Computational Social Science & AI
Large-scale data, machine learning, and the responsible development of research tools for understanding social behaviour.
Learn moreA European research foundation
Residua Research Institute studies how people make, remember, and leave traces of social life. We work at the meeting point of sociology, computational social science, artificial intelligence, ethnography, and biomolecular archaeology, turning rigorous method into durable public knowledge.
Research areas
Residua brings computational, social-scientific, and laboratory methods into a single research environment, designed so that each discipline strengthens the others.
Large-scale data, machine learning, and the responsible development of research tools for understanding social behaviour.
Learn moreSocial theory, ethnographic fieldwork, and the ethics of research, knowledge, and public communication.
Learn moreMass spectrometry and laboratory analysis applied to the material residues of past and present human life.
Learn moreThe cross-cutting theme: building shared methods that connect the social, computational, and material sciences.
Learn moreOur mission
Residua Research Institute is established as a not-for-profit foundation. Our purpose is to conduct and disseminate original research, to compete for and host major European grants, and to build lasting capacity for the next generation of researchers.
We hold our disciplines as equals. Sociology, computation, and laboratory science each bring questions and methods that the others cannot supply alone, and our work is strongest where they meet.
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The people
Director of AI & Computational Social Science
Leads the Institute's computational and methodological work and serves as anticipated Principal Investigator on flagship grant applications.
Director of Sociology, Ethics & Public Engagement
Guides the Institute's social theory, research ethics, and public engagement, connecting evidence to wider audiences.
Scientific Director, Archaeology & Analytical Chemistry
Directs the laboratory programme in biomolecular archaeology and mass spectrometry and its integration with social research.
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Standards
Residua commits to open science, research integrity, and the protection of personal data. Our governance is designed to safeguard the scientific independence of every project we host.
Partner with us
We welcome collaboration with universities, research institutions, and funders across Europe and beyond.