Building Critical AI Futures: The Role of DH Research Infrastructures @ KCL The Digital Conference 2026

As AI reshapes digital scholarship, DH research infrastructures face urgent questions about their missions and priorities. This panel brings together representatives from the University of Richmond, King's Digital Lab, Humboldt University, and Princeton's Center for Digital Humanities — alongside leaders from DARIAH and the Association for Computers and the Humanities — to share how their institutions are navigating the AI moment.

Each panelist presents a concrete initiative, from critical AI literacy curricula to responsible collaboration frameworks. Core provocations unite the discussion: How do humanities values hold ground against AI's preference for scale and quantification? How do we maintain interpretive authority, research integrity, and ethical alignment in an AI-saturated knowledge ecosystem?

Panelists

Natalia Ermolaev (CDH, Princeton), Lauren Tilton (University of Richmond), Carolin Oderbrecht (Humboldt University), Torsten Hiltmann (Humboldt University), Arianna Ciula (Kings Digital Lab, Kings College) Mary Chester-Kadwell (Kings Digital Lab, Kings College), Toma Tasovac (DARIAH)