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.
Visualising Suspicion: Art, Community and Counter-Terrorism
Bringing academia, art and community together to explore themes of racism, hate and suspicion, in an attempt to create...
Perceptions of Safety and Risk Amongst Grindr Users
Exploring the perception of risk and safety in online dating spaces for the LGBTQ community.
Exploring home schooling experiences for children with SEND and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic
This study aims to build on previous research about home schooling / home education more generally to explore and reco...
Doing / thinking – About (facing away from the direction of travel)
The project aims to explore how gathered materials can be combined and presented to create something new, making not a...
Effects of sodium bicarbonate on exercise performance and recovery
Investigating whether sodium bicarbonate can help aid an athlete's performance and recovery, particularly in the world...
Personalising sodium bicarbonate supplementation to maximise performance
Helping athletes maximise their performances with personalised supplements of sodium bicarbonate, a hitherto inconsist...
Thinking of Place iii
Thinking of Place iii brings artists together to reflect on geographical culture, exchange stories and reflect on them...
Recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage
Determining the recovery response to muscle-damaging exercise when in a state of low energy availability.
The impact of social distancing and isolation on the elderly during COVID-19
Professor Joanne Brooke and Dr Maria Clark are researching the effects of social isolation on the elderly.
Red-Alert
To detect and monitor terrorist activity, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) increasingly rely on social media intelligenc...
Birmingham In Real Time
Birmingham in Real Time (BiRT) has a simple, clear but highly beneficial mission – to make available, and improve ac...
Big Data Corridor
The Big Data Corridor (BDC) started as a way to link businesses with emerging technologies and help them utilise their ...
Innovate Dignity
Innovate Dignity is a trans-national network that aims to deliver a shared, world-leading research and training progra...
The Shadow Never Lies
This exhibition explored the meaning of shadow in different cultural contexts and determine, through contemporary art, ...
The Unseen: The Fourth Guangzhou Triennial
Taking part in the Guangzhou Triennial, one of the largest art events in China, the BCU team's curation of the theme 'U...