The Association’s Governance Documents

As the Association transitions from being a grant-funded network to a self-sustaining membership organisation, the following documents lay out how the Association plans to approach major questions like governance, membership, and programming. As part of its commitment to openness and transparency, the documents are open to comment and feedback from members of the digital humanities community.

Governance Proposal (released for comment 2025-02-20)

Association Launch Event Presentation (published 2023-08-01)

Identification and Alignment of Sectors Statement (released for comment 2023-07-28)

Advocacy Position Statement (released for comment 2023-06-07)

Goals and Benchmarking for Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (released for comment 2023-02-07)

Terms of Reference (released for comment 2022-11-23)

UK-Ireland DH Association Roadmap (released for comment 2022-06-28)

Advocacy Reports & Outputs

Multilingual DH in the UK and Ireland: Summary Report and Future Recommendations (published 2024-09-23).

Interpreting UKRI Environmental Sustainability Guidance for the Digital Humanities (published 2026-03-16).

Digital Humanities Climate Coalition Project Self-Assessment Tool (published 2026-03-17).

Advocacy and Engagement Report 2025-26 (published 2026-04-10), written by our inaugural Advocacy and Engagement Fellow Claire Carroll. 

Network White Papers

The forerunner to the Association was the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Network, an AHRC/IRC-funded project running from 2020-22 to undertake research and consultation towards the implementation of a permanent DH association for the UK and Ireland. That project produced a series of discussion papers, which were informed by events hosted with the DH community in both countries. These discussion papers lay out some of the areas of focus and interest for the Association.

Capacity Enhancement in Digital Humanities in the United Kingdom and Ireland: Training and Beyond (published 2021-07-15)

Communicating the Value and Impact of Digital Humanities in Teaching, Research, and Infrastructure Development (published 2022-04-06)

Next generation careers in and from Digital Humanities (published 2021-11-15)

Promoting Diversity and Inclusivity in Digital Humanities in Ireland and the UK (published 2022-09-16)