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Monitoring and reporting on biological invasions 17 Sep 2019

John Wilson is the science lead for the South African National Biodiversity Institute's Biological Invasions Directorate.  He is author/co-author of over 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals with a particular focus on invasion science.

C-DaRE Invites….Brandon Calleja Shaw - Choreographic Rendings of Romeo and Juliet: Jessica Nupen’s Rebellion & Johannesburg and Choreographic Sabotage 29 May 2019

C-DaRE Invites….Brandon Calleja Shaw

The British Council Coventry University Pharmacoeconomics Programme (BCCUPP)

The aim of this development programme is to build upon the expertise, knowledge and skills of the pharmacy workforce in Egypt. In recent years, the economic evaluation of pharmaceutical technologies has become an important issue for many health care systems, worldwide. This collaboration will help transfer knowledge and skills from the team at Coventry University to academics working in Egypt and pharmacists in select Egyptian hospitals.

The temporary staffing industry and economic change

The analytical work of the different national temporary staffing industries and the way they operate in different labour markets is designed to advance our understanding of labour market operations, challenges and developments, particularly around the use and nature of temporary work. This project is designed to deliver impact to a broad range of stakeholders, including academics, policy makers, those working in the industry and the general public.

Investigation of green roofs as an ecological tool in combating urbanisation, improving biodiversity and providing wildlife stepping stones

The aim of this two year KTP project is to investigate the value of water managed green infrastructure in urban areas to improve biodiversity.

Empires in Metal: Corporate Political Activity and Business-Government Relations under “Anglo-Saxon Capitalism”

This project explores business-government relations and the political activities of leading firms by drawing on historical 'Anglo-Saxon' case studies.

A data-driven approach to sustainable operation, maintenance and development of the railway electrification system

Funded by Network Rail, this project seeks to use a data-driven approach to sustainable operation, maintenance and development of the railway electrification system.

An Examination of Customer Engagement on Mobile Apps

The objective of the study is to examine the factors that drive customer engagement on mobile phones apps. The study assesses the role of mobile apps in two mega events; Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Better Work, Better Businesses: Making the Case for Ethical Trade in the South African Fruit Industry

This project will seek to: advance understandings of how labour standards improvements are connected to improvements in business performance.

PETALS 2 (FGM Webapp for professionals)

This project builds on an FGM information webapp that was successfully developed for young people by Coventry University.

Healthy Gardeners

Biomechanical software has been developed at Coventry University which has the capability of analysing musculoskeletal systems.

CBiS Project Selected as a Finalist in Research with Impact Category 08 Jul 2019

A project based in the Centre for Business in Society (CBiS) at Coventry University has been shortlisted as a Finalist in the UK and Ireland Green Gown Awards 2019 RESEARCH WITH IMPACT (INSTITUTION) CATEGORY, sponsored by Emerald Publishing.

The Ethics of Emergent Creativity 19 Mar 2019

A new chapter by Dr Janneke Adema, Research Fellow Digital Media (Centre for Postdigital Cultures) is out on ‘The Ethics of Emergent Creativity: Can We Move Beyond Writing as Human Enterprise, Commodity and Innovation?’

Call For Papers: Dance and The Archive 17 May 2019

Dance has long been regarded as an art form that is challenging to archive because the “time-based phenomenology of dance is a challenge for dance archivists” (Oke 2017, 197)

Novel approaches for modelling flow in porous media 01 Jul 2019

Research by Ran Holtzman highlights novel approaches for modelling fluid flow through porous media, has been published in PNAS.

CPC Researchers to lead a £2.8 million Project 14 Jun 2019

CPC Researchers to lead a £2.8 million project to develop an open, not-for-profit community-owned ecosystem for open access monographs.

A Web-Based Cardiac REhabilitatioN Alternative for Those Declining or Dropping Out Of Conventional Rehabilitation: The WREN Feasibility Study

The WREN Project will assess the feasibility of delivering a web-based cardiac rehabilitation intervention (ACTIVATEYOUR HEART) for those who decline or drop out from conventional supervised cardiac rehab. The feasibility trial will collect qualitative and quantitative data to inform the design of a definitive largescale multi-centre trial.

MASELTOV - Mobile Assistance for the Social Inclusion and Empowerment of Immigrants with Persuasive Learning Technologies and Social Network Services

MASELTOV - Mobile Assistance for the Social Inclusion and Empowerment of Immigrants with Persuasive Learning Technologies and Social Network Services.

PEGASO: Personalised Guidance Services for Optimising Lifestyle in Teenagers

Challenging teenagers in their own fields and areas of interest, PEGASO aims at promoting a sustainable change towards healthy lifestyles, with a holistic and multidisciplinary approach.

Novel Swarm Intelligence Algorithms: Application to Bioinformatics and System Biology

Promoting the development of the field of computational intelligence and applications in the UK, in particular, swarm intelligence and evolutionary computation.