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Comprehensive Tourism Revival Framework for Socio-Economic Development in Post-conflict Kashmir: Lessons from Northern Ireland

This international project’s focus will be on one of the important and challenging areas in South Asia – Kashmir, which used to be a leading tourist destination for generations.


Non-communicable lung disease in Kenya: from burden and early life determinants to participatory inter-disciplinary solutions

Non-communicable lung disease in Kenya: from burden and early life determinants to participatory inter-disciplinary solutions


Edigilit (Improving digital literacy of tertiary students)

Digital literacy which is considered as life skill in the digital age by UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP).


'Hot periods' of anti-minority activism and the threat of violent domestic extremism: Towards an assessment framework

This project will generate new insight about the pathways towards and away from violence during ‘hot periods’ of anti-minority activism, in which anti-minority groups intensify their efforts to influence policy and public opinion and capture media attention.


Gender and resistance to violent extremism: Untold stories of everyday resistance in Kenya

This project seeks to understand and redefine violent extremism from the ground up based on community’s understanding and experiences of this phenomenon.


FOODMETRES

This FP7 funded project assesses both the environmental and the socio-economic impacts of food chains.


Renewal, Innovation and Change: Heritage and European Society (RICHES)

RICHES is a research project about the change that digital technologies are bringing to our society, culture and heritage.


Harnessing Growth Sectors for Poverty Reduction: What Works to Reduce Poverty through Sustainable Employment with Opportunities for Progression

Employment has been seen as a key route out of poverty, however there are also increasing concerns about the prevalence of in-work poverty in the UK. The proposed research seeks to fill a gap in evidence about 'what works' in harnessing growth sectors for poverty reduction.


Work Buddy: Supporting people with learning difficulties learn and recall new tasks

Work Buddy is an android-based app that seeks to support people with learning disabilities to learn and recall new, or infrequently performed tasks, at home, when travelling and in the workplace.


ERGO WORK

ERGO WORK is a collaboration of academic and business organisations in 6 countries, to understand the barriers that disabled people face in the EU workplace and to tackle some of these through improved workplace Ergonomics.


Democratising Agricultural Research in Europe (DARE)

Democratising Agricultural Research in Europe, or D.A.R.E., is a project that brought together food producers, researchers and activists from Europe to share knowledge on participatory and transdisciplinary approaches to research in agriculture. The project focused specifically on agroecological initiatives in Europe, and explored how research can help to realise the potential of these approaches to enable sustainable and just food systems.


Sustainable cut-flowers project

Between 2015 and 2019 Dr David Bek and Dr Jill Timms managed externally funded projects examining different facets of sustainability within the global cut-flower industry.


From the East End of London to the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro: The relevance and transferability of the social legacy programmes of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LONRIO)

Project findings highlight how clear communication with the local community and proper inclusion in the planning and implementation phases can potentially greatly improve the satisfaction levels of the host community with regard to the event and the legacies it may bring.


Re/presenting Islam on Campus

Running from 2015 to 2018, the project analysed how Islam is understood on university campuses with a view to an open, informed discussion about Islam as an aspect of British life.


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.


The Big Question: Can we build communities of trust and peace?

On Tuesday 3rd February 2015, the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations played host to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, launching a new series of public talks at Coventry University entitled ‘The Big Question.’ 


Westminster briefing for Coventry University professor

A professor in children and family nursing at Coventry University was invited to the House of Commons to speak as part of a Teenage Cancer Trust briefing for the shadow secretary of state for health.


The Big Question: Should we talk to terrorists?

'The Big Question' series of seminars asks 'Should we talk to terrorists?' The latest seminar from the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations featuring the panellists Christof Wackernagel, Jo Berry and Ross Frenett.


The Big Question: Election 2015: How was it for you?

The Big Question seminar series discusses the 2015 election.