Till Nagel

Dr. Till Nagel is a Research Professor of Visual Analytics at the Technische Hochschule Mannheim, where he leads the Human Data Interaction Lab. The lab explores how interactive data representations can support diverse audiences and foster meaningful engagement with data. His work bridges information visualization, interaction design, and data literacy through public exhibitions, participatory workshops, and structured approaches to visualization design. His applied research focuses on urban and mobility data, healthcare contexts, and cultural heritage. He is co-editor of the book Making with Data (2023).

Dr. Nagel is member of the Advisory Board of the ESPRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diversity in Data Visualization, the Center of Applied Research (BW-CAR) of the Baden-Württemberg Doctoral Association of Universities of Applied Sciences, and an associated member of the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University.

Dr. Nagel received his PhD at the Human Computer Interaction group at KU Leuven. He was a visiting scholar at the MIT Senseable City Lab (2011), and at the National University of Singapore (2011-2012), a postdoctoral fellow at the FHP Urban Complexity Lab, and a guest professor at Burg Giebichenstein University of Arts and Design Halle. He served as General Chair of the IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP) 2018 and 2019, and on the VISAP Steering Committee from 2020-2024. His projects have been exhibited internationally, including at Venice Biennale of Architecture, the Shanghai Design Exhibition, and the National Museum of Singapore, and featured in The Guardian, Esquire, and Süddeutsche Zeitung.