The Digital Research Academic Convenorship (DRAC) encompasses strategic initiatives, infrastructure, tools and resources at the University of Melbourne to enable, enhance, and empower digital-supported and informed research.
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How we work
Find out about why we're here, what we do, who we are and who we work with.
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Current priorities
Learn about our current initiatives and areas of focus to support researchers.
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Contact us
Have an idea or ambitious digital project, or need support to navigate resources, policy and infrastructure at UoM?
How we support researchers at Melbourne
- Guidance to help you find, access and use the digital infrastructure resources, tools and platforms available at UoM
- Promoting best practice in research data management across project lifecycle
- Strategies and advice to maximise research outputs and publications including NTROs such as websites, databases, software and datasets
- Optimising research impact through funding, IP and commercialisation
- Facilitating introductions, collaboration and alignment in the digital and data space
- Building awareness of and alignment to Faculty and University research strategies, policy and initiatives in the digital space.
Get in touch at digital-research@unimelb.edu.au
Our work more broadly
Digital disruption and the rising challenges posed by data-informed technologies and AI require us to think differently about how we support research and education, and the capacity for researchers to lead in a rapidly transforming world.
DRAC spans a broad range of collaborative initiatives and projects at different stages of development – from emerging concepts and bespoke infrastructure design to well-established University services or strategic priorities. We bring together stakeholders from Chancellery, COO and all Faculties, University providers as well as academics and research support staff.
The Convenorship team plays a crucial leadership role in facilitating this collaboration, serving as a link between these activities and stakeholders. The team serves as facilitators, focusing on strategic areas such as Digital Research Infrastructure and Services planning, Research Data Management , Research Software Engineering and Digital Research Capability.
Read more about how we work and current DRAC priorities.