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Europeana Research Community

Who we are

We are a community of professionals interested in cultural heritage, both as a subject and a source for research. We believe that digital collections and digital tools are a means to foster innovation and we advocate for the principles of Open Science, mostly in the Humanities sector. Our community members work at cultural or research institutions, universities and infrastructures, ministries and local governments, or the private sector.   

What we do

The Europeana Research Community supports its members to gain insights into researchers’ needs and to meet them where they concern the use of digital cultural heritage. We share knowledge and experiences, promote digital literacy and explore the potential of Citizen Science. We participate in international projects. We commit to take actions that can have an impact on policy and connect the cultural heritage and research sectors.

Why join?

  • Benefit from our community channels to keep informed, build up your professional network and promote your activities

  • Raise your international profile by connecting with peers at Europeana events or in relevant research contexts 

  • Build collaborations and partnerships in the form of projects, task forces and working groups

Activities and resources

Research
Title:
De astronoom
Creator:
Abraham Delfos, after Johannes Vermeer
Date:
1794
Institution:
Rijksmuseum
Country:
Netherlands

Research

Funding, resources and a community to bring together digital cultural heritage, academia and research.

Community video series

Research Community video series: Odeuropa
Title:
How to smell a painting
Creator:
Odeuropa
Date:
2021

Research Community video series: Odeuropa

This video - supported by the Europeana Research Community - explores Odeuropa, a European initiative which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to investigate the importance of scents and smelling in cultural heritage. 

Latest News

ABCD Schema update to improve natural history data
Title:
Maranta leuconeura E.Morren
Date:
2019-03-11
Institution:
Meise Botanic Garden
Country:
Belgium

ABCD Schema update to improve natural history data

Created: 14 May 2019

This February, the Access to Biological Collections Data (ABCD) Schema released ABCD 3.0. Mareike Petersen from the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin explains more about the motivations for the expansion, what’s changed, how it’s been received by the community and what’s next for this two-decade old Schema describing our natural heritage.

EuropeanaTech 2019 Activity Plan
Title:
f. 171, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 170v: diagrams from BL Arundel 263
Creator:
Leonardo da Vinci
Institution:
The Briths Library

EuropeanaTech 2019 Activity Plan

Created: 19 April 2019

In the summer of 2018, the Europeana Network Association established itself around six communities (Education, Impact, EuropeanaTech, Research, Copyright and Communicators). One of the first core actions was to develop an activity plan for 2019. The EuropeanaTech steering group hereby present the current form of the EuropeanaTech 2019 activity plan.

Upcoming events

Experiences from the Europeana Research Community: data science and reuse of Europeana data at Leiden University
Title:
Europeana 2022 - making digital culture count
Creator:
Sebastiaan ter Burg
Date:
2022
Institution:
Europeana Foundation
Country:
Netherlands
3 December 2024
15:00 — 16:00
(CET)
Online

Experiences from the Europeana Research Community: data science and reuse of Europeana data at Leiden University

Join the third webinar in the 'Europeana data reuse in academia and research' webinar series, focusing data science and reuse of Europeana data at Leiden University. The series is organised by Europeana Research.

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