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CBiS Research Seminar Series

Learn about our CBiS Research Seminar Series and how you can get involved.


International Conference Attendance: Trust Team attend FINT

CTPSR's Trust Group will visit Dublin in November to contribute to the First International Network on Trust (FINT). The theme of the conference, “Reaching Out”, is about challenging the trust research community to stretch their thinking and influence, to encourage wider participation in the community from practitioners and academics in related fields.


WREV Showcase

Read all about our Warwickshire Rural Electric Vehicles (WREV) showcase event summary and download our report findings. 


The politics of migration, displacement and belonging among Afghans migrants and refugees in Europe and North America

Our research on Afghan experiences of displacement and migration focuses in the following issues: the politics of the migration, asylum and resettlement of Afghans in Europe and North America; Afghan journeys and migration into Europe and the engagement of recently arrived Afghans in Europe for peacebuilding and development in Afghanistan. We aim to examine the situate of the complex migration histories of Afghans who have recently migrated from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan within debates around the categorisation, intersectionality and development in migration.


Optimisable system-level thermal models for power electronic converters

This project is focused on the design of reliable yet efficient thermal models underpinning an optimal design framework for power electronic converters. Due to the high number of times these models must be evaluated during the optimisation process, they are required to be of low computational cost (so-called ‘optimisable’).


A Multi-Scalar Exploration into the Internal and External Drivers of Citizen Participation in Community Food Growing Projects in Lambeth, London

The aim of this doctoral research is to explore the internal and external drivers influencing citizens' participation in urban community food growing projects.


On Behalf of the People: Work and Community in the Nationalised British Coal Industry, 1947-1994

This 3 year study will conduct a revised history of the nationalised British coal industry (1947-1994), examining this from a macro-, meso-, and micro-, perspective.  


Innovative designs of sustainable agro-hydro-health systems

Under the Researcher Links scheme offered within the Newton Fund, the British Council and Akademi Sains Malaysia will be holding a 5-day workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia commencing on 31 July 2017. The workshop is being coordinated by Professor Sue Charlesworth (Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University) and Associate Professor Dr. Abdul Halim Ghazali (Universiti Putra Malaysia), and will have contributions from other leading researchers. The workshop will explore the following research topics in relation to ‘off-grid’ communities.


Correlation between the Zika virus and sanitary and drainage conditions in the Metropolitan Areas of Fortaleza/Ceará (Brazil)

The aim of this project is to investigate the relationship between mosquito-vectored Zika, inadequate provision of secure and safe potable supplies, drainage and sanitation. 


Power to Change

This project aims to assess the social impact of small-scale agroecological businesses and food producing enterprises in the UK.


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.


Exceed in Coventry

Exceed in Coventry is a three-year project providing tailored help and support to over 1,300 Coventry residents, enabling them to progress into education, training, job search or employment.


Human Library Talks - 'Saluting our Sisters'

The concept of the Human Library talk is a space that offers dialogue through personal conversation.


Culture and Creativity: Fuel for Recovery

Coventry University would like to invite you to a Business Insider forum, in which we’ll look at Arts and Culture as a business sector and delve into the role it will play in helping the Midlands’ economic recovery and investment.


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.


Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition: An introduction to the GODAN initiative

Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), launched following a G8 Summit in 2012, supports global efforts to make agricultural and nutritionally relevant data available, accessible, and usable for unrestricted use worldwide.


PGR and ECR Forum: Welcome to the Cities of Culture Research Network

PGR event prior to the AHRC Cities of Culture Network: The Coventry Cultural Policy & Evaluation Summit


Upon Reflection: Responses to the Coventry Cultural Policy & Evaluation Summit

Post event following the AHRC Cities of Culture Network: The Coventry Cultural Policy & Evaluation Summit


The role of COIL in internationalisation

The Centre for Global Engagement (CGE) and the Centre for Global Learning (GLEA) at Coventry University will host a webinar on Friday 11th June at 12pm UK time.


Muslim girls as educational subjects: Insights from India

In this event, Dr Saba Hussain will discuss some of the key insights from her book, Contemporary Muslim Girlhoods in India, published by Routledge, London.