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.
Improving uniform design processes
This knowledge transfer partnership aims to help long-standing company Murray Uniforms to expand their design capabili...
The impact of Covid-19 on the right to a fair trial
BCU researcher, Sarah Lloyd is investigating the effects of Covid-19 on the justice system, specifically how to mainta...
The Impacts of Police Messaging Services on Public Perceptions and Fear of Crime
This project explores the effectiveness of police community messaging systems, which provide users with local crime up...
Police Use of Tasers
This research explores police use of Tasers and of force more generally, in order to to ensure that Tasers are used...
The Impact of Lockdown on Domestic Violence Perpetration and Victimisation
Exploring the impacts of Covid-19 on domestic violence perpetration and victimisation are explored, while examining th...
KTP Partnership with GSK
This knowledge transfer partnership sees BCU experts partner with GlaxoSmithKline to create innovative augmented reali...
Vehicle configurator augmented reality system
Working in partnership to create immersive, real-time visualisation systems for motor vehicles.
The difference in athletes post-sodium bicarbonate digestion
The time to peak blood bicarbonate, pH and strong ion difference in elite adolescent swimmers following sodium bicarbo...
Ergogenic aids for adolescent swimmers
Utilising the use of ergogenic aids to help adolescent swimmers maximise their performance.
Athlete preparation for elite swimming
Enhancing the understanding, and place a greater emphasis on, the nutritional needs of young swimmers to maximise thei...
European Asylum Support Office: Iraq report
Building off their influential work on the Iraq Body Count Project, researchers from BCU compiled a supplementary repo...
Every Casualty: creation of an online knowledge base
Dr Lily Hamourtziadou worked with the Every Casualty project - an organisation, exclusively focused on advancing cas...
The Role of Birmingham’s ‘Gay Village’ in the ‘Othering’ of Non-Homonormative Identities
Exploring the lived experiences of the LGBTQ community in Birmingham's Gay Village, specifically looking at the inclus...
Iraq Body Count: data collection and analysis on security
The Iraq Body Count (IBC) project collects data from a variety of reliable sources to create an accurate picture of ...
Social inclusion and exclusion of the greenification of urban space
Analysing the experiences of communities to ask the question, ' Does urban greening benefit everyone?'