Digital Chamber Residency

The Digital Chamber is a co-working space located on Level 2 of the Digital Studio and has desks to house researchers working on digital humanities and social sciences projects.

It provides an enriching environment for co-working in the Digital Humanities, for exposure to international developments in the field, and the sharing of expertise about tools and platforms amongst its residents. Participation in the Digital Chamber can foster connections with other digital HASS scholars, promote your research and develop researcher expertise with digital tools and platforms.

The Digital Chamber has been used by research assistants, postdoctoral researchers, visiting fellows, and projects connected to digital research infrastructure both within the University and externally. Find out more about current research projects based in the Digital Chamber. We wish to expand this opportunity to a diverse range of potential candidates each year.

Interested in finding out more about the current Digital Chamber residents?

View our current Digital Chamber researchers

The allocation of spaces in the Digital Chamber will be reviewed each year. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and spaces allocated as available. Expressions of Interest are always welcomed, just complete the below form.

Any enquires regarding the Digital Chamber Residency can be emailed to digital-studio@unimelb.edu.au.

Please also review the guidelines below before submitting an Expression of Interest.

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Digital Chamber Expression of Interest Form

Digital Chamber Guidelines

  • Eligibility

    Desks in the Digital Chamber will be allocated according to the following priorities:

    1. Doctoral and/or post-doctoral researchers working on funded projects that have a digital HASS research component
    2. Doctoral and/or post-doctoral researchers working on projects that have a digital HASS research component
    3. Visiting Fellows invited to collaborate on digital HASS research or teaching projects
    4. Researchers/interns with particular expertise in digital HASS technologies or methodologies
  • Duration

    The allocation of spaces in the Digital Chamber will be reviewed each year. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and spaces allocated as available.

    If a researcher’s project concludes, their residency within the Digital Chamber will be reviewed.

  • What is provided

    The Digital Studio will provide the following for researchers working within the Digital Chamber:

    1. Desk space, computer equipment and software (as required), printing and kitchen facilities (other technology negotiable)
    2. Priority access to Digital Studio facilities and spaces
    3. Mentoring and technical support through partnership with the Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP)
  • Contribution

    Researchers in the Digital Chamber are expected to contribute to the Digital Studio community through:

    1. Attendance, whenever possible, at Digital Studio events and seminars
    2. Presentation of research project once annually (at most appropriate time) to Digital Studio community and stakeholders
    3. Development of content for the Digital Studio website, or an article for Pursuit about their research project
    4. Willingness to share emergent methodologies and techniques with colleagues in the Digital Chamber
    5. Support from the Digital Studio acknowledged in presentation
  • Conduct

    To support the smooth functioning of the Digital Chamber, researchers should abide by the following guidelines:

    1. Act as an ambassador for the Digital Studio and actively promote and advocate for programs and activities
    2. Hold meetings and longer conversations at the informal project spaces on level 2 or in one of the Studio's bookable rooms
    3. Help maintain the kitchenette, bathrooms, printing facilities, and assist with the upkeep of the Studio’s spaces