I am a Junior Professor in Spatial Cognition - a branch of cognitive science studying how people think about, think in, and think with space. My background and approach are interdisciplinary, with an MA in psychology, a PhD from a department of architecture, and postdoctoral experience in geoinformatics. Methods I work with include virtual reality, mobile eye-tracking, spatial computation, Bayesian statistics, and architectural theory of Space Syntax. I am based at the Institute for Geoinformatics in Münster, Germany. I also enjoyed a tenure as a Visiting Fellow at Future Cities Lab in Singapore. Prior to that I was at Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK.

A STIMULATING MUSEUM SPACE: ‘Glancing away’ and engaging working memory in-between exhibits Krukar J. (2024) In: Peponis John (eds.), Museum Configurations: an Inquiry into the Design of Spatial Syntaxes. Oxon, UK: Routledge. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
HabiTech: Inhabiting Buildings, Data & Technology Krukar J.; Dalton R.; Hoelscher C.; Dalton N.S.; Veddeler C.; Wiberg M. (2024) In: Florian Floyd Mueller, Penny Kyburz, Julie R. Williamson, Corina Sas (eds.), CHI EA '24: Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM Press. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
An algorithmic approach to detect generalization in sketch maps from sketch map alignment Manivannan C.; Krukar J.; Schwering A. (2024) In: PloS one, 19 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
VResin: Externalizing spatial memory into 3D sketch maps Xiao T.; Kim K.G.; Krukar J.; Subramaniyan R.; Kiefer P.; Schwering A.; Raubal M. (2024) In: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 190 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
An Exploratory Study of Models of Mobile Map User Experience Eine explorative Studie über Modelle der Nutzererfahrung bei mobilen Karten Somaskantharajan S.; Degbelo A.; Krukar J. (2023) In: KN - Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information, 0 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)

3D Sketch Maps Duration: 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Funded by: Swiss National Science Foundation Type of project: Individual project
Individualisierung in sich ändernden Umwelten (InChangE) Duration: 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2024 Funded by: MKW - Förderlinie "Profilbildung" Type of project: Participation in other joint projects
Wayfinding through Orientation (WayTo) Duration: 01/09/2015 - 31/03/2021 Funded by: EC FP 7 - ERC Starting Grant Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster
Besucherverhalten in Museen Duration: 01/04/2015 - 31/12/2023 Type of project: Own resources project

Rethinking wayfinding support systems: Wayfinding through orientation Krukar, Jakub (19/07/2018) Seminar, Center of Cognitive Science Type of talk: scientific talk
Rethinking Research: Experimental Approaches and Methods in the Art Museum. Krukar Jakub (08/06/2015) Rethinking Research: Experimental Approaches and Methods in the Art Museum., Tate Gallery, London Type of talk: scientific talk
"Walk, Look, Remember - The Influence of Spatial Layout on Human Attention and Memory of Art Exhibits" Krukar Jakub (22/05/2015) Seminar, Center for Cognitive Science, Uni Freiburg Type of talk: scientific talk