelihoods of communal livestock farmers in South Africa.


New research unveils impacts of being in the care system for young people from minority backgrounds

Research by Coventry University has led to improved guidelines for supporting young people from minority backgrounds in the care system.


Black Arts Movement in Coventry

This project explores the unique and exceptional role of Coventry and the Midlands in the foundation of the British Black Art Movement (BAM) in the 1980s.