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Prof. Dr. Gimena del Río Riande

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina

Senior Fellow in Research Area 5: "Building Digital Communities", July 2025

Gimena del Río Riande serves as an independent researcher at CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Del Rio Riande is the director of the Laboratorio de Humanidades Digitales (HD LAB) at CONICET and has played a pivotal role in fostering open science and digital research infrastructures in the region. She is also a co-founder of the Asociación Argentina de Humanidades Digitales (AAHD).

Her academic interests encompass digital scholarly editions, open research practices and the development of multilingual and inclusive DH methodologies. She is a member of the board of directors of the TEI Consortium and serves as a Latin American ambassador for the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), advocating for equitable scholarly communication.

Del Rio Riande's work often emphasises the importance of minimal computing and sustainable digital practices, particularly within the context of the Global South. She has contributed to discussions on how DH can be more inclusive and environmentally conscious, challenging the dominance of Global North paradigms in the field.

In addition to her research, she is Professor of Digital Humanities at Universidad del Salvador (USAL) and the director of the first postgraduate certificate in Digital Humanities in Argentina (UCES).

Research Project at EXC "Temporal Communities":

Sustainable Futures for the Digital Humanities