[AI Summary]: The Centre for Digital Humanities at Utrecht University, along with five partners (ODISSEI, KNAW Humanities Cluster, CLARIAH, Tilburg University, and eScience Center), has received NWO funding to establish a Research Software Summer School in 2026. The program targets humanities and social sciences researchers with prior coding experience who want to advance their programming skills beyond notebooks. Participants will work directly on their own research projects, learning to create custom software solutions, build on existing work, and contribute to open-source software. The curriculum is being developed by experts from CDH’s Research Software Lab and Data School.
The Research Software Summer School runs from June 29 to July 3, 2026 at Utrecht University. Registration opens in January 2026.
- Format: In-person summer school
- Location: Utrecht University, Netherlands
- Target: PhD candidates to professors in humanities and social sciences
- Capacity: ~30 participants
- Registration: Opens January 2026 (email cdh@uu.nl for notification)