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Junior professorship of spatial cognition (Prof. Krukar)

Status: Organisation is active
Address: 
Heisenbergstr. 2
48149 Münster
Germany

Publications

Interpreting Architectural Drawings: The Role of Gaze and Gestures in Cognitive Offloading
Park Y; Krukar J; Brösamle M; Gero J; Hölscher C (2026)
In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 40(1), e70127. doi:10.1002/acp.70127
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
3D environments require 3D visualisations: the limitations of 2D sketch maps in capturing spatial knowledge
Krukar, J.; Aly, A.; Baecker, L.; Heming, L. M.; Zhao, J,; Schwering, A (2026)
In: International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 1-33. doi:10.1080/13658816.2026.2684650
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
How Floor Rotation Fragments 3D Cognitive Maps
Raja A.V.; Xiao T.; Raubal M.; Schwering A.; Krukar J. (2026)
In: Farran, Emily; Schwering, Angela; Schinazi, Victor R.; Parkinson, Jack (eds.), Spatial Cognition XIV, 157-172. Cham: Springer Science+Business Media. doi:10.1007/978-3-032-36716-7_11
Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Peer reviewed | Published
Understanding Building Layouts from Minimal 360° Views: Effects of Viewpoint Overlap, Sequencing, and Landmarks
Aly A.; Krukar J. (2026)
In: Timpf, Sabine; Filomena, Gabriele; Kapaj, Armand; Zhu, Rui; Giudice, Nicholas A.; Manley, Ed (eds.), 17th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2026), 9:1-9:23. Dagstuhl: Dagstuhl Publishing. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2026.9
Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | 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
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Projects

Spatial and Architectural Evidence from Movement-aware Eye-tracking (SPACE-EYE)
Duration: 01/03/2026 - 28/02/2029 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
In-and-Out: A cognitively-grounded integration of indoor and outdoor spatial computing
Duration: 01/02/2025 - 31/01/2028 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project

Awards

Early-stage career development bursary 2023 in the category: Best Poster Award (3rd prize)
Awarded by: Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE)
Award given to: Schwering, Angela; Krukar, Jakub
Announced at: 01/01/2023 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2023
Type of distinction: Best publication award

Vorträge

From spatial cognition to evidence-based architecture: Bridging psychology, computation, and design
Krukar, Jakub (18/03/2025)
ETH Behavioral Studies Colloquium, ETH Zurich
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Advancing the ecological validity of architectural cognition
Krukar, Jakub (06/05/2024)
Global Seminar, Future Cities Lab Singapore and ETH Zurich
Type of talk: scientific Talk

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