Natalie Harrower

Dr. Natalie Harrower is the Director of the Digital Repository of Ireland (http://dri.ie/), which provides digital archiving, online access, and trusted long term preservation for Ireland's social and cultural data. Originally a film and theatre scholar, Natalie's work spans the library, culture and higher education sectors, with expertise in digital cultural heritage (http://inspiring-ireland.ie/), data archiving, open science, and research data management. She is a member of the European Commission's FAIR data expert group, and recently served on the OECD's High Level Expert Group on Business Models for Sustainable Data Repositories. Natalie is a partner in the Research Data Alliance Europe, chairs ALLEA's e-Humanities working group, and serves on Ireland's National Open Research Forum. Natalie is based at the DRI headquarters, at the Royal Irish Academy.