Marcel Gaida has been a research associate in the ERC project PalREAD - Country of Words since the beginning of 2019; here he is investigating the sustainable digital access of the research data of the project on Palestinian literature as well as the possibility of quantitative linguistic analysis of the data; in addition to the general research data management, he also ensures that data protection and ethical principles are observed. He is also responsible for academic communication and social media. He is involved in academic self-administration in the department's budget commission.