I am Francesca Morini, information designer and visualization researcher.
I am based in Berlin and work as Guest Professor for Information Visualization and Management at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
Projects
Vitae
I work at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam as professor for Information Visualization and Management. There, I am also affiliated with the UCLAB, a research group in between visualization and the humanities.
I have a PhD in Media and Communication Studies from Södertörn University, in Sweden. I worked as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Metalab Harvard & Berlin.
Publications
Morini, F., Garretón, M., Pomerance, J., Zeissig, N., de Günther, S., Thomet, F., Freyberg, L., Kyriazis, I., Scholz, A. and Dörk, M. Critical Interactivity: Exploration and Narration in Data Visualization 2025 – IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications |
Morini, F., Albrecht, K. The Hyper-Visual Times 2025 – xCoAx 1 (13), 317 - 325 |
Appelgren, E., Morini, F., Maya, A. Visualizing national and international deaths with data during the COVID-19 pandemic 2025 – Journalistica 19 (1) |
Talks
Looking at people looking at vis: an overview of perception research in visualization 2026 Upcoming! – SciCAR 2026, Dortmund |
Hitzestress und Gift im Wasser – selbst gemessen 2026 – Netzwerk Recherche Jahreskonferenz 2026, Hamburg |
Critical Interactivity: Exploration and Narration in Data Visualization 2026 – EUROVIS 2026, Nottingham |
Teaching
City Data Atelier SoSe 2026 – FHP, Potsdam |
Visualizing Sustainability Models SoSe 2026 – FHP, Potsdam |
Information Visualization SoSe 2026 – FHP, Potsdam |
Storytelling with Data Workshop Workshop – UvG Universidad del Vale de Guatemala, Guatemala City |
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