Jan-Erik Stange is a research associate and lecturer at the Urban Complexity Lab at FH Potsdam. His interest lies in textual data visualization, user interface design and storytelling. In his research he works on enhancing reading and interpretation of literature for consumers as well as literary scholars by means of textual data visualization and visual storytelling.

Jan-Erik holds a Bachelor degree in Industrial Design at Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel and a Master degree in Interface Design at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. He has been working for different design agencies and clients in the US and Germany as an employee and a freelance designer in the areas of user experience design, data visualization and information design. Since 2013 he has been working as a data visualization researcher at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, taught several courses and organized a number of workshops on data visualization and storytelling for diverse audiences.