Introductory and Co-design Workshop

DISKAH Fellowship Scheme 2025-2026

The DISKAH Network will host a two-day workshop introducing and co-designing the year-long DISKAH fellowship programme. During the two days, the research team and fellows will co-design the activities, outputs and methods for developing use-cases of DRI, and deliver training for wider capacity building within their institutions and communities.

For any questions, please get in touch with the DISKAH administrator g.lebreuilly@brighton.ac.uk

Programme

Tuesday 29 April 2025

Time Session

9:45 – 10:00 Registration, Coffee/tea and pastries

10:00 – 10:30 Ice breaker

Dr Myrsini Samaroudi, University of Brighton

10:30 – 11:15 Introduction to the DISKAH Fellowship programme

Dr Karina Echavarria Rodriguez, University of Brighton

11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30 Digital Research Infrastructures for Arts and Humanities research

Dr Eamonn Bell, Durham University

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 – 15:30 Fellowship Project presentations

Fellows, Chaired by Prof. Leif Isaksen, University of Exeter

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:00 Project management including contract and budgets

Laurie Johncox, Project Manager, University of Brighton

18:30 – 20:30 Dinner at Côte, Brighton, 3 Course Menu

115-116 Church St Brighton BN1 1UD

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Time Session

9:15 – 9:30 Coffee/tea

9:30 – 10:00 Reflections from Day 1

Dr Myrsini Samaroudi, University of Brighton

10:00 – 11:15 Co-designing code of conduct and best practices

Dr Zoetanya Sujon, University of the Arts London

11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break and cookies

11:30 – 12:30 Identifying skills, A curriculum for the Arts and Humanities

Dr Karina Echavarria Rodriguez, University of Brighton

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 – 15:00 Outputs, outcomes and impact

Dr Karina Echavarria Rodriguez, University of Brighton

15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break

15:15 – 16:00 Closing remarks and next steps

Venue

The workshop will take place in Room 624 in Watts Building at the Moulsecoomb campus. Information on how to get there can be found here: https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/contact-us/maps/brighton-maps/moulsecoomb-campus.aspx.

On Tuesday 29th of April, please meet us at the Reception of the Watts building at 9:40am and we will take you to the workshop room. Please note that you will not be able to reach the room without a member of staff.

If for any reason you cannot be there at 9:40am, please give us a call (a phone number will be sent to you closer to the workshop dates) and someone will come to get you from the reception.

Getting to the campus

Regular buses travel from the Brighton city centre to the Mouslecoomb campus. Bus related information can be found here https://www.buses.co.uk. Tickets can be bought from bus drivers, online and on mobile phone apps. There is also a direct train from the Brighton Train Station to the Mouslecoomb Train Station (the journey takes around 6 min).

Meals

Catering will be provided throughout the workshop. Thank you to those who have already provided information on dietary requirements. If you have any dietary requirements and you have not notified us about them yet, please let us know by emailing the DISKAH administrator g.lebreuilly@brighton.ac.uk

Software, Hardware and Data

All Fellows will need to bring their own laptops to the training. You should have user rights to install software on the laptop. It will also be good to bring a sample of your dataset to have available during the workshop.

Photographic approval & Social media

During the workshop, we will be taking photos to document the training activity and promote it through our social media. If you do not want your photo to be taken, please let us know upon arrival at the workshop venue. If you want to promote the workshop through your social media, we will be using the hashtag #DISKAH through our social media:

• BlueSky @cultinformatics.bsky.social​

• X/Twitter @CultInformatics​

• LinkedIn @cultinformatics