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Migrants and the media: examining migrant voices in Britain’s political debate

This project explored the engagement and representation of migrant voices within the 2015 pre-election debate, asking how the voices and experiences of migrants were represented in media reporting and whether migrants themselves were able to have a say.


CFCI Seminar Series - Corruption in the Oil and Gas Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

CFCI Seminar Series - Corruption in the Oil and Gas Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa


The transition to capitalism in the Scottish Uplands

The transition to capitalism in the Scottish Uplands and what it means for the agroecology and food sovereignty movements.


Reconstructing education through a global lens

A showcase of work from the Centre for Global Learning: Education and Attainment.


CFCI Seminar Series: Incentives and Whitelist in the Area of Anticorruption

CFCI Seminar Series: Incentives and Whitelist in the Area of Anticorruption


First responders in war-torn Syria feel ‘abandoned’ by international community

First responders providing emergency aid to civilians in horrific conditions in Syria’s war-torn cities feel ‘abandoned’ by the international community, a survey found.


Coventry first university to receive top accreditation for PhD students’ training

A Coventry University research centre has become the first in the country to receive a prestigious accreditation for the training it gives to its science PhD students.


C-DaRE E-Book

A World of Muscle, Bone & Organs: Research and Scholarship in Dance is an e-book exploring contemporary ideas and themes in the research and practice of dance. 


Call for Papers

This interdisciplinary event invites papers that consider how media images and narratives of violence provide spaces of care, wish-fulfilment, and escapism for violated communities, and how trauma and survival are modelled in the stories we tell. 


Centre for Postdigital Cultures Launched

On Wednesday the 7th of February, the Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC), a new Faculty Research Centre at Coventry University, held it’s ‘soft’ launch.


Rukshanda Naz Alumnus Reflection

I am an activist in the Pakistani women’s movement since the early 1990s. A lawyer by profession, I also worked with a number of NGOs on issues of violence against women and children and on women’s empowerment programs.


Morphology, phonology and literacy in primary years: Evidence from eye-movements and dynamic assessments.

My PhD research investigates the role of morphological awareness in the literacy development of budding readers. The project will take a closer look at the developmental trajectory of morphological awareness development, as it relates to other literacy skills by testing three different age groups within primary years.


Addressing inequality, enhancing diversity and facilitating greater dialogue in the hosting of sporting mega events (EventRights)

The EventRights project will explore and produce recommendations as to how major sporting events (MSEs) can influence MSE organising committees and other stakeholders to ensure that progressive social opportunities to address inequality, enhance diversity. 


How does diagnosis of dyslexia impact on identity, self-belief and reading progress in children and adults?

This study aims to contribute towards a better understanding of the impact of identifying dyslexia in children and adults.  Of specific interest is the effect on identity, self-belief and reading progress in light of the age at which a learner is identified as dyslexic.


Literacy development: a review of the evidence

Literacy development: a review of the evidence


Lecturer in Dance Nicola Conibere wins the Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award

C-DaRE's Dr. Nicola Conibere is awarded a prize of £10,000 and support from a creative producer, to pursue a project of choreographic research.


Call for Proposals; Digital Echoes Symposium 2016

For the 6th edition of the Digital Echoes Symposium, we focus on participation as one of the most prominent legacies of the digital, in particular how it invokes processes of collectivity, democratisation and decentring.


CBiS in the Automotive Sector

CBiS in the Automotive Sector


Breaking Bad: How transnational drug trafficking creates violent masculinities in local Caribbean communities in Port of Spain

This project addresses the impact of transnational organised crime (TNOC) and drug-trafficking on poor urban communities in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, by considering the ‘transnational-to-community’ impact of drug-trafficking.


Democratic responsibility in a divided society: exploring public trust in post-conflict Northern Ireland

Trust in democratic institutions is vital within post-conflict societies like Northern Ireland in reducing division and sustaining peace. Through in-depth interviews with three fundamental groups in the democratic process, the media, government and community representatives, this project aims to produce new insight into trust in Northern Ireland.