Dr Costas Papadopoulos, Ph.D. (C.P.)

Costas Papadopoulos is an Associate Professor (UHD) in Digital Humanities and Culture Studies. He is the Coordinator of The Plant: Playground and Laboratory for New Technologies. From 2021 to 2026 was elected member of the Maastricht Young Academy and leader of the Working Group 'Recognition and Rewards'.

Costas' research spans the development of 3D (re)constructions and virtual worlds to interpret societies of the past, to the application of computational imaging to analyse material culture. Much of his work revolves around 3D heritage visualisation, particularly focusing on the development of systems, workflows, and infrastructures. In his PURE3D project, Costas is developing a national infrastructure for the publication and preservation of 3D scholarship. The original grant by PDI-SSH set the foundation of the infrastructure (2021-2025). Follow-on grants explored other aspects of the infrastructure: OPER3D, funded by NWO's Open Science Fund, explored open publication and peer-review for 3D-based research; Paradata in 3D Scholarship, funded by the Lorentz Center and the Netherlands eScience Center explored the documentation of decision-making processes in 3D knowledge production, while Dynamic3D, funded by the Netherlands eScience Center, currently investigates dynamic tools for using 3D for analytical purposes. He recently received an Open Science NL grant of 1.5million for PURE3D 2.0 to expand and sustain the PURE3D infrastructure.   

Costas' is invested in building physical and digital infrastructures. This includes the development of #dariahTeach, an infrastructure for Open Educational Resources as well as thePlant, the new lab for digitally-enhanced research and education at the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at Maastricht University.

Costas is also researching digital pedagogy, particularly in relation to open educational resources and project-based learning, particularly using the ethos of maker culture and critical making and design thinking tools. 

His most recent research projects include:

• PURE3D2.0: Building a Sustainable and Open Infrastructure for 3D Scholarship (NWO - Open Science NL - €1.5 million)
• Dynamic3D: Real-Time Simulation and Analysis for 3D Scholarly Editions (Netherlands eScience Center - €250.000)
• Paradata in 3D Scholarship: Intellectual Transparency and Scholarly Argumentation in Digital Heritage (Lorentz Center and Netherlands eScience Center - €50.000)
• OPER3D: Open Publication and Peer-Review for 3D Scholarship (NWO - €50.000)

• PURE3D: An Infrastructure for the Publication and Preservation of 3D Scholarship (PDI-SSH - €1million)