Te Pokapū Aronui ā-Matihiko | UC Arts Digital Lab is a collaborative team of researchers, technical staff and students working across a wide range of disciplines. We specialise in the use of data, digital methods and software in humanities and social science research and teaching.






The Arts Digital Lab invites applications for the 2026 Faculty of Arts Digital Research Seed Fund. Successful applications will receive funding for up to 200 hours of research assistant time, along with project support and advice from the Arts Digital Lab.
We welcome applications from researchers across the Faculty of Arts, including postdoctoral fellows and staff in non-continuing roles. Up to five projects will be funded by the Faculty in 2026, with an additional project funded by QuakeCoRE CEISMIC.
In this blog post, Research Assistant Janus Nolasco discusses a research project he recently worked on, which has been tracking online anti-Muslim racism in Aotearoa.
2024 was a busy year for the Arts Digital Lab, with a record number of student researchers working in the Lab. We’ve put together a summary of some of the highlights of the last year.
The Canterbury Roll is a 15th-century, hand-written genealogy that begins with Noah and traces the rulers of England from the mythical Brutus to King Edward IV. This project presents a new digital transcription and translation, mapped to a high quality digital facsimile of the Roll.
You can learn how to develop your own digital projects in the Honours-level course DIGI 403. You will acquire valuable transferable skills, learn how to apply digital tools and methods to research questions, and understand how scholarly knowledge can be delivered through digital channels. Head to the UC Digital Humanities page to learn more about your study options in Digital Humanities.
UC QuakeStudies is a digital archive built to store content related to the Canterbury earthquakes. We aim to document the impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes, record our community’s recovery, and facilitate research on earthquakes and post-disaster response and recovery in New Zealand and around the world.


