Lorella Viola

Lorella Viola is an Assistant Professor in digital humanities & society at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (PhD 2016, University of East Anglia). In her research, she develops innovative digital humanities methodologies to investigate how power, latent assumptions, and implicit ideologies are manifested through language and circulated in media and society. She also researches the impact of the digital transformation of society on knowledge creation theory and practice, including digital heritage practices. Her book, The Humanities in the Digital: Beyond Critical Digital Humanities (Springer), proposes the post-authentic framework for knowledge creation in the digital age, which includes a set of notions, practices, and values that recognise the broader cultural relevance of digital objects and the methods used to create them.

CV updated on 2025-09-15.