This is the third part of an initial 5,000 word draft of a specially commissioned piece on the commons and Creative Commons. It’s for an open-access online glossary on the contemporary condition and near future that’s being produced by the Chinese Academy of Art. Creative Commons has been widely praised for fostering a culture of […]
Is AI saving the world or breaking it? As the era-defining technology leapfrogs from what-if to what-next, it can be hard for us humans to know what to make of it all. You might be hopeful and excited, or existentially concerned, or both. AI can track Antarctic icebergs 10,000 times faster than humans and optimize […]
The Digital Scholarship Specialist partners with students, faculty, staff, and librarians to enhance learning, teaching, and scholarship through application of technologies and knowledge of the latest digital research methods with diverse teams. You will join a network of functional and subject experts, contributing to the evolution of digital scholarship and consultation services at the University […]
I edited a special issue of the Journal of Electronic Publishing on Publishing and Climate Justice, which also includes an article I wrote: “Strategies for Climate Justice in the Academic Publishing Industry: From Pledges to Direct Action”. This important collection captures urgent and critical research that starts to outline the challenges the climate emergency poses […]
StoryData is a data communication project based in Barcelona. It combines research, analysis, visualisation and storytelling to reveal the stories behind the data. Its mission is to address the current communication gap by rigorously practising data journalism and advocating for the openness of data to citizens, with the aim of democratising public information and combatting […]
The Research Data and Digital Scholarship (RDDS) team at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries is looking for an AI & Machine Learning (Al/ML) Developer. The University’s Strategic Plan, “In Principle & Practice,” articulates a desire to lead on the great challenges and opportunities of our time using cutting-edge approaches and interdisciplinary thinking. A key challenge […]
Keywords for Black Louisiana, a collective of researchers committed to researching, teaching, and stewarding the history of enslaved and free people of African descent of the Gulf Coast and African diaspora broadly, hosted its fourth Black History in Louisiana summer workshop. This year felt special and important—like an affirmation against enclosure, against fascism, against empire. […]
Applications are now open for Praxis Fellowships to be held during the 2026-2027 academic year. The Praxis Program is a unique and well-known training program in the international digital humanities, offered by the UVa Library’s Scholars’ Lab. This fellowship supports a team of University of Virginia PhD students each year as they explore various aspects […]
Bangladesh still isn’t very friendly to data. Researchers and journalists often don’t have access to the information they need. Many decisions in government, research, and daily life are made based on instincts, not facts. Even when national data is available, it’s often locked inside printed reports or non-editable PDF files. That means they can’t be […]
This past year, the Center for Digital Humanities celebrated its tenth anniversary with the theme “Humanities for AI.” Through this series of events, projects, and conversations, we explored how humanistic values and approaches are crucial to developing, using, and interpreting the field of AI. As part of this initiative, we were thrilled to welcome award-winning […]
