Claire Warwick

Claire Warwick is Professor of Digital Humanities in the Department of English Studies at Durham University, where she has held significant leadership positions including Pro-Vice-Chancellor: Research from 2014-2019 and chair of the Russell Group PVCRs working group. Previously, she served as Head of UCL Department of Information Studies and director of the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities.

Professor Warwick earned her PhD in English Literature from Cambridge University, followed by a postdoctoral position at Oxford University's Humanities Computing Unit and Faculty of English. She began her academic career as a lecturer at Sheffield University's iSchool before progressing to leadership roles at UCL and Durham.

Her research focuses on the intersection of digital technologies and humanities scholarship, examining how digital resources and artificial intelligence techniques are used in humanities and cultural heritage contexts with particular attention to reading behavior in both physical and digital spaces. She has led significant projects including the AEOLIAN network which explored AI applications for archives and cultural heritage. Her recent monograph, 'Digital Humanities and the Cyberspace Decade: A World Elsewhere,' provides a comprehensive analysis of the field's development. Her work bridges multiple domains including user studies, human-computer interaction, history of cyberspace, and digital cultural heritage studies.

Analysis of Professor Warwick's recent publications reveals a consistent focus on practical applications and user experience in digital humanities, with increasing attention to physical-digital intersections in cultural institutions, particularly museums. Her research examines how technologies like eye-tracking enhance understanding of visitor engagement and how digital tools transform scholarly workflows, especially in art history, while exploring how social media platforms reshape academic communication.

Professor Warwick serves on important advisory boards including the British Library's BL Labs and the Conseil Scientifique du Campus Condorcet in Paris. She has delivered keynote addresses at major conferences including the closing plenary lecture for DH2016, and maintains extensive international collaborations, particularly with researchers in Canada and the USA.

As a supervisor, Professor Warwick has guided PhD students working on diverse digital humanities topics including web comics, digital newspapers, digital novels, digital publishing, and data science applications for museum engagement. Her supervisory approach emphasizes practical application of digital methods while maintaining critical engagement with theoretical foundations.

Professor Warwick's work exemplifies the evolving nature of digital humanities as a field that bridges traditional scholarly practices with emerging technologies, demonstrating how digital tools can transform humanities scholarship while preserving its critical and interpretive dimensions.