Geogr., M. Sc.
Jan Misera
(He, him)
PhD Candidate, Researcher
Jan Misera is a human geographer who is interested in the politics and practices of in/visibility and how socio-political processes influence the visuality of public spaces.
He works in the research project Enabling Spaces of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), where he focuses on how young people with disabilitiesaffectively and emotionally experience their entangled social, material, and digital everyday public spaces. In his research, he integrates digital, visual and more-than-representational methods such as mobile eye-tracking, into qualitative research designs.
He is a PhD candidate in the Geography Department at the University of Heidelberg and works as a scientific writing advisor at the University ofInnsbruck. While working as a research associate at the University of Innsbruck, he has taught a variety of courses at different study levels.
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Research Foci
At a Glance
Regional
Europe (Austria, Germany)
Thematic
Political geographies
Digital geographies
Geographies of Disability
Concepts & Theories
(Critical) neuro-geographies
More-than-representational theories
(Critical) visual geographies
Politics of in/visibility
Intersectionality
Methods
Mixed-methods
Visual methods
Participatory methods
More-than-representational methods
Academic Career
Positions:
2025 – present → PhD Candidate in the Geography Department at the University of Heidelberg
2022 – 2025 → PhD Candidate at the Institute of Geography at the University of Innsbruck
2021 – present → writing tutor at the writing center (Schreibzentrum) of the University of Innsbruck
Degrees:
2022 → Master of Science (“Geography”), University of Innsbruck, passed with distinction (1,0)
Title of thesis: Geographical perspectives to mobile eye-tracking. A critical reflection of the study-specific development of a mobile eye-tracking analysis approach.
Biosphere Reserves as drivers of regional governance? Communication challenges within the UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Engiadina Val Müstair (Switzerland) and Schwäbische Alb (Germany).
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Baumgartner, J., E. Kuntner, J. Melchert, J. Misera, C. Sauerwein-Schlosser, C. Schleyer and N. Unthan (2022)
Link to article (DOI)
Journal Articles:
Bork-Hüffer, T., Misera, J., Melchert, J., & Pykett, J. (2025): Entanglements of Dis:abilities and Technologies in Public Space and Life: Insights from a Mobile and Visual Methods Study Including Video-Based Mobile Eye-Tracking. In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2025.2528940
Misera, J., Melchert, J., & Bork-Hüffer, T. (2024). Biosensing and Biosensors—Terminologies, Technologies, Theories and Ethics. Geography Compass, 18(11), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.70007
Baumgartner, J., E. Kuntner, J. Melchert, J. Misera, C. Sauerwein-Schlosser, C. Schleyer and N. Unthan (2022). Biosphere Reserves as drivers of regional governance? Communication challenges within the UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Engiadina Val Müstair (Switzerland) and Schwäbische Alb (Germany). eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research), 15(1), pp. 4–10. doi:10.1553/eco.mont-15-1s4
Symposium Proceedings:
Ergler, C., van Beusekom, F., Misera, J., Melchert, J., & Bork-Hüffer, T. (Hrsg.) (2025). Doing research co-productively, inclusively or participatorily: Motivations, Practices, Challenges. Symposium proceedings.
About Me
I am PhD candidate at the Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck. After completing my bachelor’s degree at the Goethe University Frankfurt and already during my master studies at the University of Innsbruck as part of the DigitAs project, I found interest in the adaption and development of experimental methodologies for geographical use, especially by integrating biosensing technologies such as mobile eye-tracking.
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