This Research Fellowship project explored how digital humanities research can create knowledge that has value for both the humanities and the natural sciences. The project was funded by an AHRC Creative Economy Engagement Fellowship.

Dr Robert Smail (Creative Engagement Fellow) investigated how the scientific observations contained in Ruskin’s letters written from his home, Brantwood, in the Lake District, can assist modern ecologists in constructing more complete records of the environmental history of Britain. The project also explored how computer machine learning can establish new forms of engagement with The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection.