Reconnecting Producers, Consumers and Food: Alternative Food Networks

This project was one of the first to explore the motivations of consumers and producers participating in different types of ‘Alternative Food Network’ such as farmers markets, box schemes, and community supported agriculture.


Coventry & Birmingham Low Emission Vehicle Demonstrator Programme (CABLED)

The CABLED project provided the opportunity for Ultra Low Carbon Vehicles to be made available to a wide cross section of real world users and collect data on their everyday use over a 12 month trial period.


Are personal budgets always the best way of delivering personalised social care services to older people?

This NIHR/School for Social Care Research funded project aimed to examine whether personal budgets are always the best way of delivering personalised social care services to older people. 


Turning a passenger train into an infrastructure monitoring train: a Trial Infrastructure & Algorithm Development (KEEPSAFE 2)

Building on the outcomes of the project ‘A KnowledgE Elicitation aPproach to understanding railway SAFEty’ (KEEPSAFE 1), this project aimed at creating a data-driven system-view of the railway overhead line infrastructure.


Virtual Exhaust Prototyping System (VExPro)

VExPro aims to optimise a lightweight exhaust system encompassing areas of thermo-mechanical, mechanical, acoustics, vibration, manufacturing and light-weighting analysis and design in a High Performance Computing (HPC) environment.


Online Space, Reconnection and Alternative Food Networks

Spaces of alternative and local food production and consumption have been the subject of interest within agri-food research in recent decades. This project explored how online space is used by a range of Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) in Coventry and Warwickshire.  


Mapping Local FoodWebs

Commissioned by the Campaign to Protect Rural England, the project aim was to design a toolkit which would enable community groups to map the social, economic and environmental impacts of local foodwebs.


WheelSense

WheelSense is a portable, easy to use, simple approach to measuring the stability and centre of gravity of wheelchair systems.


SILTFLUX

The SILTFLUX project aims to unravel pollution challenges for a set of Irish rivers.


Big Study for Life-limited Children and their Families: Study of West Midlands palliative care needs of children, young people and families

This was the first in-depth study in the UK of how well the needs of children with life-limiting conditions and their families are being met. It is hoped that methods developed in this study will have applicability to future studies in other parts of the United Kingdom.


Researching Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Intervention Programmes Linked to African Communities in the EU (REPLACE 2)

The REPLACE 2 project followed on from the REPLACE project which investigated the reasons why FGM persists in the EU despite years of campaigning to end the illegal practice, in order to produce a behavioural change model that could be applied to ending FGM in the EU.


The Experiences of Survivors and Trauma Counselling Service Providers in Northern Uganda and Rwanda: Implications for Mental Health Policy and Legislation

This research investigated the experiences of service users and providers of trauma services in Kitgum and Gulu, northern Uganda. It also examined their implications for mental health policy and legislation.


TOCASA (Trade-offs in communal areas in South Africa)

The overall aim of this project is to evaluate trade-offs between novel range management practices (intensified planned grazing, corralling and removal of woody plants).


HOMED – Holistic Management of Emerging Forest Pests and Diseases

Adopting a holistic and multi-actor approach, HOMED aims to develop a full panel of scientific knowledge and practical solutions for the management of emerging native and non-native pests and pathogens threatening European forests.


Abracadabra (ABRA): Online Reading Support

Abracadabra (ABRA) is an online toolkit composed of phonics, fluency and comprehension activities based around a series of age-appropriate texts. The trial assesses a 20 week programme of lesson plans using the ABRA activities.


Dancing Bodies in Coventry

Dancing Bodies in Coventry is a Coventry City of Culture 2021 funded project that is being led by researchers from Coventry University’s Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE). 


Work-Loop marketing assessment

A Pathfinder II Investment is intended to produce a fully viable proposition ready for seed investment.


Collaborative Working for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Wales

This PhD project investigates the ways in which collaborative practices of natural resource planning, management and ownership are currently being pursued in Wales and with what effect.


True - TRansition paths to sUstainable legume based systems in Europe

True project aims to identify the best routes, or “transition paths” to increase sustainable legume cultivation and consumption across Europe.


Religious Health Interventions in Behavioural Sciences (RHIBS)

Investigators aim to create a foundational, shared language for researchers and practitioners to rigorously develop and evaluate religiously integrated health interventions.