Application for MSc Geoinformatics and Spatial Data Science

Applications for the Master’s programme in “Geoinformatics and Spatial Data Science” are now possible. The deadline for applicants from non-EU countries is 31 May 2026; for EU applicants, it is 15 July. Further information and link to the application portal: https://master-geoinformatics.com/ .

Defying climate change with the knowledge of the many - Citizen Science Preis for Selani Thomas

The Münster University Foundation and the department Knowledge and Technology Transfer are awarding Selani Thomas, recent master graduate at the Institute of Geoinformatics, one of the prizes at the Citizen Science Competition. Thomas' research project, supervised by Prof. Angela Schwering and in cooperation with Lugao Kasberg from the organisation “Mangyans for Peace and Sustainable Development”, focussed on the connection between climate change, food insecurity and the scope for action in the Hanunoo-Mangyan community on the island of Mindoro on the Philippines. The award ceremony took place on 21 April. 

GI Forum in the summer semester 2026

The first event at the GI Forum this summer semester will take place on Tuesday, 21 April at 12 am. Prof. Ute Schmid from the University of Bamberg will give a talk on the topic ‘Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: Explainable Interactive Machine Learning for Human–AI Teams’. The GI Forum talks are held in room 242, GEO 1. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Funding received for a new German-Korean collaboration

The SPARC lab, led by Prof. Dr. Jakub Krukar and the Human-Centered Interior Environment Lab led by Prof. Ji Young Cho at Kyung Hee University in Seoul have received joint funding from the German Research Foundation and the National Research Foundation of Korea. The project is titled "Measuring mental representations of complex 3D structures for wayfinding: bringing together geoinformatics Virtual Reality tools and domain-specific psychometric spatial ability tests". The collaboration will involve mutual research visits of 3-4 weeks (Jakub in Seoul, Ji Young in Münster) over the upcoming years.

New Research Project: SPACE-EYE

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new research project to analyze the link between walking trajectories and eye-movement trajectories. The project, entitled "SPACE-EYE: Spatial and Architectural Evidence from Movement-Aware Eye-Tracking," is led by Prof. Dr. Jakub Krukar. The research will combine mobile eye-tracking and motion data to build a computational framework that models gaze and locomotion together in realistic architectural environments. This has implications for areas interested in modelling how people move through and view space, e.g. in signage planning, or emergency evacuation scenarios.