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.

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...

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...

Vehicle configurator augmented reality system

Working in partnership to create immersive, real-time visualisation systems for motor vehicles.

KTP Partnership with GSK

This knowledge transfer partnership sees BCU experts partner with GlaxoSmithKline to create innovative augmented reali...

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?'