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.

Tools: Applications, Benefits and Limitations for Ecosystems (TABLES)

This work focuses specifically on integrating the principles and thinking behind the ecosystem approach and ecosystem s...

Maximising the Impact of Games as Effective Participative Tools: The Rufopoly Resource Kit

Rufopoly is a participatory-learning board game, which enables players to undertake a journey through a fictitious rur...

Linda Anita Carty

Professor Jon Yorke acted as the lead legal advisor and drafter of the amicus curiae briefs submitted by the Governme...

Shonda Walter

Professor Jon Yorke worked with Hannah Gorman on an amicus curiae brief on comparative perspectives on capital punishme...

Zane Floyd

Submission of an amicus curiae brief on behalf of Zane Floyd in support of a rehearing due to the adjudicative defici...

Barriers to Return of Home Sampling Kits for Sexually Transmitted Infections Requested Online: A Qualitative Study

Exploring the factors behind falling rates of STI home test kit returns in Birmingham and Solihull.

Covid-19: What are the Drivers of the Islamophobic Infodemic Communications on social media

This ESRC funded project aims to identify the drivers behind t he current climate of conspiracy theories and racist '...

Interventions around the impact of Coronavirus on Muslims in Birmingham in post-Covid Britain

This ESRC funded project explores areas of need for Muslim communities during the impact of coronavirus, and developin...

Digi-Doc: Digital Doctorate Training Hub

BCU has pioneered an innovative ‘close to practice’ professional doctorate programme in Education, the EdD, and the UK...

Developing Community Centric Sustainable Solutions for Rural Communities in Western Cape, South Africa

Researchers from the Bioresource and Bioeconomy research group have been working with the community of Wupperthal in S...

MacroBio – Sustainable Utilisation of Macroalgae (Seaweed) in Indonesia

Identifying the potential in waste seaweed crops for the generation of sustainable biogas, this project aimed to equip...

Optimising Biogas Production from Food Waste

Developing and testing systems which break down food waste in preparation for conversion into sustainable biogas. The t...

Converting organic waste into sustainable bioenergy and products

The Bioresource and Bioeconomy Research Group at BCU is supporting the development of sustainable, circular bioeconomi...

Wearable Systems for Emotional Behavioural Disorders

Monitoring children’s emotional and behavioural patterns via the use of wearable and external sensors tracking physiol...

The Built Climate Action Game

Researchers are working with teenagers in Birmingham to design a climate action board game, in order to engage young p...