Marian Dörk

Prof. Dr. Marian Dörk is a Research Professor for Information Visualization & Management at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, where he co-directs the Urban Complexity Lab (UCLAB). His work bridges Digital Humanities, Human-Computer Interaction, and Critical Design, focusing on innovative visualization techniques for complex data.

• Education
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science (2012), University of Calgary
  • Dipl.-Ing. in Computational Visualistics (2008), Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Dörk's research interests encompass:

• Critical Information Visualization for interrogating data politics
• Urban Complexity through spatio-temporal analysis
• Digital Cultural Heritage with situated visualizations
• Data-Driven Storytelling across journalism and education
• Exploratory Search with multivariate interfaces

His recent publications demonstrate trends in foldable visualizations, edge contextualization in graphs, and ethical approaches to data storytelling. He leads the Urban Complexity Lab, exploring intersections of technology, urbanism, and critical theory.

Scientific Awards include best paper and poster recognitions at CHI and VDA conferences. His work has been supported by grants from DFG and BMBF, including the GraDiM project (2023-2025) and SoNAR (IDH) (2019-2021).

Dörk teaches in the MSc Urban Futures program and has supervised numerous student research projects like Reading Traces and Reverse Information Architecture. His design collaborations span institutions such as the Jewish Museum Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, and Freie Universität Berlin.