Robert Aspenskog is a doctoral student in Library and Information Science. He holds an MA in History from Umeå University and an MA in Digital Humanities from the University of Gothenburg. Before beginning his doctoral studies, he worked as a research assistant at Lund University.
Teaching
During the autumn semester of 2026, Robert teaches the following courses:
- 4DH410 Digital Humanities Research Methods
- 1BV315 Documents in Theory and Practice
Research
In his doctoral project, Robert examines how approximately 15,000 digitised historical restaurant menus from 1840–2000 can be transformed into structured, analysable, and machine-readable data for humanities research and cultural heritage information systems through AI-based data extraction, metadata production, and knowledge organisation. A central part of the project is the analysis of human–AI co-creation: the project adopts a critical perspective on AI by examining the possibilities, limitations, and epistemological implications of using such technologies in humanities research. In addition, the project addresses document-theoretical and methodological questions about how historical ephemeral print is transformed when digitised, documented, structured, and incorporated into digital information systems. The project is part of the WASP-HS research cluster AI Futures of Culture and Memory.
Commissions
Robert is a member of the research council for the research infrastructure SwePrint.
