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.
Athlete preparation for elite swimming
Enhancing the understanding, and place a greater emphasis on, the nutritional needs of young swimmers to maximise thei...
Ergogenic aids for adolescent swimmers
Utilising the use of ergogenic aids to help adolescent swimmers maximise their performance.
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...
European Asylum Support Office: Iraq report
Building off their influential work on the Iraq Body Count Project, researchers from BCU compiled a supplementary repo...
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 ...
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...
Perceptions of Safety and Risk Amongst Grindr Users
Exploring the perception of risk and safety in online dating spaces for the LGBTQ community.
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...
Social inclusion and exclusion of the greenification of urban space
Analysing the experiences of communities to ask the question, ' Does urban greening benefit everyone?'
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...
Personalising sodium bicarbonate supplementation to maximise performance
Helping athletes maximise their performances with personalised supplements of sodium bicarbonate, a hitherto inconsist...
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...
Thinking of Place iii
Thinking of Place iii brings artists together to reflect on geographical culture, exchange stories and reflect on them...