Zelin Huang is an undergraduate student in the Department of Information Management, Peking University. He is particularly interested in research areas such as new media studies and everyday online behavior, and is currently actively participating in research group projects.
I am a Professor of European History at the School of European Languages, Culture and Society of University College London (UCL) and, since 2010, an Associate Director of the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities. My research interests encompass various aspects of contemporary history, with a current focus on the history of early twentieth-century internationalism and on digital approaches to historical inquiry. I am a seminar convenor at the Institute for Historical Research (IHR), part of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study (SAS), and a co-founder of the Richard Deswarte Prize for Digital History. Recent publications include Pieter Geyl and Britain: Encounters, Controversies, Impact (University of London Press, 2022; co-edited with Stijn van Rossem) and: The European Unity League: Sir Max Waechter and the idea of Europe, 1904–1924 (London: Bloomsbury, 2025, forthcoming).
Lu Liu is a doctoral student in the Department of Information Studies, UCL. Her research focuses on developing a Gold Standard Corpus (GSC) for assessing the capabilities of Named Entity Recognition (NER) in the long 18th century texts (from late 17th to early 19th). This research aims to compare different NER approaches and drive progress in historical NER.
Nuo Chen is a master’s student in Information Science at the Department of Information Management, Peking University. She holds a B.Eng. in Electronic Information Engineering from Beihang University (2024). Building on her engineering background, she is pursuing interdisciplinary research in computational social science, with interests in human–AI interaction, science communication, and computational narratives.
Dr. Andreas Vlachidis is Associate Professor in Information Science at UCL’s department of information studies, teaching modules in Information Science Technology and in Natural Language Processing and Text Analysis. He has a strong track record in managing multidisciplinary research projects and fostering cross-disciplinary collaborations. As Technical Lead and Co-I of the multimillion UKRI-funded Sloane Lab, heled efforts in data unification, aggregation, and knowledge base development. Currently, as PI of the AHRC-DFG MeDoraH project, he leads UK-Germany research on oral history archival sources, semantics, and Digital Humanities through knowledge graphs, network analysis, and ontology-driven methods. His interdisciplinary expertise spans Information Science, Digital Humanities, and Computer Science, with a research focus on Text Analysis, Information Extraction, Semantic Data Modelling, and Knowledge Bases.
I'm an assistant professor, researcher at Peking University, China. My research focuses on the impact of digital platforms, big data, and artificial intelligence on the society.
My current research explores the intersection of technology and society, focusing on digital media platforms, algorithmic divides, and the comparative study of internet use and information practices across different regions. With a DPhil from the University of Oxford, my work spans both theoretical and applied research, aiming to understand and address the evolving digital inequalities in our increasingly connected world.
I teach courses on media and society, data storytelling, and the frontiers of computational social science, where I integrate my research insights into the classroom. I am committed to advancing our understanding of the digital landscape and its implications for society, particularly in the context of China and other Global South regions.
When I am not teaching or writing, you will find me in ballet/pilate class, or sipping a nice cup of loose green tea.
Emeritus Professor of Digital Humanities at the Department of Information Studies, University College London (UCL) and Visiting Professor at the Department of Information Management, Peking University (PKU).
Professor Mahony played a key role in establishing and developing the graduate programme in Digital Humanities at UCL. He served as Programme Director from its inception in 2010 until 2017 when he became Director of the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities, a position he held until his retirement in 2020. He has lectured extensively and published widely on education and pedagogy within the field of Digital Humanities. His research interests include digital humanities, education, communication, information studies, digital storytelling, equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and the open agenda.