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A brief description of who you are and what you do.
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Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.
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Research
Research interests
- cultural heritage
- digital humanities
- knowledge organisation
- infrastructure studies
- data environmentalism
Current research
I started out working on and the . Whilst I retain a passion for printed images and visual culture, these days I work primarily at the intersection of history, cultural heritage, and digital technologies. My current research examines histories of knowledge organisation and production in twentieth and twenty-first century Britain.
I am also committed to improving research infrastructure and research culture, and in 2025 I began work on three major projects: the funded ''; 'Embedding Trust in Evaluation', funded by the Research England Development (RED) Fund; and 'Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research', a UKRI Digital Research Technical Professional Skills NetworkPlus project.
Previous externally funded research projects have focused on linked data approaches to archival work (': Re-evaluating Women's Work in Archaeology, History and Heritage, 1870 – 1950', Arts and Humanities Research Council), legacy descriptions of art objects ('', Arts and Humanities Research Council), the preservation of intangible cultural heritage ('', British Council, and '', British Academy), the born digital archival record ('', European Commission), and decolonial futures for museum collections ('', Arts and Humanities Research Council).
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Research groups
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Research interests
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Current research
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Describe your current research in 100 to 200 words. Write in the third person. Include broad key terms to help people discover your work, for example, “sustainability” or “fashion textiles”.
Research projects
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Publications
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Supervision
Current PhD Students
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Teaching
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Courses and modules
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External roles and responsibilities
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Biography
I am the Director of Digital Humanities here at the TV. A historian by training, I work at the intersection of history, cultural heritage, and digital technologies. I am a , a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council Peer Review College, a convenor of the , a Trustee of the (Charity Number 1195875), a committee member, and a founding member of the .
Prior to joining Southampton, I held positions of Senior Lecturer in Digital History and Archives at the University of Sussex and Director of the , at the , and Postdoctoral Fellow with the .
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Prizes
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