diff --git a/cypress/e2e/spec.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/spec.cy.js
index 6c97e556..28e10a8c 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/spec.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/spec.cy.js
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ describe("Web app", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("Variables in column header contain link to ontology", () => {
+    cy.visit("/");
+
+    cy.contains("My favourite musicians").click();
+    cy.contains("Finished in:");
+    cy.get('a[href="http://schema.org/name"]');
+  })
+
   it("When one source throws an error, the results of other sources are still shown", () => {
     cy.visit("/");
 
diff --git a/src/components/ListResultTable/QueryResultList/QueryResultList.jsx b/src/components/ListResultTable/QueryResultList/QueryResultList.jsx
index e652a5ff..797f5128 100644
--- a/src/components/ListResultTable/QueryResultList/QueryResultList.jsx
+++ b/src/components/ListResultTable/QueryResultList/QueryResultList.jsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import ActionBar from "../../ActionBar/ActionBar";
 import GenericField from "../../../representationProvider/GenericField";
 import { Term } from "sparqljs";
 import config from "../../../config";
+import TableHeader from "./TableHeader/TableHeader";
 
 /**
  * @param {object} props - the props passed down to the component
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ function QueryResultList(props) {
       <Title title={config.title} />
       <ListView title=" " actions={<ActionBar />} {...props}>
         {values && (
-          <Datagrid>
+          <Datagrid header={<TableHeader config={config}/>}>
             {Object.keys(values).map((key) => {
               return (
                 <GenericField
diff --git a/src/components/ListResultTable/QueryResultList/TableHeader/TableHeader.css b/src/components/ListResultTable/QueryResultList/TableHeader/TableHeader.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa9f020a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/ListResultTable/QueryResultList/TableHeader/TableHeader.css
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+.header-button{
+    height: 100%;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+}
+
+.header-button:hover{
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/ListResultTable/QueryResultList/TableHeader/TableHeader.jsx b/src/components/ListResultTable/QueryResultList/TableHeader/TableHeader.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..015dbd43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/ListResultTable/QueryResultList/TableHeader/TableHeader.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { Link, TableCell, TableHead, TableRow } from "@mui/material";
+import React from "react";
+import { useListContext } from "react-admin";
+import "./TableHeader.css";
+import NorthIcon from "@mui/icons-material/North";
+import SouthIcon from "@mui/icons-material/South";
+import LinkIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Link";
+import PropTypes from "prop-types";
+import { Component } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @param {object} props - the props passed down to the component
+ * @param {Array<Component>} props.children - the children of the component 
+ * @param {object} props.config - the config object of the application
+ * @returns {Component} the header of the table containing the column names, the sort icons and ontology links
+ */
+function TableHeader({ children, config }) {
+  const { sort, setSort, resource } = useListContext();
+  const { variableOntology } = config.queries.filter(
+    (query) => query.id === resource
+  )[0];
+  
+  /**
+   * Handles the click on a header and sets the sort state accordingly
+   * @param {string} target - the source of the column that was clicked 
+   */
+  function handleHeaderClick(target) {
+    const newSort = { field: target, order: "DESC" };
+    if (sort) {
+      if (sort.order === "ASC") {
+        newSort.order = "DESC";
+      } else {
+        newSort.order = "ASC";
+      }
+    }
+    setSort(newSort);
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <TableHead>
+      <TableRow>
+        <TableCell> </TableCell>
+        {React.Children.map(children, (child) => (
+          <>
+            <TableCell
+              key={child.props.source}
+              sx={{ height: "100%", "& > *": { verticalAlign: "middle" } }}
+            >
+              <span
+                role="button"
+                className="header-button"
+                onClick={() => handleHeaderClick(child.props.source)}
+              >
+                {child.props.label}
+              </span>
+              {variableOntology[child.props.source] && (
+                <Link
+                  target="_blank"
+                  href={variableOntology[child.props.source]}
+                  sx={{ height: "100%", margin: "0 5px", "& > *": { verticalAlign: "middle" } }}
+                >
+                  <LinkIcon
+                    fontSize="small"
+                    sx={{ height: "100%", color: "gray" }}
+                  />
+                </Link>
+              )}
+              {sort.field === child.props.source && (
+                <>
+                  {sort && sort.order === "DESC" && (
+                    <NorthIcon
+                      fontSize="small"
+                      sx={{ height: "100%", color: "gray" }}
+                    />
+                  )}
+                  {sort && sort.order === "ASC" && (
+                    <SouthIcon
+                      fontSize="small"
+                      sx={{ height: "100%", color: "gray" }}
+                    />
+                  )}
+                </>
+              )}
+            </TableCell>
+          </>
+        ))}
+      </TableRow>
+    </TableHead>
+  );
+}
+
+TableHeader.propTypes = {
+  children: PropTypes.node,
+  config: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+
+}
+export default TableHeader;
diff --git a/src/dataProvider/SparqlDataProvider.js b/src/dataProvider/SparqlDataProvider.js
index 5b25d5de..546de586 100644
--- a/src/dataProvider/SparqlDataProvider.js
+++ b/src/dataProvider/SparqlDataProvider.js
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ async function fetchQuery(query) {
     const rawText = await result.text();
     query.rawText = rawText;
     const parsedQuery = parser.parse(rawText);
+    if (!query.variableOntology) {
+      query.variableOntology = findPredicates(parsedQuery);
+    }
     if (!parsedQuery.limit) {
       parsedQuery.limit = query.limit;
     }
@@ -116,6 +119,26 @@ async function fetchQuery(query) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Given a query and an object, this function returns the predicate of the object in the query.
+ * @param {object} query - the paresed query in which the predicate is to be looked for.
+ * @returns {object} an object with the variable as key and the predicate as value.
+ */
+function findPredicates(query) {
+  const ontologyMapper = {};
+  if (!query.variables) {
+    return query;
+  }
+  for (const part of query.where) {
+    for (const triple of part.triples) {
+      if(triple.predicate.termType !== "Variable"){
+        ontologyMapper[triple.object.value] = triple.predicate.value;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return ontologyMapper;
+}
+
 /**
  * A function that executes a given query and processes every result.
  * @param {object} query - the query which is to be executed and additional information about the query.
@@ -125,12 +148,9 @@ async function executeQuery(query) {
   try {
     query.queryText = await fetchQuery(query);
     return handleQueryExecution(
-      await myEngine.query(
-        query.queryText,
-        {
-          ...generateContext(query.comunicaContext)
-        }
-      ),
+      await myEngine.query(query.queryText, {
+        ...generateContext(query.comunicaContext),
+      }),
       query
     );
   } catch (error) {