Chiara Bonacchi
Chancellor's Fellow In Heritage, Text And Data Mining And Senior Lecturer In Heritage
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChiara Bonacchi is a Chancellor's Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh who leads research and teaching at the intersection of heritage studies and digital methods, including text and data mining. She directs the Heritage Minds Lab and the MSc in Cultural Heritage Futures, combining rigorous academic research with applied projects that engage public audiences and heritage institutions. With 12 years of experience across UK universities and international collaborations, her work spans ethnography, topic modelling, network analysis and crowdsourcing to interrogate how ancient identities are mobilised in contemporary contexts. She co-founded MicroPasts, a pioneering platform for crowdsourced heritage research, and has a sustained track record securing AHRC-funded projects and shaping heritage policy and practice. Fluent in interdisciplinary collaboration, she maintains honorary and adjunct roles with UCL and the University of Florence, reflecting a career that bridges field archaeology, museum practice and data-driven scholarship.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Medieval Archaeology, Master's degree, Medieval Archaeology at University of FlorenceDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Archaeology (Public Archaeology), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Archaeology (Public Archaeology) at University College London, U. of London
English, Italian, Latin, Greek, r
Github Skills (10)
sentiment5
nlp4
react2
photo1
pybossa1
python1
aws1
photo-tagging1
tagging1
crowdsourcing1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
IARHeritages/R_FOR_HERITAGE_TRAINING_WORKSHOP
Feb 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:3 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 3 months
IARHeritages/Heritage-of-Brexit
Oct 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:36 commits, 30 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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