Michael Pidd

School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Director of The Digital Humanities Institute

Michael Pidd
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m.pidd@sheffield.ac.uk
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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.

Research interests
  • Data ontologies
  • Scholarly digital editions
  • Research infrastructure
  • Information systems design
  • Online publishing

Selection of Online Resources

A Practical Guide to Using Data Ontologies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (2021). Available at: 

Beyond the Multiplex Audience Data Platform (2021). Funded by AHRC. Available at: 

Jaina Prosopography (2020). Funded by The Leverhulme Trust. 

Linguistic DNA of Modern Western Thought (2019). Available at: 

European Cinema Audiences (2022). Funded by AHRC. 

Cine Ricordi (2018). Funded by AHRC. 

Casa Ricordi (2017). Funded by Casa Ricordi, Milan. https://

Digital Panopticon: The Global Impact of London Punishments, 1780-1925. (2013 – 2018). Funded by AHRC. 

Mark My Bird (2017). Funded by the European Research Council.  my-bird

Manuscripts Online – Written Culture from 1000 to 1500 (2013). Funded by Jisc. 

Intoxicants and Early Modernity (2017). Funded by AHRC / ESRC. 

England’s Immigrants 1330 – 1550: Resident Aliens in the Middle Ages (2015). 

Beyond the Label (2012). Funded by the University of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ and the Museum, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). 

Locating London's Past (2011). Funded by Jisc. 

Connected Histories (2011). Funded by Jisc.