Research

The research interests of the professorship revolve around questions of digitisation, data standardisation, the concept of “collection as data”, and AI applications in cultural heritage institutions. Furthermore, it works on digital audience research, including the investigation of the potential and the ethical implications of museum visitors’ digital data and interactions. In addition, the broader field of ‘born digital’ data and cultures, their understanding, and their preservation in memory institutions is addressed, taking into account the challenges arising from the inclusion in curation processes of a rapidly growing amount of data from various technologies. Another specific research interest is the exploration and presentation of collection histories using digital methods, taking into account both collection and archive data and considering the potential of 3D and immersive representations of historical exhibition spaces.