Social Sciences research projects
Identifying and Sharing Good Practice in Tackling Domestic Abuse in Military Contexts
The research addresses the root causes of vulnerability to DA in military settings, focusing attention on emerging ris...
The impact of LEGOLAND on Mindfulness, Stress and Wellbeing
This knowledge transfer partnership with Birmingham-based LEGOLAND Discovery Centre (LDC) assesses how the centre's ad...
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...
Work-Related Pressures for Delivery Drivers in the Digital Age of the “Gig Economy"
The central premise of this project is the question as to whether current manslaughter laws are sufficient when we con...
Public understanding of controlling or coercive behaviour
Do the majority of the public recognise abusive controlling and coercive behaviours?
Mindful construal diaries and healthy eating
When forced between picking healthy and unhealthy foods, we often make the wrong choice. This project assesses whether...
CHECKIT HE – Countering Hate and Extremism on Campus
CHECKIT HE aims to enhance higher education (HE) response to hate and extremism on higher education institution (HEI) c...
The nature and characteristics of spree killings
Analysing the characteristics of the perpetrators of spree killings to guide public policy and inform investigative pr...
Mindful construal diaries to reduce portion size effect
In this research, it was hypothesised that the use of a mindful eating-specific intervention, namely Mindful Construa...
The impact of Covid-19 on the right to a fair trial
BCU researcher, Sarah Lloyd is investigating the effects of Covid-19 on the justice system, specifically how to mainta...
Autobiographical memory specificity and restrained eating
Determining if priming memory retrieval with images of healthy/unhealthy foods would influence memory specificity an...
The Effect of Mindfulness App Use in Complex Needs Students
Examining the effect of a mindfulness application on social emotional development and cognitive development.
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...
Using Nudges to Promote Healthful Eating
This research aims to identify which nudges implemented in the school cafeteria yield an increase in fruit and vegetab...