Data Science

ScholarTHON [2/3 Dec, Programme Announcement]

ScholarTHON: Organising Knowledge

The programme is out for ScholarTHON: Organising Knowledge, a free two-day research event at Cardiff University on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 December 2026.

ScholarTHON adapts the hackathon for arts and humanities research. You bring a research question and work on it in a small group with an embedded Research Software Engineer. This time we look at how humanities knowledge is organised: ontologies, metadata, graph thinking, OpenRefine and Linked Open Data. Whether these are skills you already have or ones you’d like to pick up, the two days will help you turn a research question into a model of the knowledge behind it that others can link and reuse.

Day One covers knowledge representation, ontologies and graph thinking for humanities data, and Day Two has a roundtable on infrastructure for digital arts and humanities.

Practical details:

  • Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 December, Cardiff University
  • Free, and no coding experience needed
  • Open to researchers at every career stage, librarians, archivists, curators, Wikimedians and other GLAM professionals
  • Up to five £200 bursaries for travel, accommodation, childcare and other costs
  • The winning team receives ten hours of dedicated collaboration with a Research Software Engineer to take its ideas further

📚 Programme: https://blog.humanities.org.uk/2026/11/10/frame-model-connect-whats-on-at-scholarthon-in-cardiff/

📝 Register by Wednesday 18 November: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/two-day-scholarthon-on-organising-knowledge-tickets-2003759118463

Questions: giovanna.dimartino@anthro.ox.ac.uk

Post-doctoral position in information retrieval / digital humanities [UCD, closes 18 Nov]

UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Applications are invited for a full-time, three-year postdoctoral fellowship to join a team working on a European Research Council-funded project entitled ‘Anticolonialism, Pan-Asianism, and Periodical Culture in Southeast Asia, c. 1850-1920’ (PanAsia).

Spanning three European empires (French, British, and Dutch) and five interconnected port cities (Singapore, Penang, Rangoon, Batavia, and Saigon), PanAsia is a five-year (2027-2032) study of the newspapers, journals, and magazines of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Southeast Asia (c. 1850-1920). The project’s primary objectives are, first, to compare the production of anticolonial periodical media by colonised peoples in multiple languages across the five maritime sites; second, to uncover transimperial and/or transnational print networks of anticolonial resistance between colonised peoples across the region; and third, to investigate how pan-Asian or shared Asian cultural values were used to mobilise anticolonial thinking and praxis.

In its first stage, PanAsia will focus on a) locating the relevant multilingual periodical corpus and obtaining permissions to publish or republish that corpus on the project website; b) designing and implementing a searchable and machine-readable database of relevant parts of the corpus; c) identifying and cross-referencing intertextual exchange within the corpus; d) identifying reprinted and/or syndicated articles across the corpus; and e) identifying periodical fiction across the corpus.

More Information: https://universityvacancies.com/university-college-dublin/ucd-post-doctoral-research-fellow-level-1-or-2-ucd-school-of-english-drama-and-film-3-years

Introduction to Data Stewardship [UCC MicroCred, Jan-Mar 2027, Bursary Call Open]

Introduction to Data Stewardship

UCC is delighted to announce that applications are now open for the second delivery of DH5001: Introduction to Data Stewardship, a 5-credit NFQ Level 9 micro-credential offered by Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network in partnership with University College Cork.

As research becomes increasingly data intensive and as funders place greater emphasis on research data management, FAIR data practices and open research, there is a growing need for professionals with data stewardship expertise. This microcredential provides a practical introduction to these areas and supports the development of skills that are increasingly valued across research, higher education and other areas. 

Feedback from our first cohort was overwhelmingly positive, highlighting the relevance and value of the course for those working with research data. You can read Margaret Irons reflections on the programme in this LibFocus blog: Developing RDM expertise: A Librarian’s Review of the Introduction to Data Stewardship Micro-Credential

The programme is suitable:

  • Researchers and research support staff
  • Librarians and information professionals
  • Data stewards and data managers
  • Technical and IT professionals supporting research
  • Research administrators and compliance staff
  • Postgraduate students seeking specialist research data management skills

Course Details

  • Start Date: 11 January 2027
  • Duration: 13 weeks
  • Delivery: Hybrid (online and in-person)
  • In-person workshop: 12 January 2027, UCC campus
  • Credits: 5 ECTS
  • NFQ Level: 9

Bursary Opportunities

Through Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network, three bursary places are available for eligible applicants. These bursaries are intended to support individuals who wish to develop their expertise in data stewardship and contribute to strengthening national capacity in research data management and stewardship.

Closing date for bursary applications: 20 November 2026

Further information on eligibility and condition of the bursary scheme is available here: Bursary Details 2027

For more information and to apply follow the instructions and information on the DH5001 – Microcredential . For instructions on how to use the UCC Apply platform use this link.

You will find more general information about the course and the bursary scheme on Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with colleagues, researchers, postgraduate students, and professional staff who may be interested in developing their knowledge and skills in research data stewardship.

If you have any questions, please contact researchdata@ucc.ie. 

New Community Interest Groups announced by UK-IE DHA


6 new Community Interest Groups (CIGs) have been approved and will be joining the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association.

We are delighted to announce that, following a highly competitive call for applications in May 2026, 6 new Community Interest Groups (CIGs) have been approved and will be joining the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association.

Newly Approved Community Interest Groups:

  • Cultural Heritage Open Scholarship Network (CHOSN)
  • Digital Humanities Pedagogies
  • Digital Infrastructures for Arts, Humanities & Cultural Heritage (DIAHCH)
  • Humanities and Data Science
  • UK-Ireland Web Archive Research Network (UK-IE WARN)
  • Feminist Digital Humanities

With these additions, we now have 10 active Community Interest Groups, reflecting the breadth, diversity, and vibrancy of digital humanities research and practice across the UK and Ireland.

To read more about our CIGs, these groups and more, you can read the full announcement here: https://digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/09/21/2026-new-cigs/

E-RIHS information webinar [14 Sept, 11 CEST, online]

European Research Infra for Heritage Science (E-RIHS) – introductory webinar

Monday, 14 September, from 11:00 to 12:00 CEST.

If you are considering requesting access to E-RIHS services but still have questions about the process, or if you know colleagues who might be interested, we warmly encourage you to join the webinar and share the invitation with them.

During the webinar, we will introduce the E-RIHS Catalogue of Services, explain the proposal selection process, and leave plenty of time for a Q&A session, during which the Helpdesk team will be happy to answer your questions directly.

See here for further information: https://www.e-rihs.eu/join-the-e-rihs-info-webinar/

You can also check out www.e-rihs.eu and follow us on our LinkedIn and Facebook channels.