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Maja is Head of Higher Education and Science at the British Library and is responsible for the Library’s strategy, policy and partnership development across higher education and science. Among other things, Maja is responsible for the Library’s collaboration with the Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data sciences and artificial intelligence. She has also developed the Library’s partnership with the British Fashion Council, resulting in an innovative programme that re-imagines the use of British Library’s collections in fashion education and research.

Maja’s research is focused on broadening our understanding of research and science functions within heritage institutions, especially the changing relationship between the State, heritage institutions and broader research environment. Maja is also interested in research infrastructures and the way they are evolving in digital environment. She is Co-I on Living with Machines, a five-year research project exploring the well-known history of the Industrial Revolution using data-driven approaches.