Jane Winters

Professor Jane Winters is a leading academic in Digital Humanities and Director of the Digital Humanities Research Hub at the Institute of Historical Research, part of the University of London's School of Advanced Study. She holds a Professorial position and oversees initiatives like the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association and CLEOPATRA research projects. Her work focuses on digital preservation, web archives, and open access publishing. She chairs the Digital Preservation Coalition and advises numerous organizations, including the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure and the Living with Machines project.

Research Interests: Digital Humanities, digital history, born-digital archives, web archives, digital cultural heritage, open access publishing, and interdisciplinary research. Her projects include analyzing national web domains, promoting diversity in DH, and advancing digital methodologies for historical research. She leads collaborations with institutions like the British Library and EU-funded networks.

Publications: Over 50 works on digital humanities, web archives, and scholarly communication. Recent focus areas include failure in digital research, born-digital collecting during the pandemic, and cross-lingual event analytics.

Awards & Grants: While no specific awards are listed, her extensive leadership roles and funded projects (e.g., AHRC grants BUDDAH, DILIPAD) highlight her academic impact. Supervises PhD students exploring topics like FAIR preservation of AI systems and museum metadata practices.

Labs & Teams: Principal investigator for initiatives such as Heritage Connector (text-to-data analysis) and Project StoryMachine (folklore digitization), collaborating across disciplines and institutions globally.