Joining CLARIN as a full member is a major step for UK researchers. For colleagues at King’s, it means access to powerful language processing tools, language data, and networks that support cutting-edge research in linguistics, digital humanities, and AI. It also gives us the chance to share our own resources more widely and to collaborate at scale across the UK and Europe.
Dr Barbara McGillivray, Senior Lecturer in Digital and Computational Humanities, Open Research Lead, Faculty of Arts & Humanities
09 March 2026
King's expands European digital research collaboration through CLARIN ERIC
King’s Digital Lab and the Department of Digital Humanities represent King’s in CLARIN-UK.
The UK’s full membership in CLARIN ERIC unlocks enhanced access to advanced language technologies, extensive linguistic datasets and collaborative networks for academics at King’s. CLARIN stands for Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure; ERIC stands for European Research Infrastructure Consortium.
The UK became a full member in May 2025 with support from the Arts & Humanities Research Council, following years of participation as an Observer.
As active partners in CLARIN‑UK, King’s Digital Lab and the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s work alongside leading centres in corpus linguistics and digital humanities across the UK to advance sustainable, connected research infrastructure. The consortium includes the British Library as well as departments and centres in linguistics, languages, literature and computer science across eleven UK universities.
KDL’s research software engineering expertise and the Department’s longstanding leadership in digital culture and computational humanities position King’s to play a key role in shaping the future of CLARIN’s services and collaborations.
CLARIN-UK is a consortium of UK researchers and research institutions that work together to contribute to the construction and operation of the CLARIN European Research Infrastructure, which coordinates and provides access to language resources, tools, and services across its 26 member countries to support research involving language data. One of CLARIN’s core aims is to ensure that researchers can make their datasets and software widely accessible and easy for others to find, use, combine with related resources and preserve over the long term.
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Senior Lecturer in Digital and Computational Humanities