Projects

I have work experience from academic institutions in different countries. This is a list of all projects in which I played a major role (PI, coordinator or work package leader).

Qatar

2019-            Lead Principal Investigator. Digital Preservation of Qatari Intangible Heritage. Falconry in Qatar as a Pilot Case Study. Funded by QNRF.

2017-20         Principal Investigator, Research Data Management in Digital Humanities in Qatar, funded by Qatar Foundation.

Malta

2016-17         Open Access Coordinator for RELINK (Indelible narratives). Projects on documenting historical tattoos in Malta funded by the Malta Arts Council.

2016-17         Management Committee Member, COST action CA15137 European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (ENRESSH).

2016-17         Management Committee Member, COST action CA15212 Citizen Science to promote creativity, scientific literacy, and innovation throughout Europe action.

2014-15         WP2 leader, Civic Epistemologies, Development of a Roadmap for Citizen Researchers in the Digital CultureFP7.

2014               National expert for Malta in the Study on the role of Quality Assurance in building trust between VET and HE funded by CEDEFOP.

2013-cont.     Management Committee Member, COST KNOWeSCAPE action.

United Kingdom

2011-12         Project Manager for University of Portsmouth, POCOS, Preservation of Complex Objects Symposia, funded by JISC.

2011               Principal Investigator of the knowledge exchange project Personalised interfaces for mobile devices for users with special information needs supported by the Scottish Funding Council.

2009-10           Principal Investigator of Europeana User and Functionality Study funded by the EDL Foundation, a project with partners in Bulgaria, The Netherlands and Italy.

2008-cont.      Principal Investigator for University of Strathclyde and work package leader of WP2 of the large-scale integration project SHAMAN, Sustaining Heritage Access through Multivalent ArchiviNg

2008-09            Principal Investigator of the project DiSCmap: Management of Digitization of Special Collections: Mapping, Assessment, Prioritization, project funded by JISC.

Bulgaria

2006–08       Principal investigator for the IMI-BAS team within the project DIGMAP, Discovering our Past World with Digitised Maps, eContentPlus.

2004–08         Coordinator of the project Knowledge Transfer for the Digitisation of Scientific and Cultural Heritage in Bulgaria (KT-DigiCult-BG), Marie Curie Programme, FP6.

2005–07       Chair of WG1 Developing institutional infrastructure in support of IST research and establishing effective communication with IST stakeholders, GREAT-IST project, FP6.

2004–05      Principal investigator for the IMI-BAS team within the project COMTOOCI – Com­putational Tools for the Philological Work in Cultural Institutions, Culture 2000 programme.

1996–97       Coordinator of the project Text Variety in the Witnesses of Medieval Texts: Study form Co-operative Writing Perspective, supported by UNESCO – UVO ROSTE.

1992–94        Research Grant N 125/91, Computer Supported Reconstruction and Representation of Ancient Manuscripts, CEU-Prague.