The Network’s first event, Capacity Enhancement in DH: Training and Beyond, was organised by King’s Digital Lab and was held on 15th December 2020. It focused on capacity gaps in UK / Ireland digital humanities, with reference to the European and global contexts, and training strategies.

The objectives of the workshop were as follows:

• Contribute to developing pathways to sustained, effective and widespread capacity-building for DH researchers in the UK and Ireland across disciplines, institutions and career stages.
• Contribute to define specific pathways for training highly interdisciplinary humanists who are able to work across multiple sectors, including and beyond academia.
• Contribute to the broad inclusion of communities beyond individuals based in research-performing organisations, including cultural heritage institutions, the arts and creative industries, and interested citizen scientists.
• Provide opportunities for individual researchers to develop their skills and networks, and to contribute to international debates about the future of the field.
• Consider and interrogate critically the concepts of sustainability, inclusivity, training, advocacy and career progression.

The workshop discussions and findings have contributed to a discussion paper outlining capacity gaps in UK / Ireland digital humanities, with reference to the European and global contexts, and training strategies that could be used by a future UK Ireland DH Association to resolve them.

Our first discussion paper, based on the outcome of this workshop, is published here.

Workshop Schedule