Where computing meets the literary imagination
I direct the Digital Humanities Research Group and the Digital Futures Lab at the University of Wolverhampton — an experimental, cross-disciplinary space for creative-critical work on digital transformation, AI ethics, and computational methods in the humanities.
The Digital Humanities Research Group is the home of staff and students who explore how computing and digital technologies offer new ways of understanding textual phenomena in the broadest sense. We investigate how new tools and methodologies open up literary studies to tackle some of the key challenges facing society today — threats to health and wellbeing, the rise of artificial intelligence and its biases, and the unrecognised problem of digital inequality.
We believe in the value of critical-creative dialogue between pioneers of digital technology and the literary arts, humanities and social sciences, to help navigate potential human futures. We are currently accepting applications for MPhil and PhD study, and we welcome expressions of interest from external partners — cultural institutions and businesses alike — for collaborative research.
Visit the Research Group page →Four areas of focus
The UK's first CLS Hub
Computational and stylometric analysis of large text corpora, alongside training courses for upskilling humanities staff. Includes the AHRC-funded Novel Perceptions project and Dr Aidan Byrne's Politicians' Fiction database.
Mining online literary archives
Building large-scale digital libraries, including the British Academy-funded Women's Travel Writing, 1780–1840 database — a resource for the public and researchers alike.
Plugging the gaps
Correcting historical gaps in knowledge — from Dr Daisy Black's research on gendered representations of food in medieval society to digitised diaries recovering overlooked Suffragette activists.
Ethics, inequality & wellbeing
Research into misinformation (C-TRUTH), digital wellbeing (UN/REAL), and using computational methods to help diagnose linguistic and cognitive impairment following acquired brain injury.
Research in practice
£295k
Novel Perceptions: Towards an Inclusive Canon
C-TRUTH: Mis- & Disinformation
£12k
UN/REAL: Digital Living
£30k
Write in the Head
£20k
The Big Bookshare
University of Wolverhampton
Talks, panels & events
CTTR's YouTube channel hosts recordings of public talks, panels and events from the research centre, including sessions from the Digital Futures Lab launch and Computational Literary Studies Training School.
Watch on YouTube →