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Struggling to Survive: Slavery and exploitation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Conducted in the early part of 2016 this project documented the manifestations of slavery and human trafficking among the Syrian refugee population in Lebanon. This exploratory research looked in particular at child labour, sexual exploitation, forced labour, child marriage, and organ trafficking.


On Behalf of the People: Work and Community in the Nationalised British Coal Industry, 1947-1994

This 3 year study will conduct a revised history of the nationalised British coal industry (1947-1994), examining this from a macro-, meso-, and micro-, perspective.  


For a fee: the recruitment of migrant domestic workers

This project explores how male and female migrant workers are able to most effectively challenge exploitative labour recruiters, with research conducted globally, but especially in Qatar and Nepal.


Virtual Workshop 1: ‘Existing Intellectual Paradigms of HE and social mobility of women and minorities’

AHRC GCRF Minorities on Indian Campuses Research Network Event


Social Psychology of Conservation and the Environment: Facilitating Sustainability

This short course consists of 10 hours of on-line teaching, organized over 5 weeks (2 hours per week), and 5 hours of off-line study (15 hours total for the course).


Anthony Luvera: Taking Place

Homelessness in the United Kingdom is on the rise. At the start of 2020 at least one out of every 200 people in England is living without permanent or safe accommodation. Homeless deaths have increased by 20% in England and Wales over the last year. Sustained campaigning from Crisis resulted in the Homelessness Reduction Act coming into force in 2018. Despite this, 91% of local authorities in the UK did not respond to basic questions about homelessness in their communities when contacted. Clearly, with such staggering figures, we face a major national crisis.


Addressing household food waste through a focus on planning

Food waste resulting from households continues to be an abhorrent problem. Researchers have called for greater attention on how food behaviours are situated in the prevailing organisation of everyday life to give explanation to why food comes to be wasted.


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.


The Conversation Articles by CAWR

Our researchers have been busy writing for The Conversation and on this page you will be able to read the latest articles. The Conversation is a hugely popular and influential platform for academic comment.


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.


Youth, Violence and Conflict Transformation: Exploring mobilization into violence and the role of youth in peacebuilding

This project looks at how we can ensure that young people’s voices are listened to and acted upon in societies where youth marginalisation has previously been a factor facilitating their mobilisation into violence.


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.