Maggie Otto MA

Area(s) of interest: Heritage Studies, History of Universities, Material Culture, Museums & Collections

Cohort/Start PhD: 2025-2026

Supervisors: prof. dr. Daan Raemaekers, dr. Mans Schepers and dr. Shanade Barnabas

Duration of appointment: February 2026 – February 2030

Ethical stewardship and management of legacy research collections: a study of the archaeobotanical collections of the University of Groningen

My project is based around the extensive archaeobotany collections of the Groningen Institute of Archaeology. These collections will be a lens through which to look at a range of ethical questions surrounding managing historic research and reference collections. I am interested in how universities can be ethical custodians of the important collections they hold while still promoting them for research use