The UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery are excited to announce 3 roles as part of their Valuable Lives project team

• 2 x Research Assistant (Digital Humanities)
• 1 x Research Fellow (Digital Humanities)

Deadline for applications: Friday 23 January 2026

Interview date: Wednesday 11 February 2026

Start date: 1 March 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter)

Please see the embedded links above for full details on the requirements and application process. The roles are part-time (18.5 hours per week) and are fixed term until December 2028.

Valuable Lives: Black Unfreedom and the Collapse of Slavery in Jamaica is our newest major project aimed at creating the first and most comprehensive publicly available database on black lives under British slavery. Our main source is the Register of Returns of enslaved people published triennially from 1817-1832. In the study of British slavery, no other data set is more textured, systematic, and detailed in documenting black lives. We will harness modern database technology, computational approaches, and innovative historiographical methods to digitize the records and produce new findings on enslaved lives that will have disciplinary, and especially public, relevance in both Britain and the Caribbean.

Please feel free to share around to any interest parties and to get in touch if you have any questions. Specific questions about the application process and requirements can be directed to history.operations@ucl.ac.uk.

Role Description 

Salary: voluntary
Term: 2-year term once renewable 

We are seeking a new Early Career (ECR) Associate Director of UCLDH to help shape the strategy and direction of UCLDH. You will be an early career scholar interested in digital humanities and based within the UCL community. We define ‘Early Career’ broadly and include those currently registered on a PhD programme. We particularly welcome expressions of interest from candidates with the following interests or expertise: 

• Computational Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences
• Data Science for Cultural and Societal Impact
• Responsible and Ethical Digital Infrastructure
• Multilingual and Cross-Cultural Digital Humanities
• Digital Heritage and Archival Innovation
• AI and Machine Learning in Cultural Contexts

As an active member of the UCLDH Management Group, you will participate in meetings and decisions, and setting the agenda for future activity. Meetings usually take place remotely, approximately six times per year. You are welcome to participate fully or co-lead in the range of activities UCLDH offers, as well as to help establish new ones.  

As an unpaid leadership role, you will not be expected to contribute to day-to-day tasks that would better be classed as employment, unless you deem them of interest to you and your own career development. The successful candidate will receive mentorship from one of the fellow directors. 

UCLDH is committed to a harassment-free space for all members, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, or technical experience. The candidate will be expected to champion these values. 

This post is linked to the UCL community and candidates should be a student or member of staff at UCL at the time of application, with at least 12 months remaining on their contract or period of study. If appointed, a candidate can remain in post while at UCL or while on the job search, but will be asked to stand down if they are no longer based at UCL and obtain a substantial post at another university or organisation. 

The UCL Centre for Digital Humanities (UCLDH) was founded in 2010 as a cross-faculty research centre that brings together a vibrant network of people who teach and research digital humanities in a wide range of disciplines, in the heart of London. UCLDH is led by a management group: Adam Crymble (Information Studies – Co-Director); Jin Gao (Information Studies – Co-Director); Steven Gray (CASA – Associate Director); and Ulrich Tiedau (Dutch – Associate Director); and coordinated by Lucy Stagg (Institute of Advanced Studies). 

Previous holders of the role have moved on to permanent positions at the University of Glasgow and the National Archives. 

How to Apply 

Please send a 1-page cover letter and 1-page CV to lucy.stagg@ucl.ac.uk  by 10 October 2025. 

Candidates are encouraged to seek the support of their supervisors if relevant, but UCLDH does not need evidence of that support. 

Informal Queries 

Informal queries can be made to Dr Adam Crymble, Co-Director UCLDH at a.crymble@ucl.ac.uk 

We are seeking to appoint Community Fellows (2 positions available) to contribute to “The Sloane Lab: Looking back to build future shared collections”, led by University College London (UCL) in partnership with the Technische Universität Darmstadt, British Museum (BM) and Natural History Museum (NHM). The fellow will undertake creative, critical, practice and/or research-led projects with the Sloane Lab’s Knowledge Base and data, demonstrating the new forms of analysis and interpretation the project will unlock.

The fellowship comes with an award of £7,500. We welcome applications from outside as well as inside the United Kingdom. The tenure of the fellowship does not require residency in the UK. All fellowships will be hosted remotely online. Applications to the fellowship are particularly welcomed from Global Majority Individuals.

This advertised role offers an exciting opportunity for individuals with an interest in contributing to the Sloane Lab, including but not limited to, digital humanists, artists, computer and data scientists and heritage practitioners (community or institution based).

For this fellowship opportunity we are looking for individuals who will help us to understand the creative and research potential of the Sloane Lab digital platform and data (see Knowledge Base and Sloane collections and external resources) in the following areas:

• Examples of how the Sloane Lab can help to shed light on the geographic spread, collectors and knowledge about objects in the Sloane collections (for instance objects originating from South Asia, East Asia, America, Africa, and Europe. Due to the expertise in the team supporting this round we welcome in particular proposals relating to South Asia).
• The contested nature of museum collections, the role of digital tools in foregrounding overlooked or ignored and marginalised issues like imperialism, colonialism, slavery, loss, and destruction, that have shaped the UK’s national collections.
• The potential of Sloane Lab digital tools for transferability to and enhancement of other collections

Start Date: 29^th April 2024 or based upon negotiation

End Date: The post is funded for 3 months

Application deadline: 9^th February 2024

Application details and the application form

UCL’s Department of Information Studies is seeking a Lecturer in Archives and Records Management for a full time academic post. Deadline for applications is 12 November 2023.

“We are seeking an innovative researcher and educator to appoint to a full-time post beginning in April 2024 with a teaching focus in archives, records management and information governance. We are interested in applicants with expertise in any aspect of the discipline, but particularly those who could contribute to ongoing or new teaching and research in one or more of the following areas: access and use of records and archives; digital curation of records and archives; computational and technological advances and recordkeeping; archives and creative practice; anti-oppressive approaches to recordkeeping.”

Full Details available on jobs.ac.uk: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDD820/lecturer-in-archives-and-records-management

Job Reference: B03-01794

UCL’s Department of Information Studies is seeking a Lecturer in Data Science for Society for a full time academic post. Deadline for applications is 26 February 2023.

“We are seeking an innovative researcher to appoint to a full-time lectureship beginning in August 2023 who can teach and research in the broad field of data science and its role in a well-functioning society. We are particularly interested in applicants who could contribute to ongoing or new research in one or more of the following areas: data-driven research in the humanities, addressing social issues arising from the use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence or machine learning, data-driven decision making and social justice, or emerging related interdisciplinary areas. The purpose of the research should be to contribute new interdisciplinary data-driven knowledge of relevance to a humanities or social science discipline.”

Full Details available on the UCL Jobs portal: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=5061&jobTitle=Lecturer%20in%20Data%20Science%20for%20Society

Job Reference: B03-01494

The Sloane Lab are seeking to appoint Community Fellows (ten in total until summer 2024) to contribute to “The Sloane Lab: Looking back to build future shared collections”, led by University College London (UCL) in partnership with the Technische Universität Darmstadt, British Museum (BM) and Natural History Museum (NHM). The fellow will undertake creative, critical, practice and/or research-led projects with the Sloane Lab, demonstrating the new forms of analysis and interpretation the project will unlock.

The fellowship comes with an award of £7,500. We welcome applications from outside as well as inside the United Kingdom. The tenure of the fellowship does not require residency in the UK. All fellowships will be hosted remotely online.

This advertised role offers an exciting opportunity for individuals with an interest in contributing to the Sloane Lab (https://sloanelab.org/), including but not limited to, digital humanists, artists, computer and data scientists and heritage practitioners (community or institution based). The Fellows will exemplify the research capacity unlocked by the Sloane Lab by undertaking creative, critical and/or research-led projects. Research areas may include but are not limited to local and family history, object biography, critical heritage, indigenous and devalued knowledge, or the transferability of the technology developed by the Sloane Lab.

Start Date (round one): 27^th March 2023 or based upon negotiation

End Date: The post is funded for 3 months

Application deadline: 9^th January 2023

Application details and the application form: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=3089&jobTitle=Community%20Fellow%20

For questions and queries please contact: sloanelab@ucl.ac.uk

The Sloane Lab is aligned with UCL’s commitment to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong (for more information see: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/equalityucl). We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce, including people of the Global Majority, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people, and women.

UCL’s Department of Information Studies is seeking a Lecturer in Digital Archives for a full time academic post. Deadline for applications is 20 November 2022.

“We are seeking an innovative researcher and lecturer to appoint to a full-time post beginning on January 2023, with a teaching focus of relevance to our MA/MSc Digital Humanities and MA in Archives & Records Management programmes. We are particularly interested in applicants who take Post-Colonial or Non-Western centric approaches and offer one or more of the following: Digitisation; Digital Inequities; Digital Ethics; Anti-Opressive Approaches to Digital Cultural Heritage; Artificial Intelligence and its use in Cultural Heritage; Digital Communities and Activism; the Impacts and Affects of Big Data and Data Modelling, Representation, Visualisation and Simulation and interdisciplinary applications of these areas to other research activities within the Department.”

Full Details available on the UCL Jobs portal: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi

Job Reference: 1888211

UCL’s Department of Information Studies is seeking a Lecturer in Digital Methods in the Humanities for a full time academic post. Deadline for applications is 20 November 2022.

“We are seeking an innovative researcher to appoint to a full-time lectureship beginning in January 2023. We are seeking applicants who answer research questions of relevance to a humanities discipline, by applying or developing digital research methods in an interdisciplinary way. This may include methods such as but not limited to network analysis, stylometry, computer vision, machine learning, data modelling, text-mining, textual analysis, corpus linguistics, sound or video analysis, or emerging interdisciplinary methodological areas. The purpose of the research should be to contribute new interdisciplinary knowledge to a humanities domain.”

The full details are available online.

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CUI638/lecturer-in-digital-methods-in-the-humanities

The UCL Centre for Digital Humanities (UCLDH) was founded in 2010 as a cross-faculty research centre that brings together a vibrant network of people who teach and research digital humanities in a wide range of disciplines, in the heart of London.

We are seeking a new Associate Director – Early Career (ECR) from within the UCL community to help shape the strategy and direction of UCLDH in its second decade. We define ‘Early Career’ broadly, and include those currently registered on a PhD programme. We particularly welcome expressions of interest from candidates with the following interests or expertise:

• Early career researcher support
• DH skills and training
• Community building
• Accessibility in DH
• Multilingual DH

As an equal member of the UCLDH Management Group, you will participate in meetings and decisions, and setting the agenda for future activity. Meetings usually take place remotely, approximately six times per year. You are welcome to participate fully or co-lead in the range of activities UCLDH offers, as well as to help establish new ones. However, as an unpaid leadership role, you will not be expected to contribute to day-to-day tasks that would better be classed as employment. The successful candidate will receive mentorship from one of the fellow directors.

The Centre hosts a number of initiatives, including the collaborative Digital Humanities Longview seminar and the Susan Hockey lecture, as well as physical infrastructure in the form of a digitisation suite. UCLDH is led by a management group: Steven Gray (CASA – Director), Adam Crymble (Information Studies – Deputy Director), and Ulrich Tiedau (Dutch – Associate Director), and coordinated by Lucy Stagg (Institute of Advanced Studies). UCLDH is committed to a harassment-free space for all members, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, or technical experience. The new member of the Management Group will be expected to champion these values.

This post is linked to the UCL community and candidates should be a student or member of staff at UCL.

How to Apply:

Please send a 1-page cover letter and 1-page CV to lucy.stagg@ucl.ac.uk by Monday 20th June 2022.

Candidates are encouraged to seek the support of their supervisors if relevant, but UCLDH does not need evidence of that support.

Informal Queries:

Informal queries can be made to Dr. Adam Crymble, Deputy Director UCLDH at a.crymble@ucl.ac.uk

UCL Dept of Information Studies are seeking an innovative researcher and experienced lecturer to appoint to a full-time post beginning in March 2022.

They are particularly interested in applicants with demonstrable experience and expertise in cross disciplinary research which intersects with one or more of the broad areas represented in the Department, which includes Digital Humanities.

The post holder will be Programme Director for the new BSc Information in Society which will be offered from 2024 by the Department from the new UCL East campus within the School for the Creative & Cultural Industries (SCCI).

You can read more and apply on UCL’s job portal