What is DARIAH-SK

DARIAH-SK is a national consortium for digital research infrastructures in the humanities. We operate as a distributed network of institutions that collaborate in a coordinated manner to provide digital infrastructure services for:

  • the research and academic community,
  • the GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums),
  • the general public.

Our areas of expertise include:

  • computer processing and dissemination of research data,
  • development of open-source repositories for cultural and historical heritage,
  • construction and analysis of language databases and corpora,
  • ethical auditing of new technologies, and the promotion of open science.

As of February 1, 2026, Slovakia, represented by DARIAH-SK, has been an official member of the European research infrastructure DARIAH ERIC. This transnational platform supports collaboration among the digital humanities research community across the EU.

Vision

DARIAH-SK is a key platform for the digital transformation of the humanities in Slovakia. Our strategic priorities are:

  • to provide state-of-the-art infrastructure for research and education,
  • to apply modern technological solutions to the services we offer,
  • to overcome the fragmentation of domestic initiatives in the digital humanities,
  • and to create opportunities for international collaboration.

This vision informs our strategic goals for the coming period:

  • to coordinate decentralized activities in Slovakia,
  • to support the development and operation of research infrastructure services,
  • and to fully integrate into the European DARIAH ERIC network.

We are an open platform, ready to collaborate with both domestic and international partners.

Partners

Structure

Coordinating Institution: Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
National Coordinator: Andrej Gogora (Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences)

Coordinating Committee:

  • Andrej Gogora (Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences)
  • Miroslav Zumrík (Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences)
  • Peter Bednár (Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences)
  • Michal Sliacky (Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences)
  • Matej Harvát (Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Juraj Podroužek (Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies)
  • Katarína Vass (Off grid lab)

National Representative: Simona Foltinová (Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic)