Research
Research groups
Research interests
- cultural heritage
- digital humanities
- knowledge organisation
- infrastructure studies
- data environmentalism
Current research
I started out working on the satirical artist-engraver Isaac Cruikshank and the business of visual satire in late-Georgian London. Whilst I retain a passion for printed images and visual culture, these days I work primarily at the intersection of history, cultural heritage, and digital technologies. My current research examines histories of knowledge organisation and production in twentieth and twenty-first century Britain.
I am also committed to improving research infrastructure and research culture, and in 2025 I began work on three major projects: the RICHeS funded 'Coastal and Inland Waters Heritage Science Facility'; 'Embedding Trust in Evaluation', funded by the Research England Development (RED) Fund; and 'Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research', a UKRI Digital Research Technical Professional Skills NetworkPlus project.
Previous externally funded research projects have focused on linked data approaches to archival work ('Beyond Notability: Re-evaluating Women's Work in Archaeology, History and Heritage, 1870 – 1950', Arts and Humanities Research Council), legacy descriptions of art objects ('Legacies of Catalogue Descriptions and Curatorial Voice: Opportunities for Digital Scholarship', Arts and Humanities Research Council), the preservation of intangible cultural heritage ('Coptic Culture Conservation Collective', British Council, and 'Heritage Repertoires for inclusive and sustainable development', British Academy), the born digital archival record ('Digital Forensics in the Historical Humanities', European Commission), and decolonial futures for museum collections ('Making African Connections: Decolonial Futures for Colonial Collections', Arts and Humanities Research Council).