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Multicultural MICS Network Launch Event
The official launch for the MICS Network (Multicultural, Interactions, Consumers, Society), this event brings together studies drawing from social psychology and organisational behaviour theories to identify a range of underlying factors that can influence multicultural marketing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New Centre for Dance Research video reflects on connections between dance, artificial intelligence and ethics Research News
In a new video, C-DaRE researchers come together to explore some of the questions inspired by their dancer-machine interactions that took place during the WhoLoDance project.
Behind the bouquet: building resilience in the flower supply chains Research News
A team of researchers from Coventry University’s Centre for Business in Society (CBiS) are providing research insights for a project supporting flower industry workers in Kenya who have been affected by the coronavirus crisis.
Is organic food diversity the answer? Research News
Researchers from the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR), have been awarded £100,000 by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural affairs) as part of a project to analyse diversity in food supply chains, governance and cultures.
Regular caffeine consumption does not change its performance enhancing benefits Research News
Researchers from Coventry University have discovered that the affects of caffeine on exercise performance do not diminish the longer people use it.
Researchers discover how plants protect themselves from global warming Research News
Researchers have discovered a molecular mechanism that plants use to protect their fertility while under heat stress – a finding that could have far-reaching consequences as the planet tackles global warming.
Urgent changes needed to PPE design and policies, research study suggests Research News
Research by Coventry University suggests changes need to be made to personal protective equipment (PPE) and how it is used to help clinicians battling COVID-19.
Research project aims to improve justice for sexual violence survivors during Covid-19 Research News
A new project led by Coventry and Lancaster Universities will explore the impact of Covid-19 on the experiences of sexual violence survivors as their cases go through the criminal justice system (CJS).
Rovier Verdi wins Coventry University 2021 'Three Minute Thesis' Competition Research News
Rovier Verdi, a second year PhD candidate in the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, has won the Coventry University ‘Three Minute Thesis’ (3MT®) competition 2021.
Open showcase call: City of Culture Research News
This funding call will support projects to develop impact and to facilitate knowledge exchange with non-academic stakeholders.
