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The Big Question: What does populism really look like? Event
In the next of our Big Question public debate series we examine, ‘What does populism really look like?’ Following recent victories for the ‘Leave’ campaign in the Brexit vote and Donald Trump in the US elections and the seeming rise of the ‘populist’ agenda, we will examine both the causes and potential effects of the rise of populist views and their endorsement through these results.
CBiS Seminar: Student Research Talks Event
Stuart Bowles (CU Alumni and current PhD student) and Lisa Ruetgers (current CBiS student) walk you through their research on topics covering alternative currencies and tackling surplus food.
ESRC Festival: Community Food Growing in Lambeth Event
Senior Research Assistant Lizzi Bos was recently awarded £800 to run an event as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science week in November, with a team from CBiS. The event aims to showcase community food growing in Lambeth, London and draws upon Lizzi's doctoral research.
Evening Conversations on Being Human: The Good Death Event
This event is part of a series of Evening Conversations open to anyone interested in debating science and its impact on society. Join us for an evening of discussion where scientists and religious and humanist leaders will discuss whether there is such a thing as a “good death”. Open to everyone.
Health Design & Technology Institute: Product Design
The work of the Health Design & Technology Institute is providing new technologies and insights into independent living: Product Design
Corpus Pattern Analysis and the Theory of Norms and Exploitation Event
We are pleased to announce that Patrick Hanks is a forthcoming speaker in the School of Humanities Research Seminar Series. All are welcome, so please forward to others interested and confirm your attendance before the event to Sue Grant on ab0559@coventry.ac.uk.
CBiS Seminar: Institutional Trustworthiness, Surveillance and Security in Europe Event
Against a backdrop of declining public trust in government and a climate of intense international terrorist threat, governments around the world are appealing to citizens to trade privacy for enhanced security. This talk will examine the relationship between the institutional trustworthiness of security agencies and the public’s acceptance of the way they use digital surveillance technologies.
CTPSR Seminar Series: Transitional justice paradigms and praxis Event
Research with survivors of sexual and gender based violence and displacement in Bosnia, the DRC and Colombia to discuss the lessons that can be learned from comparing the international norms of transitional justice with their implementation in different local contexts.
Cancelled: Interwar Dance Disclosure in France and the Ethics of the Neoclassical Gesture Event
This lecture is about the ethics of neoclassical gesture in ballet during the 1930s in France in relation to an impending fascism that would soon make itself felt under the Occupation.
Contesting Transitional Justice Conference Event
This one-day conference will bring together academics, doctoral students, practitioners and policymakers from across disciplines to engage with contemporary contestations on transitional justice in order to contribute to the ever-growing scholarship in this field.
Navigating the academic-practitioner divide in research Event
Academics rely upon collaboration with practitioners to deliver our research agenda. As delivering ‘research with impact’ gains increasing importance for public funders and the REF, navigating the academic-practitioner gap is taking on even more significance. Drawing upon fieldwork in such diverse sectors as jewellery, flower, wine and tourism industries our speakers will highlight the challenges of working in the academic practitioner gap (where the motivations of employees, employers, and practitioners may differ), and offer advice on best practice.
Getting Published in European Sports Management Quarterly (ESMQ): Do’s, Don’ts and Hot Topics Event
Professor Tracy Taylor, Deputy Dean at the University of Technology (Sydney) Business School and Editor inChief of European Sports Management Quarterly (the only sports journal ranked at 3* and above in the ABSrankings) will be delivering a seminar for staff and PhD students about the Do’s, Don’ts and Hot Topics when trying to get published in ESMQ.
Professor Tracy Taylor, Deputy Dean at the University of Technology (Sydney) Business School will be delivering a seminar for staff and PhD students looking at business and management research in a global context from the perspective of a top ranked Australian business school.
Sharing Knowledge Event Event
Coventry University’s Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement are hosting the Sharing Knowledge event on is Monday 19th March. This event is designed to bring teachers and researchers together to share their knowledge, with the aim that your experiences can inform our research, and our research can inform your practice.
Led by Dr Jason Begley (SURGE) this Regional Studies Association funded research network is tasked with comparing and contrasting the development of the Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) sector in three regions in which the participating partner institutions are located.
Dr Nick Henry and Dr Paul Sissons to to map and analyse data on bank lending Research News
Dr Nick Henry and Dr Paul Sissons have won a contract with Big Society Capital, Citi Bank, Community Investment Coalition and Unity Trust Bank to map and analyse the newly released UK data on bank lending to individuals and businesses.
Working Together to Build Cooperative Food Systems Research News
A special issue of the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD), on Cooperatives and Alternative Food Systems Initiatives, has just been edited by CAWR's Colin Anderson and will be freely available during July.
Building an Urban Serving University: a social relations programme for Coventry Research News
Urban universities are a huge asset for their home cities. They are catalysts for social mobility, investors in infrastructure and providers of extensive employment opportunities.
BES funded Jewellery Study makes impact in the industry Research News
Prof. Marylyn Carrigan presented the key findings of her study into responsible business practices in SMEs, using the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter as an example.
