Researchers – WALKING MEMORY Project

About the project / position: The Extended Experiences (EX) Multidisciplinary Research Group (MRG) at CYENS Centre of Excellence invites applications for 2 Research Assistant / Research Associate / Senior Researcher positions in the areas of Augmented Reality, Digital Heritage, Immersive Storytelling for Cultural Heritage. The successful candidate(s) will contribute to the Horizon Europe project WALKING MEMORY, which aims to foster an inclusive, participatory, and technology-enabled approach by combining AR Memory Walks, digital storytelling toolkits, and FAIR data pipelines into a coherent framework tested across diverse cultural and geographical contexts. The project’s overall objective is to deliver ECCCH-validated workflows and tools that lower adoption barriers, support replication, and embed community voices into Europe’s digital heritage. By engaging municipalities, researchers, SMEs, cultural institutions, policymakers, and diaspora associations in co-creation and training activities, WALKING MEMORY strengthens social cohesion, intergenerational dialogue, and innovation capacity. Ultimately, the project contributes to building a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable European heritage ecosystem, enhancing scientific excellence, expanding cultural-tech markets, and aligning cultural preservation with Europe’s climate-neutrality and digital transformation goals. The positions offer the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research at the intersection of augmented reality, human-computer interaction, digital heritage, and immersive technologies, under the supervision of the Director of Research, Prof. Fotis Liarokapis.