About
My research and teaching centre on early modern history, with a special interest in economic and social developments. Currently, I am the Principal Investigator of the WidowsPrint – Widows in the Growing Print Industry, 1550-1700 project, funded with a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). In the past I have worked in leading research projects on the history of early printed books (both in the UK and Italy) and was able to build a strong international network within the academic community by presenting my work in the UK, the US, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland.
I was involved with research groups on Digital Humanities (developing OCR for pre-eighteenth-century documents) the History of Science as well as Legal History. My monograph Government Use of Print. Official Publications in the Holy Roman Empire, 1500-1600 was published in the series Europäische Rechtsgeschichte by the MPI for Legal History and Legal Thought.
As I strive to bridge the gap between academia and wider audiences, my published work includes more general publications such as newspaper articles and contributions to exhibitions.
