: a Heritage Science project, funded by Horizon 2020,to provide Trans-National Access for Researchers working on Heritage
IPERION HS is a consortium of 24 partners from 23 countries that contributes to establishing a pan-European research infrastructure on Heritage Science.
Malta was invited to participate as a partner in IPERION HS – and it is doing so through the Department of Conservation and Built Heritage of the University of Malta. As part of this collaborative initiative, alliances are currently being established with other UM Departments which have as a core interest Heritage research, as well as entities external to UM, to create a common base, for research, for partnerships, and for exchanges in the field of Heritage.
IPERION HS provides Trans-National access to the best facilities and experts in Heritage Science through three different platforms: ARCHLAB, FIXLAB and MOLAB. These offer access to, respectively: organized scientific information in largely unpublished datasets from archives of prestigious European museums, galleries and research institutions (ARCHLAB); key fixed research facilities and the associated scientific experience of their staff that develop and maintain sophisticated state鈥恛f鈥恡he鈥恆rt instrumentation for advanced diagnostics and archaeometry (FIXLAB); and mobile equipment and related competencies for in-situ non-destructive measurements of artworks, collections, monuments and sites (MOLAB).
The IPERION HS Academy has been organising a aimed at the Heritage community, addressed by selected experts and past users. The Academy also organises and to further knowledge exchange on specific themes within the wider realm of Heritage Science Research.
University of Malta participants
Prof. JoAnn Cassar, Head of Department, Task Leader WP7
In摹. Elizabeth Muscat Azzopardi, Research Support Officer II
IPERION-HS presentation an E-RHIS
The following presentation focuses on IPERION-HS and , the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science, specifically on how the infrastructure could be useful to heritage professionals and scholars. See how it became established, what kind of engagement it enables, what it offers and how to take part – wherever you are on the globe. Presentation by Prof. JoAnn Cassar (University of Malta) and Prof. Matija Strlic (University of Lubljana and UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage).