Portfolio
Web Development | Product Design & UX | Data Visualization | Data Engineering | Tech Management | OSINT Tooling | Geocomputation
Telegram: Chronology of a Radicalization
Concept, UX design, and implementation of a multi-chapter interactive storytelling report. Built with Svelte, Astro and Notion API (CMS). Visual design by https://www.parat.cc/

Website DataViz Facilitation UX Design Scrollytelling
Academic Freedom Index
Concept, design, and implementation of a semi-static, self-updating website with https://astro.build/, Svelte, and D3. The Hero is an interactive D3-based globe that displays the current Index results in a tooltip. A modal renders time-series data (1900-2022) for 6 metrics. Data is fetched on-demand. Charts can be exported as hi-res screenshots.

Website DataViz Facilitation UX Design
Afrozensus Data Explorer
Concept, design, and implementation of a feature-rich full-stack Web App for the Afrozensus survey. Users can explore survey results and group/facet single survey items with socio-demographic variables. Built with SvelteKit, Supabase and a D3 flavour. Data is queried from a Postgres DB. Data engineering by https://twitter.com/lisa_reiber.

Website Fullstack DataViz App Facilitation UX Design
Follow the Money - Crisis Spending Report
6 double-paged infographics composed of 78 charts; 12 standalone charts of various types; produced with R & Affinity Designer

DataViz Mapping Print
Democratic Innovations to Youth Work
Multi-language website built with Svelte, Astro and Notion API (CMS).

Website Facilitation UX Design
Network Analysis App
Design and development of an interactive Svelte-based standalone module, integrated into a legacy (non-JS) application. Dynamically renders 500+ nodes and 1K+ edges. Receives and sends events to interact with the parent application.

App DataViz UX Design
Der Spiegel: DAX Stock Game
Implementation of a Svelte-based interactive feature to explore historical DAX stock market data.

Feature DataViz
Der Spiegel: Bar Chart Race
Implementation of a Svelte-based feature which combines scrollytelling with a bar chart race (bars grow and shrink based on scroll progress and swap positions depending on their rank).

Feature
Map for FES Afghanistan
Leaflet map which displays region-specific sections of a written report in a multi-tab pop-up.

Feature Mapping UX Design
Afrozensus Website
Design and development of the official website of the Afrozensus project and the 2020 Report. The report is presented with a 2-part scrollytelling feature. SSR, built with SvelteKit & Svelte Scroller.

Website Scrollytelling Facilitation UX Design
Berlin-O-Mat: Berlin 2021 Elections
Joint web project with Tagesspiegel and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin for the 2021 State-level (Berlin) and local-level (boroughs) election. Hybrid voting advice application with a two-layered data model.

Feature App
Follow The Money - Web Feature
Compagnon website for a research report. Scrollytelling + animated SVGs to narrate the executive summary.

Website DataViz Scrollytelling Mapping UX Design
Militias in Afghanistan - Case Study Maps & Charts
Code-generated multi-layered case study maps based on UN HDX geodata and DIY hillshaded elevation data (rayshader & NASA SRTM). A single parameterized R template that was rendered for 5 case study maps.

Infographic Mapping DataViz
Chemical Weapons - Web Project
My first end-to-end product journey (concept, design, implementation, data pre-processing). Feature-rich static website for a multi-chapter essay & an interactive data portal. Months of intense design and development work. Features: map-based scrollytelling, case study components, timeline, audio snippets.

Website Scrollytelling Facilitation UX Design
Chemical Weapons - Data Portal
Interactive map & data table view with dynamic filtering, incident clustering, and incident cards. Made with leaflet, crossfilter, dataTables, and a bit of D3. The data is auto-fed via a CI/CD-based end-to-end data pipeline.

Website App DataViz Mapping UX Design
Nowhere to Hide Report
Three case study maps, highlighting changes in territorial control during selected campaigns of chemical attacks. Two styleguide-compliant bicolor schemes represent gains/losses by rebels and state/regime actors. A full-page illustration outlines the deadly path of a helicopter regiment.

Mapping DataViz Print
Data Engineering & CI/CD - Workshop
Introduction to data-centric DevOps & CI/CD. Hands-on workshop on implementing a ETL data pipeline with R & GitLab CI/CD.

Workshop
Design Thinking / Product Vision / Storytelling Sprints
I have successfully facilitated Design Thinking and Product Vision workshops with participants from academia, NGOs and policy. Together, we were able to make the abstract become manifest and actionable.

Workshop
Information Security 101 - Talk/Workshop
360° introduction to individual and organizational risks and mitigation strategies for not-for-profit organisations.

Workshop
Human Centred Design & Design Processes - Talk
Introduction to the "Why" & "How" of designing for usability. Focus is on understanding and feasibility from a non-profit persepctive.

Workshop
Krieg vor der Haustür
Colored regional map for the book's front matter, picking up the hue from the book's cover theme. Three tile-sized maps for the back matter, zooming in on single states and subregions.

Mapping Print
China's Silk Road
A full-paged b/w regional map of Asia, including the challenge of emphasizing four subregions.

Print Mapping
Urban Spaces
Conception, technical project coordination, and content implementation of an online-first research paper design, complemented by a regular print product. This pilot involved a team of 30 people, and took more than one year from the first workshop to launch.

Project Management