As a fellow scholar on the Erasmus Mundus Cartography M.Sc., Iaroslav Boretskii studied Cartography, Geoinformatics and Graphic Design over four consecutive semesters at Technical University Munich (TUM), Technische Universität Wien (TUW), Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), and the University of Twente (ITC Department). He wrote his Master’s thesis on a data visualisation suggestion system for the Sustainable Development Goals. In summer 2022, he also participated in an Advanced Data Journalism Workshop for Eastern European Journalists organised by Interlink.Academy in Hamburg.

Iaroslav’s work interests include visual communication, data journalism, infographics, multimedia cartography and interactive data-driven visualisations, particularly in relation to social and economic geography, demographics, sustainable development and geopolitics.