Research Projects
Our research is connected to outcomes that feedback into industry, culture and the environment. Find out more about our researchers and their projects below.
Simulating Market Abuse in UK Crypto-Asset Platforms
This project develops an agent-based simulation framework to analyse how market-abuse behaviours—such as wash trading,...
Playing The Career Game: Using game-based methodology to critically consider the effectiveness of targeted career initiatives.
This project uses game-based methodology in the form of a research-informed board game, Playing The HE Career Game ...
Exploring concept development and sustained, shared thinking in Flying Start contexts: a collaborative project
Understanding the importance of university researchers working in partnership with practitioners in order to change pr...
Zine-ing experiences and perspectives of neurodivergent Postgraduate Researchers
This research project is aimed at gaining insights into neurodivergent PGR’s experiences of doctoral study. The rese...
Reading Time: A phenomenological exploration of reading habits, rhythms and practices in doctoral education in the UK and Norway
In contemporary doctoral education, much less attention is devoted to understanding how students engage with higher-lev...
Eastside Projects: Building a hospital art gallery
Gavin Wade’s Mobile Wall System with 164 permanent pole positions on a square grid (After Adolf Krischanitz & Freder...
Enhancing trainee teachers' knowledge of Autism
Equipping trainee teachers with the knowledge of Autism needed to support pupils in mainstream secondary schools with...
BCU and BBG partnership - next steps
In April we ran a blog on BCUs exciting partnership with Birmingham Botanical Gardens looking ahead to the summer and...
Ecological Transition in Brazil: A Multisectoral Modelling Tool
The research is commissioned under the GEMMES programme of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), as part of its...
Researching initial teacher education students’ sense of belonging and community on campus
This project explores the City South general campus space and how learning and teaching spaces impact BCU primary ITE ...
Exploring the impact of immersive placements in healthcare education
Flourish in collaboration with Birmingham City University, Public Health and community organisations around the city, h...
Does Immune Activation Affect TB Test Results?
TB remains a disease of global and regional significance, with infection rates in the West Midlands exceeding the natio...
The Europe that Gay Porn Built, 1945-2000
This project maps, for the first time, the European networks of production, circulation and consumption of gay erotica...
Language of DIY Justice: Communication practices and processes
This project (2019-2023) explored communicative, procedural and legal barriers court users experience in small claims ...
Enhancing Urban Resilience and Sustainability through UK-India Collaboration
Birmingham City University has launched an exciting new international collaboration aimed at tackling some of the mo...