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Fish for Export: working in the wild capture seafood industry in Indonesia

This project aimed to produce robust evidence-driven recommendations to help brand-owners, buyers and suppliers based in the EU and US to better understand where and how they can address any labour abuse risks within their supply chains in Indonesia.


On Our Land – Protecting Bedouin Cultural Heritage in the occupied Palestinian territories

The aim of this project is for the Bedouin communities in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) to be able to use inter-generational knowledge and cultural practices related to their land in order to flourish.


BRIEFCASE

'BRIEFCASE project' workshop is based on 10 years’ experience by the Geomining Museum, in Madrid. This innovative project creates the opportunity for learning about minerals through hands-on experience, specifically targeting 6-14 year old students and their teachers.


Modest Fashion in UK Women’s Working Life

This project looks at how religiously-related modest fashion and associated behaviours impact on UK women's working lives – regardless of their own religious community or beliefs.


Preventing conflict in fragile countries through understanding and promoting economic justice

Preventing conflict in fragile countries through understanding and promoting economic justice


Evaluation of “CEJI – a Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe”

This project will contribute to the review and further development of CEJI’s strategy, aims and objectives.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


FOODMETRES

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


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.


Building Partnerships for Indonesian Maritime Security

The Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) convened a two-day workshop in Jakarta (Sep. 9-10) entitled ‘Building partnerships for Indonesian maritime security’, with a diverse range of high profile participants.


PhD Student Natalie Dukes Wins Best PGR Student Poster Presentation Prize

PhD student Natalie Dukes won the best PGR Student Poster Presentation prize at the Coventry University Excellence Awards on Thursday 25th June 2015.


Royal Aeronautical Society Bronze Award for CU Lecturer

Mike Bromfield, a Senior Lecturer in Aerospace/Flight Safety Researcher has been awarded a Bronze Award for Best Written Paper in 2014 by the Royal Aeronautical Society.


CU Researcher Wins International Award for PhD Thesis

Coventry University's research Dr Jeane Gerard has received the coveted Richard Block Award for her PhD thesis. 


Geraldine Brady to feature as Guest Presenter

Geraldine Brady is to feature as Guest Presenter at the International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child at Universite de Moncton in Canada.


Dr Geraldine Brown Hosts Black History Month Seminar Series

In partnership with Coventry University Black & Minority Ethnic Staff Network, Dr. Geraldine Brown hosted a series of seminars to mark Black History Month.


Ankara bombs: Turkey is being torn apart by bad leaders and bad neighbours

Turkey: torn apart by bad leaders and bad neighbours. Professor Alpaslan Ozerdem investigates.