معرفی
Laura Koesten is a data-centric human–computer interaction researcher at the University of Vienna, affiliated with the Research Group Visualization and Data Analysis and the Environment and Climate Research Hub. She teaches master-level and doctoral seminars on intelligent systems, design thinking, and visual analytics, and leads multiple courses each semester.
Research Interests
Koesten’s work sits at the intersection of human–data interaction, information visualisation, and algorithmic transparency. She investigates how individuals and communities find, interpret, trust, and communicate data, with particular attention to:
- Chart interpretation gaps and visual rhetoric
- Explainable & deliberative AI for non-experts
- Crisis & climate-change visualisations
- Visual data literacy assessment
- Dataset search, reuse, and storytelling practices
Her research is strongly empirical, combining qualitative studies, controlled experiments, and prototype development to produce actionable design guidelines for more equitable data-centric systems.
Publication Trends
Since 2023 Koesten has published at an accelerating pace, co-authoring over thirty peer-reviewed contributions. The 2025 corpus already addresses interpretation gaps, tangible data interaction, crisis mapping, and stakeholder information needs in algorithmic governance, signalling a consolidation of human–data interaction as an integrated research programme bridging visualisation, AI transparency, and civic engagement.
Scientific Awards & Funding
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Teaching & Supervision
Koesten convenes or co-convenes six courses at the University of Vienna, ranging from introductory visualisation to doctoral research seminars on data and knowledge. Course codes indicate sustained involvement in both the master and PhD curricula; specific student names are not disclosed.
Labs & Teams
She is a core member of the Visualization and Data Analysis research group (two physical sites: Sensengasse 6 and Währinger Straße 29) and participates in the cross-faculty Environment and Climate Research Hub, positioning her at the centre of Vienna’s data-vis and climate-communication initiatives.
