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Prof. Dr. Angela Schwering

Current affiliations

Professur für Geoinformatik (Prof. Schwering) (SIL)
Heisenbergstr. 2, Raum: 102, 48149 Münster
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MExLab living.knowledge ExperiMINTe
Position: Wissenschaftliche Leitung
Corrensstr. 2B, 48149 Münster
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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

spatial learning, spatial literacy
spatial cognition, spatial intelligence
Spatial Behaviour, Wayfinding, Navigation, spatial assistance systems
qualitative spatial analysis of maps (sketch maps)

Academic Education
2006	Dr. rer. nat., Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, Germany
2003	Master of Science in Information Systems, University of Muenster
2001	Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, University of Muenster
Work Experience
since 05/2022	Scientific Director of the MexLab ExperiMINTe
since 2014	Professor, Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, Germany
2009 - 2014	Assistant Professor (W1), Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, Germany
2006 - 2009	Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrueck
2003 - 2006	Researcher, Ordnance Survey, Great Britain

Publications

Data Driven Mobility Transition: Enhancing Data Literacy and Self-efficacy Through a Transdisciplinary Project Week in Secondary Education Witte, V., Schwering, A., Frischemeier, D., Wieczorek, L., Mehren, R. (2026) In: Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 00(0). doi:10.1080/26939169.2025.2593295 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Strengthening Data Literacy in K-12 Education: A Scoping Review Witte, Verena; Schwering, Angela; Frischemeier, Daniel (2025) In: Education Sciences, 15(1). doi:10.3390/educsci15010025 Review article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Competences enabling young germans to engage in activities for climate protection and global health Gehrau, V., Morgenstern, I., Grunschel, C., Könemann, J., Nührenbörger, M., Schwering, A., Fischer, C. (2025) In: International journal of environmental research and public health, 22(7), 1-15. doi:10.3390/ijerph22071111 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Probing mental representations of space through sketch mapping: a scoping review Simonet, M.; Vater, C.; Abati, C.; Zhong, S.; Mavros, P.; Schwering, A.; Raubal, M.; Holscher, C.; Krukar, J. (2025) In: Cognitive research: principles and implications, 10(1). doi:10.1186/s41235-025-00667-w Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Sketch2Terrain: AI-Driven Real-Time Terrain Sketch Mapping in Augmented Reality Xiao T.; Chen Y.; Zhong S.; Kiefer P.; Krukar J.; Kim K.G.; Hurni L.; Schwering A.; Raubal M. (2025) In: Naomi Yamashita, Vanessa Evers, Koji Yatani, Xianghua Ding, Bongshin Lee, Marshini Chetty,Phoebe Toups-Dugas (eds.), CHI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1-24. Yokohama Japan: ACM Press. doi:10.1145/3706598.3713467 Research article in edited proceedings (conference) \| Peer reviewed \| Published

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Projects

Mapping Environmental Change with Hanunuo Youth & Educators through Participatory-Mapping and Geospatial Tools Duration: 01/04/2026 - 31/12/2027 Funded by: Universitätsstiftung Münster - Citizen Science Wettbewerb Type of project: Individual project
FoodMaps go School - Ein Angebot für digitales, projektorientiertes forschendes Lernen an Schulen (FoodMaps) Duration: 01/05/2025 - 31/05/2028 Funded by: Stiftung der Sparkasse Münsterland-Ost Type of project: Individual project
lnformatics Competencies Oriented Digital Education in Münster (iCODE_ms) Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/03/2026 Funded by: MWIKE NRW - EFRE/JTF-Programm - Pakt für Informatik 2.0, Bundesverband der Schülerlabore e.V. Type of project: Individual project
Verbund - KI: Energie- und ressourceneffiziente künstliche Intelligenz für moderne IoT-Anwendungen (TinyAIoT) Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025 Funded by: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Type of project: Participation in other joint projects
Verkehrswende in Essen - Jugendliche entwickeln mit digitalen Geomedien Konzepte für den Radverkehr in der Ruhrgebietsmetropole (Essen auf Rädern) Duration: 01/12/2022 - 30/12/2025 Funded by: German Federal Environmental Foundation Type of project: Individual project

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Prizes

Citizen Science Wettbewerb 2025 Awarded by: Universitätsstiftung Münster Award given to: Schwering, Angela; Thomas, Selani Announced at: 01/04/2026 \| Date of awarding: 21/04/2026 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Open Data Impact Award 2022 (1st prize) Awarded by: Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V. Award given to: Bartoschek, Thomas; Schwering, Angela; Pesch, Mario Announced at: 07/11/2022 \| Date of awarding: 07/11/2022 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
CeBIT Innovation Award 2017 Awarded by: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung & Deutsche Messe AG Award given to: Bartoschek, Thomas; Schwering, Angela; Wirwahn, Jan Alexander; Pfeil, Matthias; Pape, Gerald; Mukhametov, Sergey; Guntermann, Björn; Pesch, Mario Announced at: 20/03/2017 \| Date of awarding: 20/03/2017 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Second Best Poster Award entiteled: "SketchMapia: a Framework for Qualitative Alignment of Sketch Maps and Metric Maps" Awarded by: AGILE 2015 International Conference in Lisbon, Portugal Award given to: Jan S; Schwering A Date of awarding: 15/06/2015 Type of distinction: Best publication award
Best Poster Award for poster paper entitled "Map-off the city: How uncertain places are represented in sketch maps" Awarded by: AGILE 2015 International Conference in Lisbon, Portugal Award given to: Anacta VJA, Humayun MI, Schwering A Announced at: 12/06/2015 \| Date of awarding: 15/06/2015 Type of distinction: Best publication award

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Doctorates

Analyse semantisch annotierter Trajektorien Candidate: Seep, Jana \| Supervisors: Vahrenhold, Jan \| Reviewers: Vahrenhold, Jan; Schwering, Angela Period of time: 01/11/2017 - 09/02/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Orientation Information in Wayfinding Instructions: Selection and Evaluation of Route Dependent Information for Wayfinding and Orientation Support Candidate: Löwen, Heinrich \| Supervisors: Schwering, Angela Period of time: 01/10/2016 - 28/02/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Cognitive Wayfinding Candidate: Anacta, Vanessa Joy \| Supervisors: Schwering, Angela Period of time: 01/10/2011 - 29/09/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Qualitative Spatial Reasoning and Alignment of objects from Sketch Map and Metric Maps using Qualitative constraint networks Candidate: Jan, Sahib \| Supervisors: Schwering, Angela Period of time: 01/04/2010 - 11/07/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Incorporating Semantics in Vague Place Models Candidate: Humayun, Mohammed Imaduddin \| Supervisors: Schwering, Angela Period of time: 01/05/2010 - 06/07/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster

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