Projects · Per Scientiam

Projects are teamwork. This selection from 2014 to 2026 comes with Kudos to my colleagues at FIZ Karlsruhe and SUB Göttingen and the many external partners. My personal involvement in a given project varies from a formal executive role to an active Principal Investigator (PI) role. I no longer hold formal responsibility for any of the projects listed here.

R&D projects are central to the innovative capacity of service organisations and to their contribution to a cooperative knowledge infrastructure. At peak activity at SUB Göttingen, we managed dozens of grant-funded and internally funded projects concurrently, supported by a dedicated project office and a formal strategy process. The annual project budget approached €10 million; across my career, I estimate that I have helped secure more than €100 million in grant funding.

This list remains incomplete because the public record is fragmented. I began designing projects and writing grant proposals in 1997 and have also worked with philanthropic funding, particularly at Oxford. I may extend this documentation in a future release.

Since 2026BMFTR FIZ WWW: INFRA-SOUVERÄNDevelops sovereign and self-determined infrastructure for artificial intelligence.
Since 2025BMFTR FIZ WWW: MaterialDigital 3Develops interoperable digital representations and infrastructure for materials research.
Since 2025BMFTR FIZ WWW: SecureNeuroAIDevelops secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence methods for neuroscience.
Since 2025DFG FIZ: PRIMUSDevelops legally robust presentation and implementation methods for digital music editions.
Since 2025DFG FIZ WWW: swMATHDevelops and enriches an information service for mathematical software.
Since 2025DFG FIZ WWW: SeDOADevelops services and infrastructure for sustainable Diamond Open Access publishing.
Since 2025EU FIZ WWW: VirHoXDevelops sequencing technology for mapping molecular interactions between viruses and their hosts.
Since 2025EU FIZ WWW: LUMENDevelops interoperable discovery services supporting multidisciplinary research and collaboration.
Since 2025BKM FIZ WWW: Themed Portal Right-wing ViolenceProvides thematic access to archival sources documenting right-wing violence in Germany.
Since 2023DFG WWW: NFDI4ObjectsProvides research data infrastructure for material remains of human history.
Since 2023DFG SUB WWW: FID GEO, phase IIIProvides specialised information services for solid-earth geosciences.
Since 2023DFG SUB WWW: EUPTCreates an online edition and research environment for the Ugaritic poetic text corpus.
Since 2023Leibniz WWW: DiTraReInvestigates how digital transformation changes research practices and knowledge production.
2023–2024BMBF WWW: KB Open Bibliometric DataProvides curated open bibliometric data and documents its quality assessment.
2023–2026DFG SUB WWW: Bibliothek der Neologie IVProduces a critical digital edition of eighteenth-century theological texts.
2023–2026DFG SUB: Artus digitalDigitises and indexes heterogeneous bibliographies for research and teaching.
Since 2023DFG Göttingen SUB WWW: Base4NFDIDevelops shared basic services for Germany’s National Research Data Infrastructure.
2023–2026DFG SUB WWW: Discuss Data IIExpands the Discuss Data platform and extends it to additional research communities.
2023–2024AdW SUB WWW: AdW digitalDevelops digital research methods and infrastructures for Academy projects.
2023–2024EU SUB WWW: PALOMERADevelops evidence and recommendations for aligned Open Access policies for academic books.
2023–2024BMBF SUB WWW: KB-MiningEnriches bibliometric data with evidence of Open Access availability.
2023–2025EU SUB WWW: CRAFT-OAStrengthens technical and organisational infrastructure for Diamond Open Access publishing.
2023–2026BMBF WWW: open-access.network 2Provides information, networking, training and advisory services for Open Access.
2022–2025MWK SUB WWW: Erschließung des Archivs der SUB Göttingen, 1813–1918Catalogues and contextualises the historical archive of SUB Göttingen from 1813 to 1918.
Since 2022DFG WWW: MathPD / Analysis of mathematical expressions to detect concealed scientific plagiarismAnalyses mathematical expressions to detect concealed scientific plagiarism.
2022–2025EU SUB WWW: DIAMASDevelops sustainable institutional Open Access publishing models for scholarly communication.
2022–2025EU FIZ WWW: FAIRCORE4EOSCDevelops core components supporting FAIR data in the European Open Science Cloud.
2022–2025DFG: Patents4Science / P4SIMakes patent information more accessible and reusable for scientific research.
2022–2025VW-Foundation SUB WWW: Ilanot 2Develops a digital research environment for diagrams of the divine in Kabbalistic manuscripts.
2022–2026VW-Foundation SUB WWW: The Star and its Universe / RosenzweigCreates a digital annotation platform for Franz Rosenzweig’s *The Star of Redemption*.
2022–2024DFG: OA publication costs 2022–2024Supports Open Access publication costs and strengthens institutional cost monitoring.
Since 2022LaBW FIZ: ArQDevelops a modern specialist information system for archival description and access.
Since 2022Leibniz INM FIZ WWW: LFV Advanced Materials SafetyAdvances interdisciplinary research and knowledge services for the safety of advanced materials.
Since 2021BMF FIZ WWW: Thematic Portal Compensation for National Socialist InjusticeProvides thematic access to archival sources on compensation for National Socialist injustice.
Since 2021VW-Foundation WWW: Digital PaleographyCombines digital palaeography and imaging science for research in historical source studies.
2021–2023DFG SUB WWW: OPERANDIImproves the performance and integration of OCR-D workflows.
2021–2023DFG SUB WWW: OLA-HD ServiceProvides a generic long-term archiving service for historical printed works.
Since 2021DFG WWW: Text+NFDI consortium providing research data infrastructure for language- and text-based disciplines.
2021–2024DFG WWW: OCR-D coordination project, phase IIISupports the integration and operation of OCR-D tools and workflows.
2021–2024EU WWW: ENLIGHT-RISEDevelops a joint research and innovation agenda for a greener, healthier and more equitable Europe.
2021–2024DFG SUB: Digitalisierung der Kopialbücher der Universität GöttingenDigitises Göttingen University’s copy books and describes their rescripts with structured metadata.
2021–2023DFG SUB WWW: VD18 Hauptphase IVCompletes further coverage of eighteenth-century German printed works and their digital surrogates.
2021–2024EU SUB WWW: EOSC FutureAdvances the European Open Science Cloud as an environment for open and collaborative research.
2021–2024DFG SUB WWW: Klaus Mollenhauer Gesamtausgabe, continuationProduces a critical and annotated digital edition of Klaus Mollenhauer’s writings.
2021–2023BMBF WWW: Open4DEDevelops coordinated Open Access services and structures for Germany.
Since 2021DFG SUB WWW: NFDI4BiodiversityProvides research data services for biodiversity, ecology and environmental science.
2021–2023EU SUB WWW: OpenAIRE NexusDelivers interoperable scholarly communication services for the European Open Science Cloud.
2020–2026DFG WWW: Hannah Arendt. Kritische GesamtausgabeProduces a critical complete edition of Hannah Arendt’s works.
2020–2026DFG SUB WWW WWW: DIGIS / GEOROC 2.0Provides a digital geochemical data infrastructure for GEOROC 2.0.
2020–2023DFG: STRATAAnalyses historical layers in mythical plots and texts from antiquity.
2020–2023DFG SUB WWW: Bibliothek der Neologie IIIProduces an annotated critical selection edition of neological literature in ten volumes.
2020–2024DFG: Katalogisierung mittelalterlicher Handschriften IICatalogues the Western medieval manuscripts held by SUB Göttingen.
2020–2023DFG SUB WWW: SFB 990, information-infrastructure subproject, phase IIIProvides research data management and integrative statistical data analysis for SFB 990.
2019–2024DFG SUB WWW: FID GEO, phase IIProvides specialised publishing, digitisation and information services for the geosciences.
2019–2022EU SUB WWW: ON-MERRITExamines and mitigates inequalities arising from Open Science and responsible research practices.
2019–2021DFG SUB WWW: Hybrid OA DashboardsCreates dashboards for analysing hybrid Open Access publishing and expenditure.
2019–2022BMBF Marburg SUB WWW: KONDADevelops continuous quality management for dynamic research data.
2019–2021EU SUB WWW: OPERAS-PPrepares the governance, services and long-term development of OPERAS.
2019–2024DFG SUB WWW: iBeetle-BaseDevelops an interoperable and extensible database for arthropod phenotypic data.
2019–2021BMBF SUB WWW: CLARIAH-DEIntegrates language-resource and digital-humanities research infrastructures in Germany.
2019–2022EU SUB WWW: FAIRsFAIRAdvances FAIR data practices, assessment and certification across Europe.
2019–2020EU-CEF SUB WWW: Europeana ArchaeologyEnriches Europeana with high-quality archaeological and architectural heritage content.
2019–2025DFG WWW: eRA university allowance for the BioImaging excellence clusterSupports research data management for the Multiscale Bioimaging excellence cluster.
2019–2022DFG SUB WWW: FID Central AsiaProvides specialised information services for Central Asian studies.
2019–2022EU SUB WWW: SSHOCCreates an Open Cloud environment for social-science and humanities research data.
2019–2021VW-Foundation WWW: Maps of GodBuilds a digital portal for researching visual representations in Kabbalah.
2018–2020BMBF SUB WWW: eLabour IIExtends research and data infrastructure for the study of digitally transformed work.
2018–2021DFG WWW: GFBio IIIConsolidates services for managing, preserving and publishing biological research data.
2018–2022BMBF SUB WWW WWW: OAUNIAnalyses the development and effects of Open Access at German universities.
2018–2021DFG SUB WWW: VD18 Hauptphase IIIExtends the catalogue and digital corpus of eighteenth-century German printed works.
2018–2021DFG SUB WWW: CoPIRe-edits and analyses personal names in Greek and Latin inscriptions from Syria and Lebanon.
2018–2020BMBF SUB: OA-FWMProvides discipline-specific Open Access workshops and supporting materials.
2018–2020EU SUB WWW: RDA Europe 4.0Connects European research communities with the global Research Data Alliance.
2018–2021EU SUB WWW: OpenAIRE AdvanceAdvances OpenAIRE services, interoperability and national support across Europe.
2017–2019BMBF SUB WWW: GRAcEDevelops a Göttingen research-data environment and supporting services.
2017–2020EU SUB WWW: FIT4RRIDevelops training and institutional approaches for responsible research and innovation.
2017–2019EU SUB WWW: FOSTER PlusSupports practical adoption of Open Science through advanced training.
2017–2021DFG SUB WWW: ARCHITRAVELinks historical travel accounts with art-historical objects and places.
2017–2019DFG SUB WWW: *metricsInvestigates the reliability and perception of alternative research metrics.
2017–2019EU SUB WWW: DESIRStrengthens the long-term sustainability of the DARIAH European research infrastructure.
2017–2021DFG SUB WWW: Discuss Data ICreates a repository for publishing, discussing and preserving research data.
2017–2019EU SUB WWW: EOSCpilotPilots services and governance for the European Open Science Cloud.
2017–2023DFG WWW: FID Finno-Ugric / Uralic Languages, Literatures and CulturesProvides specialised information services for Uralic languages, literatures and cultures.
2017–2019EU SUB WWW: HIRMEOSIntegrates open-access monographs into European Open Science infrastructure.
2016–2024MI SUB WWW: FoDExResearches and documents political and religious extremism in Lower Saxony.
2016–2020BMBF SUB WWW: Digitale Kompetenzen für StudierendeDevelops students’ digital information and research competencies.
2016–2018EU SUB WWW: OpenUPDevelops and tests open methods for peer review, impact assessment and dissemination.
2016–2019DFG SUB WWW: VD18 Hauptphase IIExtends the catalogue and digital corpus of eighteenth-century German printed works.
2016–2023SELF SUB WWW: NLHHosts and provides access to nationally licensed electronic resources.
2015–2018BMBF SUB WWW: eLabourStudies the transformation of work through digitalisation and develops a research-data infrastructure.
2015–2017AKB SUB WWW: DingeDenkenLichtenbergConnects material objects with Georg Christoph Lichtenberg’s writings and intellectual world.
2015–2018DFG WWW: GFBio IIExpands services for managing, preserving and publishing biological research data.
2015–2017EU SUB WWW: HaS / Humanities at ScaleExtends DARIAH services, communities and organisational capacity across Europe.
Since 2015BKM SUB: DNB cooperation / DDB Fachstelle METS/MODSSupports cooperation with the German National Library and specialist work on METS and MODS for the German Digital Library.
2015–2017DFG SUB WWW: fidmathProvides specialised information services for mathematical research.
2015–2018EU SUB WWW: OpenAIRE2020Expands European infrastructure for Open Access publications and research data.
2014–2015BMBF SUB: IP-OA IIISupports institutional implementation of Open Access publishing.
2014–2016DFG WWW: VD18 Hauptphase ICatalogues and digitises eighteenth-century works printed in the German-speaking countries.
2014–2016DFG SUB WWW: VD17 IIIExtends the national bibliography of seventeenth-century German-language-area printed works.
2014–2019BMBF WWW: DARIAH-DE II–IIIDevelops a national digital research infrastructure for the arts and humanities.
2014–2016EU WWW: FOSTERProvides practical Open Science training for European researchers.
2013–2015DFG WWW: GFBio IEstablishes services for managing, preserving and publishing biological research data.
2013–2017EU SUB WWW: PERICLESDevelops methods and tools for preserving complex digital content over time.
2011–2019DFG SUB WWW: Theodor Fontane NotizbücherProduces a genetic-critical and annotated hybrid edition of Theodor Fontane’s notebooks.
2010–2022AdW SUB WWW: NAWG-DigitalDevelops digital resources and services for academy research projects.
Since 2023DFG GWDG: AQinDaDevelops agile quality assurance for cultural-object metadata in data-integration processes.
Since 2023DFG: Melchior Hoffmann: Sämtliche SchriftenProduces a scholarly edition of the complete writings of Melchior Hoffmann.
Since 2023DFG WWW: NFDIxCSProvides research data infrastructure for and with computer science.
Since 2023DFG WWW: FAIRagroProvides FAIR research data infrastructure for agrosystems science.
Since 2023DFG WWW: NFDI4MemoryProvides research data infrastructure for the historically oriented humanities.
Since 2022BMFTR WWW: Kompetenznetzwerk BibliometrieProvides bibliometric data, expertise and services for research and science policy.
Since 2021DFG WWW: NFDI-MatWerkProvides research data infrastructure for materials science and engineering.
Since 2021DFG WWW: MaRDIProvides research data infrastructure for mathematics and mathematically oriented disciplines.
Since 2021DFG WWW: NFDI4DataScience / NFDI4DSProvides research data infrastructure for data science and artificial intelligence.
Since 2020DFG FIZ WWW: NFDI4CultureDevelops research data services for material and immaterial cultural heritage.
Since 2018DFG WWW: Ahiqar continuationEdits Syriac and Arabic Ahiqar manuscripts and analyses their textual and motif history.
Since 2016DFG SUB WWW: FID Anglo-American CultureProvides specialised information services for Anglo-American culture.
2014–2018DFG SUB WWW: ASCHDevelops interoperable standards for contextualising heterogeneous objects from the Asch collection.
Since 2014BKM FIZ WWW: Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / DDBProvides central digital access to Germany’s cultural and scientific heritage.
Since 2013DFG SUB WWW: KfLSupports the licensing of electronic resources for specialised information services.
Since 2002MWK SUB WWW: Niedersächsisches KonsortiumSupports regional and national licensing of electronic scholarly resources.