International Collaboration and Delivery Experience
1. International Research Partnerships and Infrastructure Delivery
The Digital Humanities Institute (DHI) has extensive experience delivering complex, multi-partner digital research projects involving large-scale cultural, historical, and societal datasets. Our work combines advanced data engineering, computational analysis, and sustainable infrastructure design across institutional and international contexts.
We have collaborated with universities, archives, libraries, museums, and research organisations across Europe, North America, and beyond, supporting projects that require data integration, long-term platform development, and interoperable digital infrastructures.
2. Selected Projects Demonstrating Infrastructure & Data Integration Expertise
Digital Panopticon
A major digital research platform linking genealogical, biometric, and criminal justice records from the UK and Australia to support longitudinal analysis of penal history. The project required large-scale data integration across heterogeneous archival sources, including complex entity resolution and nominal record linkage to reconstruct life histories over time. DHI created a sustainable research infrastructure that continues to support historical and social science scholarship. [more]
Linguistic DNA
A collaborative research project investigating historical language change through large-scale computational analysis. DHI developed innovative data modelling workflows and scalable analytical tools, supported by high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud-based infrastructure. Linguistic DNA demonstrates that DHI can design and operate scalable computational infrastructures for large, complex humanities and societal datasets within collaborative, research-intensive environments. [more]
European Cinema Audiences
A transnational research initiative investigating cinema-going cultures across Europe. The project brought together partners from multiple countries to harmonise heterogeneous archival, statistical, and cultural datasets, enabling comparative analysis across national contexts. DHI contributed expertise in data modelling, cross-collection integration, and digital infrastructure design, supporting the development of interoperable, standardised, and research-ready data environments. [more]
Mark My Bird
A digital platform enabling users to annotate large collections of 3D cultural heritage models. Designed as a participatory research environment, the platform supports community contribution and citizen science engagement while maintaining structured, research-grade data standards. DHI built the technical infrastructure underpinning interactive 3D visualisation, structured annotation workflows, and scalable data processing. [more]
3. Multi-Institutional Governance and Coordination
Across these and numerous other projects, DHI has developed experience in:
- Coordinating distributed research teams
- Structuring technical work packages
- Managing complex data governance requirements
- Designing interoperable and reusable data models
- Delivering infrastructure that remains operational beyond funding periods
Our project delivery model integrates research software engineering, data engineering, and domain-led scholarship to ensure that technical systems are research-driven, sustainable, and extensible.
4. Readiness for Horizon Europe Collaboration
While our Horizon Europe portfolio is continuing to develop, DHI brings:
- Established international research partnerships
- Mature infrastructure and data integration expertise
- Long-term stewardship of digital research outputs
- Experience delivering technically ambitious, multi-partner projects
We welcome engagement with Horizon Europe coordinators seeking a technically mature partner capable of contributing infrastructure expertise, advanced data engineering, and research-led digital methodologies to complex, transnational consortia.