Florian Windhager

Florian Windhager is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Cultures and Technologies of Collecting at the University for Continuing Education Krems. His work focuses on Information Visualization, Mental Models, and Cultural Heritage Data, with a strong emphasis on Digital Humanities. He leads projects such as Bibliotheca Eugeniana Digital and Zukunft Kulturpool Visuell, funded by institutions like the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).

Research interests include:

• Visual reasoning for cultural and historical data
• Uncertainty-aware visualization techniques
• Narrative visualization of biographies and objects
• Design of scalable visualization frameworks

Key projects include:

• Developing tools for analyzing Prince Eugene of Savoy’s library (Bibliotheca Eugeniana Digital)
• Exploring visual methods for digital cultural preservation
• Fostering interdisciplinary approaches to cultural data analysis

Teaching areas include Information Visualization, Philosophy of Science, and Qualitative Methods. He actively contributes to organizations like the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) and the International Big History Association (IBHA).