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.
Haptic Feedback for Supporting Navigation in VR Experiences for Users with Visual Impairments
The current reliance on visual feedback in virtual reality head mounted display technologies can make the hardware inac...
Pedagogies of mercy for children with special educational needs and disability (SEND) in madrasah education
The aim of this research project is to gain enhanced knowledge and understanding of the environment, ethos, curriculum...
Inclusive FinTech: Co-Creating Inclusive Future Financial Technologies with Disabled Communities
The Inclusive FinTech project aims to address the accessibility gap in financial technologies by engaging disabled...
Inclusive Augmented and Virtual Reality Experiences
To address the limited work in this area, the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Research Group were awarded a grant...
Accessible 3D Design and Development for Disabled Creators
To address the challenge of making creative design and development activities more accessible, the Human-Computer In...
Under the Cyber Eyes
Dr. Shiyu Gao, awarded Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Birmingham School of Art, has created a unique art exhibition...
Physicochemical Optimization of STOPSPERM Bioportides for Clinical Utility
Aligned with the Male Contraceptive Initiative priority of targeting sperm motility, this research award will enable th...
Development of a software system to enhance audit efficiency and audit quality
This is a systems project in a growth-oriented audit sector. It is aimed to improve efficiency, raise standards of cus...
Supporting BAME Families of Prisoners with social-action research
In partnership with Himaya Haven CIC , Birmingham City University is conducting community-led social action researc...
Creating Schools of Recovery
‘Creating “Schools of Recovery”’ (SoR) was a two-year project to explore and evaluate a partnership model with theatre...
Making Gender Equality Matter in Schools (MGEMS)
Making Gender Equality Matter in Schools (MGEMS) makes a direct response to concerns evidenced in the research literatu...
STEM-Power: Enabling Progression of STEM Women Researchers
This research aims to build a knowledge exchange e-resource that provides free access to resources and project assets ...
DEAREST: Co-creating healthy ageing in a Northern City
The aim of this research was to undertake a co-creation study with older people living in a northern city in the Unite...
Helping older people and their informal carers to prevent pressure ulcers in community settings
This project is implementing and evaluating a co-designed, tailored intervention to support pressure ulcer prevention b...
AlCohol HArM PreventIOn iN pregnancy (CHAMPION)
The aim of this research is to co-design a theoretically informed intervention to support midwives in implementing an a...