People
Institute Director
Professor Ross Parry
- Leads the international research consortium ('One by One' - building digitally confident museums)
- Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Board member for Attenborough Arts Centre (Leicester)
- Founding Trustee of the Jodi Mattes Trust - for accessible digital culture
- Steering Committee member of the UKRI / AHRC £19mn digital cultural heritage initiative ‘Towards a National Collection’
- Listed in the Education Foundation’s ‘EdTech50’ - the fifty most influential people in the UK education and technology sectors.
Institute Deputy Director
Professor Andrew Hugill
- Founding Professor of Creative Computing at the University of Leicester
- Professor of Music, composer and musicologist
- With a transdisciplinary approach, Andrew works across artistic and scientific disciplines
- Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Board member for Attenborough Arts Centre (Leicester) and MBD Ltd
- Director of the Aural Diversity Network
Research theme leads
Cristina Galalae
- Lecturer in Marketing
Georgiana Grigore
- Associate Professor in Marketing
Stefano De Sabbata
- Associate Professor of Geographical Information Science
Institute fellows
Alex Kviat
- Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Hongji Yang
- Professor of Creative Computing
Rogerio da Silva
- Lecturer in Creative Computing
Fabricio Goes
- Lecturer in Creative Computing
Marco Volpe
- Lecturer in Creative Computing
Zhuolin Li
- ‘Future 100’ PhD researcher, Museum Studies / David Wilson Library
Clarissa Wilson
- ‘Future 100’ PhD researcher, Museum Studies / Barker Langham Ltd
Kathleen Lawther
- ‘Future 100’ PhD researcher, Museum Studies / Art UK / Collections Trust
Honorary research fellows
Sophie Frost
- Honorary Research Fellow
Creative in Residence
Paul Long
- Director, MBD Ltd
Wellcome Trust Creative Engagement Fellow
Rosa Francesca
- Artist