Francesco Gelati is appointed Chair of the Transformations Scientific Committee

“I am truly honoured to have been appointed as Chair of the Transformations Scientific Committee” said Mr. Gelati. “My gratitude and thankfulness go to all members of the Committee as well as to the whole Transformations team, who are working hard: the first issue with its beautiful design and excellent articles leaves no doubt on that. Together with them, I will do my best so that Transformations presents best-quality works on all digital research activities in the arts and humanities.”

The Scientific Committee is composed of academics from outside the Editorial Board (EB) whose subdomains/subfields cover, as far as possible, the disciplines and topics represented in the journal. The Committee contributes, in collaboration with the EB, to ensuring the quality of the journal’s scientific content. Its members participate in the evaluation process and are responsible for carrying out the assessment of the contents themselves.

“As an archivist working on digital preservation, I will strive to see in the journal contributions on managing and maintaining digital objects” added Mr. Gelati. “Also, I see my role in making communication and cooperation between the Scientific Committee and the Editorial Board smooth and proficuous, especially as long as peer-reviewing is concerned.”

Looking ahead, Transformations will soon introduce an ambitious and innovative reviewing process for different types of submission, with particular attention to non-traditional research outputs. The journal will also soon release its second call for articles, on the theme of “The Past”, inspired by the DARIAH Annual Event 2025 recently held in Göttingen. The call will include updated guidelines and recommendations to support authors through the submission process.

“Concerning the foreseeable future, I look forward to seeing the first contributions to be published in a language other than English, making Transformations a truly multilingual journal” concluded Mr. Gelati.

About Francesco Gelati

After working in Brussels in the State Archives of Belgium and in Munich in the Archives of the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ), Francesco Gelati (1987, he/him) joined in 2021 the University of Hamburg Archives as Head of Section Digital Services. Since 2023, he has co-chaired the DARIAH working group on research data management. His research fields are: archival metadata standards, FAIR data and digital preservation.

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