DARIAH Iceland (DARIAH-IS/CDHA) is the national node of DARIAH-EU (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities), a pan-European infrastructure that supports digital research, teaching, and collaboration in the humanities and arts. It brings together researchers, tools, and data from different countries to support the creation and sharing of methods, best practices, and digital resources.
Iceland became a full member of DARIAH-EU 1 July 2025.
Specific aims of DARIAH-IS/CDHA are to:
- Develop and produce teaching and training materials for DH projects.
- Develop digital databases and tools to implement DH projects.
- Serve as a platform for collaboration between all major cultural heritage institutions in Iceland to make digitized collections widely available and interoperable.
- Share resources and incorporate CDHA initiatives on DARIAH-EU platforms such as SSH Open Marketplace and DARIAH-Campus.
DARIAH-IS/CDHA representatives and national coordinators:
Representing Entity: Ministry of Culture Innovation and Higher Education
National Representative: Hallgrímur J. Ámundason
National Coordinating Institution: Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts, University of Iceland
National Coordinator: Eiríkur Smári Sigurðarson