The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association aims to build a collaborative vision for the field, and create new and sustainable long-term partnerships in alignment with the international community.

The Association seeks to nurture the capacity for excellent research and teaching in digital humanities, to establish and sustain more effective connections with sectors outside higher education (notably Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums as well as the creative industries), and to create new pathways for collaboration. The Association builds on existing partnerships and brings together different stakeholders to consider and critically interrogate the concepts of sustainability, inclusivity, training, advocacy and career progression, among other questions that are central to the field.