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Ethics of Social Media Research

The centre is currently exploring whether consumers are fully aware of, and concerned with, the common ethical pitfalls in the various types of social media research conducted by marketers and marketing academics, and whether such consumer attitudes and concerns have an impact on consumers’ willingness to take part in social media research.


The Emotional Power of Eco-Labels: an Exploratory Study of Consumer Emotions Evoked by Eco-Labels and the Effect on Green-Brand Image

This research investigates the emotions evoked by ecolabels and how they impact the brand image and influence consumers’ choices for “green brands”.


Evaluating Extra Curricular Reading Groups

Professor Clare Wood's project investigating approaches to improving reading for pleasure and reading comprehension in year 7 Chatter Books.


EFFECT

The EFFECT project will provide EU policy-makers with a definitive body of knowledge concerning the nature, extent and impact of gun enabled crime (gec), the effectiveness of interventions aimed at combating gec and the cross-border sharing of ballistic intelligence.


Excluded Voices: Democratising Agricultural Research

The aim of the Excluded Voices project is to identify and support processes that can help democratise the governance of food and agricultural research. The project combines participatory methodologies and institutional innovations to make excluded voices count in food and agricultural policy-making. 


Faith Based Conflict Prevention

The aim of this project is to understand the role of churches and other faith groups in helping to spot early signs of violence and to stop it from happening. Examples in Nigeria and the Solomon Islands will be observed. 


Identifying and Understanding Inequalities in Child Welfare Intervention Rates

This Nuffield Foundation funded project aims to detail the relationship of deprivation, policy and other factors to inequalities in key child welfare intervention rates through separate and comparative studies in the four UK countries.


The Neurostimulation of Belief

The aim of this project is to examine the cognitive and neural mechanisms that underlie beliefs in the supernatural using non-invasive brain stimulation.


Responsible Business Practices in SMEs: the case of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter

Using the context of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, this exploratory study aims to understand how SMEs integrate responsibility into their everyday business practice and consumer attitudes to jewellery consumer social responsibility (CSR).


Sensory and Motor Difficulties in Autism Spectrum Conditions

This project aims to explore how sensory and motor skills impact wider social skills in those with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC).


Tackling Financial Exclusion: data disclosure and area-based lending

In 2013, the UK launch of the voluntary framework for disclosure of bank lending data was a significant step forward in creating transparency about the provision of banking services at a geographic level. This project assessed the first three quarterly releases of this major new development in data disclosure.


KTP with Stevenage Circuits Ltd

To develop a novel PCB interconnection technology for the design, assembly and manufacturing of the next generation of circuit boards enabling miniaturisation in electronics packaging.


KTP with NPL

To develop a novel process to deposit and attach silver nanoparticles on to fibres enabling the selective metallisation of fabrics.


Coventry leads £20m global research hub aiming to harness benefits of South-South migration

Coventry University will lead a £20 million global research hub – funded through UKRI’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) – to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges.


Pirate Care Conference

The Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC), Coventry University, UK invites contributions to its second annual conference, which will explore the phenomenon of ‘Pirate Care’.


The Lanchester Interactive Archive at Coventry PechaKucha Night

On February 27th, three Outreach Workers from the Lanchester Interactive Archive (LIA) delivered a presentation at the 36th PechaKucha Night in Coventry.


Newbits project

Dr Alexeis Garcia-Perez reflects on the activities of the NEWBITS project which produced science knowledge to support the development of the European ITS industry and improve the impact of research on European policy-making.


ESRC Japan visit

This month, Dr Ian Brittain, as Principal Investigator for an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UK-Japan Social Science and Humanities Connections Grant, hosted five Japanese and four British academics.


Sustainable society through Tokyo 2020

Dr Ian Brittain recently visited Tokyo, Japan supporting a variety of discussions about disability sports in the run up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. Whilst there he was a keynote speaker at several events.


Food waste seminar

This year’s seminar series continued with a seminar delivered by Kirsten Sims, a sustainability professional from Woolworths Supermarkets in South Africa.