Biography

Costas Papadopoulos is an Associate Professor (UHD) in Digital Humanities and Culture Studies. He is the co-founder and Coordinator of The Plant: Playground and Laboratory for New Technologies and is elected on the Maastricht Young Academy. He holds a MSc in archaeological computing (virtual pasts) and a PhD in Digital Archaeology from the University of Southampton. He has been elected on the members' council of the Europeana Network Association.

Costas' research spans the development of 3D (re)constructions and virtual worlds to interpret societies of the past, to the application of computational imaging to analyse material culture. Much of his work revolves around 3D heritage visualisation, particularly focusing on the development of systems, workflows, and infrastructures. In his PURE3D project, funded by PDI-SSH, Costas is developing a national infrastructure for the publication and preservation of 3D scholarship, while in OPER3D, funded by NWO's Open Science Fund, he explores open publication and peer-review for 3D-based research.

Costas' is invested in building physical and digital infrastructures. This includes the development of #dariahTeach, an infrastructure for Open Educational Resources as well as the Plant, the new lab for digitally-enhanced research and education at the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at Maastricht University.

Costas is also researching digital pedagogy, particularly in relation to open educational resources and project-based learning, particularly using the ethos of maker culture and critical making and design thinking tools.

His most recent research projects include:

PURE3D: An Infrastructure for the Publication and Preservation of 3D Scholarship (PDI-SSH; 1 million)
OPER3D: Open Publication and Peer-Review for 3D Scholarship (NWO Open Science Fund; 50.000)
Paradata in 3D Scholarship: Intellectual Transparency and Scholarly Argumentation in Digital Heritage (Lorentz Centre & eScience Centre; 50.000)
Dynamic3D: Real-Time Simulation and Analysis for 3D Scholarly Editions (eScience Centre; 250.000).
#dariahTeach: An Open Educational Resource for the Digital Arts & Humanities (Erasmus+)
IGNITE: Design Thinking & Making in th Arts & Sciences (Creative Europe Media