King's Digital Lab

We create digital tools to explore academic research in new ways.

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STEP-UP: a Strategic TEchnical Platform for University technical Professionals

The STEP-UP platform is an EPSRC project to develop and support digital Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) and their ecosystem.

'Digital infrastructure' – enabling computational modelling, processing of larger datasets, creation of...

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Musical Lives

The Musical Lives: Towards an Historical Anthropology of French Song, 1100–1300 (MUSLIVE) project explores how medieval French trouvère songs shaped identity and social connections as a transnational practice. Focusing on around 2,200 surviving...

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Intelligent Systems for Screen Archives

Working in partnership with moving image archives in the UK, ISSA aims to develop sector wide understanding about AI technologies in film and television archives, including the knowledge, skills and tools required to rethink and reshape large...

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Jun 12, 2026

Transforming digital legacy estates to create a more sustainable future

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May 7, 2026

Before AI agents act for us, we need to know how AI searches for us

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Jan 15, 2026

UK DARIAH Day 2025 - Imagining Future Digital Research Infrastructures

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Activities

Some of the ways we enable and deliver digital research.

Planning and analysis

Defining requirements
Cost estimation
Data analysis
Modelling
Designing technical solutions

Creating and sustaining

Building and maintaining digital resources
Data visualization
Digital accessibility
Archiving and sustainability

Participating, contributing, disseminating

Sharing code
Professional bodies and interest groups
Publications
Outreach and training

Research themes

Some pathways of innovation we are exploring.

Digital Creativity

Experimenting with digital tools to enable, enhance, and expand our cultural experiences and interactions.

Indigenous Digital Humanities

Fostering understanding, respect, and cooperation among holding institutions, researchers and minority groups to help work on complex issues around data from indigenous community sources.

Machine Learning and AI

Working to create a virtual cycle around ML and AI that goes beyond single projects solutions across the triangle of critical, analytical and practical RSE-driven research.