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.

Alliance for International Development, Education and Research (AIDER)

CHR Consultancy members provide advice, reports and educative training for the Alliance for International Development,...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals Project

This project  will review the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and identify project from which the CHR can...

The Meriam Ibrahim Litigation in Sudan

The Clinic provided legal advice to the Sudanese Human Rights Initiative (SHRI) in the petitions for Meriam Ibrahim, h...

Amicus ALJ

Contributing to the work of Amicus ALJ, which trains the UK legal profession to undertake aspects of capital defence wi...

Safeguarding Human Rights in Sudan

The Centre for Human Rights Consultancy works closely with the Sudanese Human Rights Initiative for the promotion of a...

The European Union and Abolition of the Death Penalty

Professor Jon Yorke of Birmingham City University's Centre for Human Rights was part of the working group which devised...

Advancing real estate decision making

The research aims to discuss this issue and provide a conceptual real estate framework to manage these risk events.

Modelling the Drivers of the UK Multi-let Industrial Property Market

Looking behind the figures, this exploratory research can show the key value drivers of MLI properties. 

EnAlgae: Bioenergy for North West Europe

This four year project combines the expertise and resources of 19 partners over 7 countries in order to address sustain...

Testing and optimising techniques for biogas conversion

Doosan Enpure's patented Sonix technology aims to increase the yield of biogas production but the technology required ...

IoT4Win: Connected water management

The water industry of the future will need to be smart and resource-efficient, and the current water industry is chara...

The implications of physical inactivity

Estimating the potential economic benefits of making people physically more active

Developing advanced systems for mobile lifting and handling equipment

Funded by Innovate UK, Birmingham City University researchers have partnered with Wilmat Limited to investigate and de...

Builder's Merchant Federation: Forecasting the future

BMF reached out to Birmingham City University (BCU) to develop a model that would forecast the economic condition of t...

The Potential Socio-economic Impacts of Antimicrobial Resistance in Canada

How can we prepare for the spread of anti-microbial resistance and what are the potential impacts on our lives and eco...