With the foundation of the Digital Academy in 2009, the Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz established a recognized research department for Digital Humanities. The department combines digitalization as well as the digital research methods and technologies based on it.
The field of research and activity of the Digital Academy ranges from conceptual consulting for new applications and current projects to the support of academy projects within the scope of evaluations and the acquisition and implementation of own research projects (e.g. funded by the BMBF, the DFG or the Volkswagen Foundation).
Another central field of activity of the Digital Academy is the training of young scientists in the study programme "Digital Methodology". In addition, it plays the role of a research and development partner in numerous projects of the Academy, thus ensuring mutual, cross-project know-how transfer and synergy effects with regard to the development of digital research tools.