Our Team

Experts at five world-leading universities

10 PhD projects will be supported by supervision teams across 5 world-leading universities: University College Cork, University of Helsinki, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Universität des Saarlandes and University of Sheffield.

University College Cork 

View of Quad in UCC. Photo By Tomas Tyner, UCC.

The supervisory team at University College Cork will consist of Dr James O’Sullivan, Dr. Clíona Ó Gallchoir and Dr Órla Murphy from the School of English & Digital Humanities, and Dr Rosane Minghim from the School of Computer Science & Information Technology.

University of Helsinki

Main Building of the University of Helsinki

The supervisory team at the University of Helsinki will consist of Professor Mikko Tolonen in the Department of Digital Humanities and Professor Eetu Mäkelä in Human Sciences-Computing Interaction.

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

KU Leuven Erasmushuis. Copyright KU Leuven image bank

The supervisory team at KU Leuven will consist of Professor Dirk Speelman and Professor Dirk Geeraerts, both from the research group Quantitative Lexicology and Variationist Linguistics (QLVL).

Universität des Saarlandes

Image of the University of Saarland Campus Centre on the left-hand side from foreground to horizon and students walking under a blue sky on the right hand side of the image
University of Saarland Campus Centre

The supervisory team at the Universität des Saarlandes will consist of PD Dr. Stefania Degaetano-Ortlieb from the Department of Language Science and Technology.

University of Sheffield

Image of Firth Court at University of Sheffield against a blue sky with a large white cloud immediately behind the building.
Firth Court, University of Sheffield

The supervisory team at the University of Sheffield will consist of Dr. Seth Mehl from the Digital Humanities Institute and Professor Susan Fitzmaurice from the School of English, supported by Michael Pidd at the Digital Humanities Institute.