Interdisciplinary research lab in data visualization and HCI at the University of Edinburgh.
Publications - Teaching - News
Resources - Outreach - Get in touch
Follow us on LinkedIn
The VisHub is an interdisciplinary research lab and hub for teaching, collaboration, and outreach around data visualization hosted by the Institute for Design Informatics and the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. We research creative methods for interactive, exploratory and explanatory data visualizations across domains and environments. Our goal is to make data visualization and data analytics understandable by everyone.
News
- Jun 2026: We are hosting a new Edinburgh Visualisation Meetup on Visualizing Climate Change!
- Jan 2026: Christina Stoiber is visiting our lab for six weeks. Welcome!
- July 2025: Jenny Long exhibited her Build and Connect Puzzle Physicalization at the Glasgow Women’s Library.
- Jul 2025: Sarah Schöttler passed her PhD Viva and is joining the Visualization Cluster at TU Eindhoven as an Assistant Professor. Congratulation!
- May 2025: Dushani Perera, Dorsey Kaufmann, Uta Hinrichs and team had their workshop accepted in Eurovis 2025, titled “Grasping Data Through Play: Exploring Co-Design Activities for Children’s Engagement with Personal Data”.
- May 2025: Sarah Dunn won the first place prize at the CHI student competition for her work on Personalised Health Data comics.
Projects
Events
The monthly data vis meetup in Edinburgh, co-organized by the VisHub, open to everyone and featuring talks about visualization. Currently 1200+ members.