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Michael is Director of The Digital Humanities Institute. He has nearly 30 years of experience in developing, managing and delivering large collaborative research projects and technology R&D in the humanities and heritage subject domains.

He is currently Principal Investigator (UK) on the project  (AHRC and Irish Research Council) and Co-Investigator on the project Scoping Future Data Services (AHRC).

He was Principal Investigator on the following projects:  (HEIF),  (Jisc),  (HEIF), and  (Jisc); Co-Investigator on the following projects:  (ESRC/AHRC),  (AHRC),  (AHRC) and  (ESRC); and has been the technical lead on a wide number of projects such as  (AHRC).

Michael oversees the work of the DHI which includes:

• Responsibility for the development and delivery of its research projects.
• Initiating and developing research funding proposals.
• Overseeing the DHI’s postgraduate degree programmes.
• Developing the DHI’s operations and strategic objectives.
• Managing the DHI’s relationship with its clients and stakeholders.
• Developing new relationships and business opportunities.
• Representing the DHI nationally and internationally as well as within the University more widely.
• Overseeing the online resources which the DHI hosts on behalf of its partners.

Michael serves as the main point of contact for project partners undertaking a collaboration with the DHI and he bears responsibility for the DHI’s commitments to its projects.