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Paper Struggles & Public Library and the Property Form: Exhibition and Seminar Research News
The Centre for Postdigital Cultures will be hosting an exhibition and seminar which documents how struggles over access to knowledge in the digital realm are reflected in the world of print and paper.
Nourishing Life. Territories of Life and Food Sovereignty – a new policy brief Research News
Drawing on practical examples from eight countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, the Policy Brief Nourishing Life. Territories of Life and Food Sovereignty is the outcome of a long term collaboration between the ICCA Consortium.
Grassroots to Global: Development from Below Event
The Global Development Research Group at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) at Coventry University is pleased to announce a call for papers for their forthcoming academic conference entitled “Grassroots to Global: Development from Below”. This one-day conference will bring together academics, practitioners and policy-makers from across disciplines, focusing on development practice at grassroots level and implications for global development discourse.
Launch of the Centre for Postdigital Cultures Event
The Centre for Postdigital Cultures brings together media theorists, practitioners, activists and artists. It draws on cross-disciplinary ideas associated with open and disruptive media, the posthuman, the posthumanities, the Anthropocene and the Capitalocene to explore how innovations in postdigital cultures can enable 21st century society to respond to the challenges it faces at a global, national and local level.
BERA seminar open to staff: ‘Dutch courage in internationalisation’ Event
We are pleased to announce the first of our research seminars hosted as part of the Intercultural Engagement and Global Learning Theme of Coventry University’s Research Centre, Global Learning: Education and Attainment (GLEA).
Crisis, what crisis? Assessing international responses to refugees from 2010 to 2020 Event
With around 22.5 million people are currently displaced across international borders by armed conflict, persecution or human rights violations and two thirds living in long-term, protracted displacement, there have been repeated political and media claims of an unprecedented ‘global refugee crisis’. But how useful is it to think of this as a global crisis? How have states and international organisations sought to address the issue? And what lies ahead for international politics and policy making?
5th SIMBIO-M Conference Event
This conference is organised every other year, aiming at introducing new technologies, advances and tools in the fields of Biomechanics and Biomedical engineering. As usual our focus is on research and in particular introduction of young researchers into the applications world.
175 Open Lecture Series Event
As part of our 175 year anniversary celebrations, Coventry University are holding a series of open lectures to showcase just some of the research activity that we undertake.
Annalouise Paul Residency and Workshop Event
Annalouise Paul creates dance narratives inspired by histories, bodies and an observation of cultures and peoples. She also works closely with digital technologies and somatic practices. Dance DNA draws on somatic ideas to develop unique movement vocabularies from bridging cultural and contemporary dance forms. Dance DNA is a ‘non-scientific’ term used to describe where movement begins in the body, identifying trigger points for initiating visceral movement and sensibilities. Hidden Rhythms refer to the intrinsic ‘character’ of a rhythm that are danced so that inherent qualities are exposed but not necessarily heard.
Direct Democracy Event
In recent years there has been a marked increase in the number of referendums and public votes. Here in Britain, we have held some of the most headline-grabbing ones; the Brexit vote and the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence. More recently, there have been votes on immigration in Hungary, gay marriage in Australia and abortion in Ireland. Why have governments turned this form of public involvement? Is it a sign of populism? And what does it mean for representative democracy? Professor Matt Qvortrup will presents his findings based on more than 30 years of research in the field and his new publication Government by Referendum.
Beyond fear and hate Building solidarity and mobilising around migration and diversity Event
For this Breakfast Briefing, the Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre (CRMC) with the Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) as part of 2018 RISING Global Peace Forum invites you to a discussion on building local, national and transnational solidarity in relation to migration and diversity.
Delivering inclusive learning experiences in HE: experiences, developments and challenges Seminar Event
Designing Global, Connected and Networked Education seminar with Dr. Rikke Toft Nørgård and Dr. Gwyneth Hughes
Exhibition Exploring the Harsh Realities of Homelessness Research News
A new exhibition, Anthony Luvera: Taking Place, visualises the scale of the homelessness crisis in the UK.
Matthew Lamaudiere wins Coventry University’s ‘Three Minute Thesis’ Competition 2020 Research News
On the 16th January, the Centre for Sports, Life and Exercise Sciences’ PhD researcher gave a quick fire presentation on his research into colon cancer as part of the annual competition.
Molly Browne wins Postgraduate Researcher of the Year 2020 Research News
Molly’s PhD research on horticultural, outdoor and nature-based activities for people with dementia has been recognised as an “outstanding contribution.”
Gamification Awards for 'Beaconing' and 'GameChangers' Research News
Coventry University has been recognised for their cutting-edge research by the International Gamification Awards 2019.
Enabling students with neurodiversity in Argentina and Mexico Research News
GLEA launched their Enabling Students with Neurodiversity (ENTENDER) project by welcoming partners from across the globe to Coventry University between 4 and 7 February 2020.
Improving the digital resilience of the Aluminium sector Research News
Presentations from key industry players and from Coventry University colleagues helped the sector understand the multi-dimensional nature of the problem of digital resilience in Aluminium.
Outstanding Research Supervision Team Awards 2020 Research News
This year’s Outstanding Research Supervision Team Award was presented as part of the Doctoral Capability and Development (DCAD2020) Online Conference.
