Digital Humanities (DIGIHUM) 2016-2022
DIGIHUM uses digital technology and state-of-the-art computational science to collect, manage and analyse research data in the humanities and social sciences. The programme examines digitalisation as a cultural and social phenomenon.
Digital humanities is a new concept that refers to the application of new technology in humanities and social sciences research. The Digital Humanities Academy Programme is designed to address novel methods and techniques in which digital technology and state-of-the-art computational science methods are used for collecting, managing and analysing data in humanities and social sciences research as well as for modelling humanities and social science phenomena.
There is a strong tradition of digital humanities in Finland. By bringing together the existing best knowledge and skills in this field, Finland will put itself in a strong position to develop into a world leader in this rapidly evolving field. The programme is grounded in the needs of basic research, but technological advances in this area also have great potential for practical applications that warrant research.
The development of research in these areas will require broad-based collaboration involving not only researchers in the field, but also technology experts, representatives of memory organisations (libraries, archives) and database administrators and developers. One aspect of the programme is to examine digitalisation as a cultural and social phenomenon.
Digital Humanities programme had a call for funding period 2020-2022. The subcommittee of the steering group decided to fund five consortia for the period 2020-2022.
Digital Humanities (DIGIHUM) Academy Programme 2020-2022, funding €3 million, funding period: 1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2022
Projects belonging to the Digital Humanities (DIGIHUM) Academy programme are listed below. You find more information about the funding decisions on our WebFocus page.
Extremist Networks, Narcotics and Criminality in Online Darknet Environments (ENNCODE)
- Project description (pdf)
- Tuomas Harviainen, Tampere University
- Katja Valaskivi, University of Helsinki
- Heikki Huttunen, Tampere University
- Aki-Mauri Huhtinen, Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu
Semantic Parliament: Linked Open Data Service for Studying Political Culture (SEMPARL)
- Project description (pdf)
- Eero Hyvönen, University of Helsinki
- Jouni Tuominen, Aalto University
- Kimmo Elo, University of Turku
Uralic triangulation (Urko)
- Project description (pdf)
- Päivi Onkamo, University of Turku
- Sirkka Saarinen, University of Turku
- Harri Tolvanen, University of Turku
Utilizing digital data to improve working conditions in health care (DigiWork)
- Project description (pdf)
- Annina Ropponen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
- Marianna Virtanen, University of Eastern Finland
- Mika Kivimäki, University of Helsinki
Movie Making Finland: Finnish fiction films as audiovisual big data, 1907–2017(MoMaF)
- Project description (pdf)
- Hannu Salmi, University of Turku
- Mikko Kurimo, Aalto University
- Jorma Laaksonen, Aalto University
- Filip Ginter, University of Turku
Digital Humanities (DIGIHUM) Academy Programme (2016-2019), funding €5 million, funding period: 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2019
Profiling Premodern Authors
- Marjo Kaartinen, University of Turku
- Sampo Pyysalo, University of Turku
Interfacing structured and unstructured data in sociolinguistic research on language change (STRATAS)
- Terttu Nevalainen, University of Helsinki
- Poika Isokoski, Tampere University
- Taru Nordlund, University of Helsinki
Citizen Mindscapes – Detecting Social, Emotional and National Dynamics in Social Media
- Jussi Pakkasvirta, University of Helsinki
- Juha Alho, University of Helsinki
- Filip Ginter, University of Turku
- Juho Saari, University of Eastern Finland
- Jaakko Suominen, University of Turku
Computational History and the Transformation of Public Discourse in Finland, 1640–1910
- Hannu Salmi, University of Turku
- Kimmo Kettunen, University of Helsinki
- Tapio Salakoski, University of Turku
- Mikko Tolonen, University of Helsinki
Digital Face
- Janne Seppänen, Tampere University
- Tapio Takala, Aalto University
Digital language typology: mining from the surface to the core
- Martti Vainio, University of Helsinki
- Hannu Toivonen, University of Helsinki
- Markku Turunen, Tampere University
Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) “Digging into Data Challenge”, funding € 700 000, funding period: 1 Jun 2017 – 31 May 2020
Digging into Manuscript data
- Eero Hyvönen, Aalto University
- Watch the project’s presentation on video (forward to 3:20)
Analyzing Child Language Experiences Around the World
- Okko Räsänen, Aalto University
Oceanic Exchanges: Tracing Global Information Networks in Historical Newspaper Repositories, 1840-1914
- Hannu Salmi, University of Turku
Digging into High Frequency Data: Present and Future Risks and Opportunities
- Peter Sarlin, Hanken School of Economics
- Petri Karonen, Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities, Chair
- Jaana Seikkula-Leino, Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities, Vice-chair
- Tommi Inkinen, Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities
- Patric Östergård, Scientific Counci for Natural Sciences and Engineering
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