HALOGEN: History Archaeology Linguistics Onomastics and Genetics (Pilot Project)
The cross-disciplinary ‘Roots of the British’ collaboration between scholars in humanities and genetics seeks to interrogate the evidence for the migration and/or continuity of human populations in the British Isles in the distant past. This project (HALOGEN) will support the data management needs of the researchers involved and thus establish organisational best practice in terms of data management planning and the support of diverse cross-disciplinary research data.
Aims and objectives
The project will be a pilot study focusing on a specific set of geographical regions and research questions. It will cover all phases of the project life cycle from requirements analyses through to the implementation of a practical, cost effective solution to meet the needs of the research team for data access, sharing, curation and preservation.
Project methodology
The solution will be designed to exploit the existing research storage assets within the organisation in terms of hardware, software and technical expertise both within IT Services and other centres of excellence within the University, for example Library Services, Physics & Astronomy and Geography. The project will address some of the University’s immediate needs and complement its role as a UK Research Data Service (UKRDS) Pathfinder institution.
Anticipated outputs and outcomes
- A Requirements Analysis for the research data management infrastructure required for the HALOGEN project
- A Data Management Plan for HALOGEN
- Data Management Infrastructure Design
- An Implementation Plan for the Research Data Management Infrastructure
- A scalable research data management infrastructure to support HALOGEN from its pilot phase to its end goal of becoming a nationally available source of information
- A model for the long term delivery of a data management service within the institution (including its support, maintenance, governance and charging policies)
- HALOGEN Case Study and model data management plans for genetics data
- A project website to aid dissemination
Technology / Standards used
The project will be managed using PRINCE2 and solutions will be deployed that comply with IT Services standards and best practice.
Project Staff
Project manager
- David Carter, IT Services, University of Leicester, 0116 2525296 dpc15@le.ac.uk
Project team
- Dr Jonathan Tedds, Senior Research Liaison Manager, IT Services, University of Leicester, 0116 2525287 jat26@le.ac.uk
- Prof Mark Jobling, Senior Research Fellow in Genetics, University of Leicester, 0116 2523427 maj4@le.ac.uk
- Dr Jo Story, Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval History, University of Leicester, 0116 2522761 js73@le.ac.uk
- Dr Simon James, Reader in Archaeology, University of Leicester, 0116 2522535 stj3@le.ac.uk
- Dr Phillip Shaw, Lecturer in English Language and Old English, University of Leicester, 0116 2525363 ps209@le.ac.uk
- Dr Jayne Carroll, co-director of the Institute for Name Studies, University of Nottingham, 0115 9515898 Jayne.carroll@nottingham.ac.uk
- Dr Turi King, Deprtment of Genetics, University of Leicester, 0116 2523377 tek2@le.ac.uk