Michal Rzeszewski is an associate professor at the Faculty of Human Geography and Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, where he explores various configurations, geographies and cyberscapes of geospatial technologies, social processes, and virtual/mixed and augmented realities. He is the head of the Critical Geography Research Unit and Principal Investigator in the Augmented City Project funded by the Polish National Science Centre.
His background is within Earth Sciences, where he got Ph.D by doing geochemical and sedimentological analysis of backbarier marshes and tsunami deposits. In 2011 he chose to pursue his interest in GIS, web cartography, and social sciences, which resulted in research and publications focusing on the critical approach to geosocial media. He recently became involved in digital geography research, where he studied the interlinks between space and place perception and virtual and augmented reality technologies. His scientific interests also include relationships between software, code, and space.
His research draws on Critical GIS, media and communication studies, human-computer interaction, and philosophy of technology. Michal also works on developing web-based participatory mapping tools that can be used to further the public’s engagement in urban planning processes in the context of smart city agenda.