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Designing Global, Connected and Networked Education seminar with Dr. Rikke Toft Nørgård and Dr. Gwyneth Hughes
Delivering inclusive learning experiences in HE: experiences, developments and challenges Seminar Event
Faith in the Care System: Addressing the Diverse Needs of Children Event
One day conference on Faith in the Care System
Building energy and technology perspective in China and UK Event
The programme, ‘British Council Researcher Links’ provides opportunities for early career researchers from the UK and internationally to interact, learn from each other and explore opportunities for building energy conservation research collaborations.
The geographies of sex-product retailing in the UK Event
This seminar explores the changing spatiality of the sex retail industry in England, from highly regulated male-orientated sex shops, pushed to the legislative margins of the city and social respectability, towards the emergence of unregulated female-orientated ‘erotic boutiques’ located visibly in city centres.
Factors Leading to Health Exclusion among African Refugees in Australia: The Case of Blood Donation Event
Developed countries that accept refugees are obligated, under the UN Convention for Refugees, to integrate refugees into host communities, with inclusion in the health system being pivotal. Integration programs can be difficult, as many refugees’ home countries have different health systems, they have lower health literacy, and different expectations of health services. Join us for this engaging lunch time seminar with guest speaker Professor Michael Polonsky from Deakin University, Australia.
Third Sector, research and the criminal justice system Event
This one-day workshop aims to provide a collaborative learning, sharing and development for individuals working in the third sector, prisons and research community.
Breakfast Briefing: The Global Refugee Crisis Event
For this Breakfast Briefing, Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre with the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations invite you to reflect on what is meant by the ‘refugee crisis’ and the possible responses. Is there really a crisis? Where is it and who does it involve?
Egregiousness and Boycott Intensity: Evidence from the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Event
Consumer boycotts are triggered by egregious events, but the literature has not distinguished the level of egregiousness from consumers’ preferences or disutility associated with a given level of egregiousness, nor has the literature studied how these two components of egregiousness affect boycott intensity. Join us for an engaging lunch time seminar with guest speaker Professor Michael Polonsky from Deakin University.
Sustainable production and consumption: Woolworth’s Farming for the Future Programme Event
This seminar will: chart the development of the Farming for the Future Programme; describe the methodologies deployed to improve farming practices; outline the metrics captured to assess the effectiveness of the programme and will provide evidence of the programme’s successes.
Who is Fairtrade for? Critical Reflections on Producer Experiences Event
Dr Agatha Herman visits us from Cardiff University and in this talk she will explore who exactly is the subject of the contemporary Fairtrade movement.
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.
Partner countries, UK and Turkey, seek to improve energy efficiency and sustainability of the existing and new built environment. This can only be achieved by introducing novel technologies, low carbon solutions, renewable energy integration and better urban planning. The UK have well established urban planning infrastructure, whereas Turkey has a heritage of architectural design, cultural aspects, and diverse urban planning.
Economy Society and History Seminar Event
Join us as the Centre for Business in Society hosts two presentations from doctoral researcher Alessandro Di Bona and Dr Andrew Perchard. Alessandro will explore role and function of trade associations in the aerospace industry and Andrew will talk about corporate political activity in wartime America.
SomaticApp - Dance, digital software design and inclusive practice Event
This project aims to bring together expertise across disciplines of health and dance to develop the concept of an app that can be used by students to promote self awareness and relaxation through mindful movement. This can also be linked to dealing with related physical recurring pain such as neck and shoulder pain from desk work, etc. In particular, it will draw on somatic movement practices which are a group of activities that link body and mind for wellbeing such as Feldenkrais and Alexander technique.
EuroSPF Event
12th International conference on Superplastic Forming. This conference has been established in 2001 as a platform for transfer of knowledge between academic and industrial leaders in the field of SPF and warm forming, including modelling, tool design, lubrication, industrial applications of SPF and similar topics. Conference to be organised by Coventry University and Chaired by Professor Richard Dashwood.
Crisis, what crisis? Assessing international responses to refugees from 2010 to 2020 Event
With around 22.5 million people are currently displaced across international borders by armed conflict, persecution or human rights violations and two thirds living in long-term, protracted displacement, there have been repeated political and media claims of an unprecedented ‘global refugee crisis’. But how useful is it to think of this as a global crisis? How have states and international organisations sought to address the issue? And what lies ahead for international politics and policy making?
Grassroots to Global: Development from Below Event
The Global Development Research Group at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) at Coventry University is pleased to announce a call for papers for their forthcoming academic conference entitled “Grassroots to Global: Development from Below”. This one-day conference will bring together academics, practitioners and policy-makers from across disciplines, focusing on development practice at grassroots level and implications for global development discourse.
BERA seminar open to staff: ‘Dutch courage in internationalisation’ Event
We are pleased to announce the first of our research seminars hosted as part of the Intercultural Engagement and Global Learning Theme of Coventry University’s Research Centre, Global Learning: Education and Attainment (GLEA).
