Wed 15 Apr
|Elm House, University of Brighton
Introductory and Co-design Workshop 2026
Time & Location
15 Apr 2026, 09:45 – 16 Apr 2026, 16:00
Elm House, University of Brighton, Lewes Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK
About the event
DISKAH Fellowship Scheme 2026-2027
The DISKAH Network will host a two-day workshop introducing and co-designing the 2nd round of the 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 Dr Myrsini Samaroudi, m.samaroudi3@brighton.ac.uk
Programme
Wednesday 15 April 2026
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
Thursday 16 April 2026
Time Session
9:15 – 9:30 Coffee/tea
9:30 – 10:00 Reflections from Day 1
Dr Myrsini Samaroudi, University of Brighton
10:00 – 10:30 Upscaling Research as a DISKAH Fellow
Dr Jasper van der Klis, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
10:30 – 11:15 Advancing Civic and Social Responsibility Through Research
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 Designing Outputs, Outcomes and Impact through DISKAH
Dr Karina Echavarria Rodriguez, University of Brighton
Dr Myrsini Samaroudi, University of Brighton
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:00 Closing Remarks and Next Steps
18:30 – 20:30 Social Dinner
Venue
The workshop will take place in Room 502 in the Elm House 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 Wednesday 15th of April, please meet us at the north entrance of the Elm House 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 entrance.
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 Max Gallant, m.gallant@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
LinkedIn @cultinformatics