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CAWR researchers release multi-lingual film on DVD to influence transnational policy Research News

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? Research News

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 Research News

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.


GLEA Professor named in Queen’s Birthday Honours

The pioneering work of Professor Duncan Lawson, co-Director of sigma and member of the GLEA Research Centre, has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours announced on Saturday 8 June.


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

The Big Question seminar series discusses the 2015 election.


Julie Bayley Wins National Research Impact Award Research News

Coventry University's Impact Officer Julie Bayley has won a coveted national award for research impact. 


CU Researcher Wins International Award for PhD Thesis Research News

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 Research News

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.


PhD Student Natalie Dukes Wins Best PGR Student Poster Presentation Prize Research News

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 Research News

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.


Building Partnerships for Indonesian Maritime Security Research News

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.


The Big Question. Lecture Series. The US Presidential Election 2016. Fact or fiction? Research News

In the USA Republicans and Democrats are fighting to select their candidate for President. From Donald Trump to Bernie Sanders, unexpected candidates have come to the fore. Controversy, criticism and confusion have dominated the headlines and thrown the future of American politics up in the air. But what is fact and what is fiction?


Joel Busher wins BSA Memorial Prize Research News

Joel Busher wins British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial Prize for Making of Anti-Muslim Protest


CBiS in the Automotive Sector Research News

CBiS in the Automotive Sector


Postgraduate Research Symposium Research News

The Postgraduate Research Symposium for the Faculty of Business and Law was held in the Jaguar Atrium on Wednesday 20th April 2016. Some 35 PGR students exhibited posters and the event was very well attended by fellow students and by academic staff from right across the Faculty.


Tire Technology 2016 Young Scientist Award for Coventry PhD Student Greg Smith Research News

The Tire Technology 2016 Young Scientist Prize was won by Gregory Smith for his paper on 'GS2MF', an advanced, flat-track tire test procedure used to gather data to parameterise Magic Formula 6.1 tire models. Smith has his own company, Tyre CAE & Modelling Consultants, but does much of his work at Jaguar Land Rover. He is also studying for a Ph.D, supervised by Professor Mike Blundell at Coventry University in the UK, and in his spare time writes for Tire Technology International.


Organisational Performance as a Dependent Variable

This project uses new tools (second order meta-analysis and meta- regression) to tackle several of the critical points in performance research and provide an efficient means to compare performance research across fields. Dr Ann-Marie Nienaber has developed a comprehensive model to analyse what antecedent variables have the strongest effect on organizational performance and gives implications for research and business management.


DOES PERCEIVED OVERPERFORMANCE DECREASE TRUST AND JOB SATISFACTION IN VIRTUAL TEAMS?

This project discusses practical implications for the management of virtual teams as well as research implications in the fields of social exchange and social comparison theory.


‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ featured in the Gatsby Foundation report on the development of ‘learning factories’ Research News

Coventry University’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) has been featured as one of five case studies in the Gatsby Foundation report which details the ‘The Opportunity for Learning Factories in the UK’.


The Centre for Postdigital Cultures welcomes Angela McRobbie to the team Research News

Coventry University’s Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC) has appointed acclaimed media theorist Angela McRobbie as its new Visiting Professor.