Vanessa is DARIAH's EU Projects & Policy officer and focuses on the projects ECHOES, ECHOLOT, and CHIRON. She holds a PhD in German literature from the University of Vienna, where she teaches Data Stewardship and Digital Humanities. Previously, she worked as a researcher in literature archives and as a cultural manager in the field of media arts. In the context of DARIAH, she has previously been a member of CLARIAH-AT and co-chair of the Ethics and Legality Working Group.