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BU’s Professor Khan has discovered a clean, sustainable and renewable way of meeting our future energy needs.

Oil traders, portfolio managers and policymakers will all benefit from a new framework for oil price forecasting that uses information from a wider range of sources in its predictions.

BU's Dr Anya Chapman is raising awareness of the importance of piers and how they can help regenerate seaside communities, successfully securing much-needed government funding to ensure their sustainable future.

Find out how BU researchers have applied their ecological tipping points research into society, with the uptake of their recommendations by the Forestry Commission and further research now extending to all types of ecosystems.

The hump-backed mahseer population has decreased by 90% in the last 15 years but due to a case of mistaken identity, the fish disappeared unnoticed from South India’s River Cauvery until research led by Adrian Pinder, director of Bournemouth University’s Global Environmental Solutions and director of The Mahseer Trust, highlighted the giant carp’s plight.

BU research which guided policymakers on the implications for intellectual property rights in the UK, as a result of 3D printing, is set to shape the landscape on an international scale.

Read how 3D rainforest mapping is informing conservation plans that are key to assuring the survival of species such as gibbons, siamangs, orangutans and elephants.

Desti-Smart is a project addressing challenges for efficient sustainable tourism while at the same time promoting a low-carbon economy.

The Smart Ports Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development (SPEED) project aims to improve ports in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the UK by using new advances in technology and data science.

Reducing nutrient levels in coastal ecosystems (RaNTrans) aims to improve the ecological status of transitional waters in England and France.

The SAMARCH project aims to provide new scientific evidence to inform the management of salmon and sea trout (salmonids) in the estuaries and coastal waters of the French and English sides of the Channel.

Schools, welfare organizations and businesses work together to support young people from within entrepreneur hubs. In these hubs, young people work on a business pop-up that will improve their neighbourhood.

The 3DPARE project is working to deploy and monitor artificial reef blocks in the Atlantic ocean which have been designed and fabricated using innovative 3D printing technology and sustainable, low-impact bio-receptive materials.

There are many political and economic incentives to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but they bring with them a number of complexities that require in-depth research and discussion – a challenge a team of academics, led by Principal Investigator and BU Professor Jens Hölscher, is working to tackle.

ADDISONIC is finding new ways of fatigue-testing materials to more accurately predict and extend their lifespan, reducing the amount that ends up in landfill. 

The objective of the MARINEFF project was to develop a new approach to the design and construction of maritime infrastructure. MARINEFF strived to enhance and protect coastal and transitional water ecosystems in cross-border Channel regions.

The DIPCAT project has created an internationally-oriented learning platform in accountancy that supports skill development for early career professionals. 

ECO-CODING is a Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) funded project that will bring the technology of DNA barcoding to BU, collaborating environmental organisations and local school children.

BU’s software engineering research has focused on the improvement of software development methods with a particular emphasis on the ‘upstream’ or requirements phases.

Fair access – or widening participation (WP) – is an area of considerable interest in the UK’s higher education sector. Its impetus is on breaking down barriers that prevent people from diverse backgrounds from entering higher education, and flourishing when they do.

FishE is exploring the factors that can negatively affect fish populations, and find effective strategies to prevent their decline.

The FoodMAPP project will enable local providers to supply and sell produce directly to consumers, reducing waste and food miles. 

BU’s research has been at the heart of a dynamic repositioning of culture, working directly with the UK’s largest conservation charity, the National Trust, to make heritage accessible to a wider audience.

Project PDE-GIR, led by Bournemouth University, is developing partial differential equation (PDE) techniques to improve geometric modelling, image processing, and shape reconstruction (GIR). 

Green tribology provides answers to friction and wear problems within an ecological and environmentally sound context. 

Supporting the local community and economy in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) area.

Developing a suite of modelling tools to support economic forecasting.

BU researchers developed practice development approaches that would work across a wide variety of health and social care settings.

This AHRC network is focused on three emblematic contexts: two rural communities (Bario and Long Lamai) in Malaysia, a historical town (Ilha de Moçambique) in Mozambique, and five favelas (Rio de Janeiro) in Brazil.

CIPPM undertook a comparative study of commercial music videos and amateur parodies to determine whether there were economic consequences to the presence of parody.

Research into 2003/5 changes to UK accounting, auditing and corporate governance regulation found major flaws in the regime. By providing evidence and lobbying via other organisations, researchers have exposed these defects and their implications, contributing to critical public debate around the policy.

Find out how BU researchers have created a system that provides timely advice to balance the requirements of coastal bird conservation with those of society.

The Wessex Portal and the Dorset Coast Digital Archive aims at promoting a better understanding of the unique natural environment and heritage assets.

The UK-China Health and Economy Partnership is a novel knowledge transfer partnership that will promote long-term collaboration between Bournemouth University, the University of York, the University of Sheffield and the University of Leeds.

The aim of this project is to measure the economic and socio-cultural contribution of UK outdoor events. This will be achieved through the collection of data from public outdoor event suppliers, organisers and consumers to measure the value of public outdoor events in the UK.