Research Labs

The International Society for the Study of Creativity and Innovation (ISSCI)

How to Join ISSCI as a Research Group?

To join ISSCI as a research group, the ISSCI fellow or full member heading the lab applies with a short description of the lab mission (approximately 50 words) and the names of the lab members, which can include other faculty, graduate students or postdoctoral students. Applications can be submitted to postmaster@issci.online. The description of the lab and the names of the lab members will be listed on this page. ISSCI Fellows and Full Members do not pay membership dues if they belong to member labs. 
Their membershipis covered in the lab dues.

Levels of Membership for Research Labs

There are four levels of membership.

One fellow or full member plus their graduate students or postdoctoral students.
Annual dues: 100€

Up to 4 fellows or full members, and their graduate and post-doc students.
Annual dues: 300€

Up to 8 fellows or full members  plus their graduate and post-doc students working in lab
Under this membership the research group description can be longer. Deluxe lab members can also sponsor or co-organize one ISSCI-promoted event each year based on a topic of lab’s choice.
Annual dues: 600€

More than 8 fellows or full members, plus postdoc and grad students
Annual dues: 900€

Member Research Labs

At the Thinking Skills in School research group, we aim to answer the question: how can thinking skills be effectively and efficiently learned and applied in the classroom to benefit learning both in and beyond school? We primarily study (the interactions between) computational thinking, creativity, curiosity, and metacognition.

Head of Lab: Evelyn Kroesbergen, Mare van Hooijdonk,                                                 

Members: Ard Lazonder , Noortje Janssen, Honghong Bai , Carlijn Veldhorst, Rosanne Sluiter,, Margrit van Ginkel, Desiree Schenkelaars           

The Creativity Assessment Lab at the University of Hildesheim, Germany, develops and evaluates innovative methods for measuring creative potential, processes, behaviors, activities, and achievements. Beyond test development and evaluation of existing tests, we are studying differences within and between individuals through multivariate studies. In these studies, we are using a broad mixture of methods of inquiry, including, but not limited to, computerized assessment, mobile and virtual reality assessments, and AI-supported assessments. Our goal is to advance transparent, psychometrically sound, and ecologically meaningful creativity assessment.                                                                  

Head of Lab: Selina Weiss                                                             

Lab Members: Manuel Rindle, Robin Bosse, and Christian Rominger

Creativity and Art Life Laboratory (CALL) at the University of Tokyo, Japan. We study the process and development of artistic creativity using multi-methods, including field observations, interviews, psychological experiments, and questionnaire surveys. We, for example, focus on questions such as how artists create artworks, how people appreciate art, how people develop art-life and artistic expertise, how artistic creativity can be facilitated, and how the creative self develops through creative activities.

Head of Lab: Chiaki Ishiguro, Co-Director: Takeshi Okada

Lab Members: Kazuki Matsumoto, Yui Hatakeda, Mizuki Harano, Yuki Nyu, Yuko Nakano

The CCL at the University of Graz, Austria, studies creativity with a focus on cognition. For example, we investigate the role of memory, attention, and cognitive control including metacognitive processes in creative ideation. We also examine individual differences in creativity from potential to behavior, conceptions of creativity, and psychometric challenges in creativity assessment. This work employs behavioral, computational, and neuroscientific methods such EEG, MRI, and eye-tracking.

Head of Lab: Mathias Benedek

Lab Members: Simon Ceh, Ziva Korda, Janika Saretzki, Sonja Walcher

As part of the State University of New York, at the Buffalo State campus, the Center’s core thrust is its academic programs offered through the Creativity and Change Leadership Department. Founded by Dr. Alex F. Osborn and Dr. Sidney J. Parnes, for more than half a century, CAI has offered instruction in creativity and stands as the first educational institution in the world to offer graduate-level courses and a master of science in Creativity Studies.  The Center for Applied Imagination offers a robust range of resources and activities, including: the Sidney Parnes Library and Archival Collection (one of the world’s largest collection of creativity texts); conferences and professional development opportunities; a digital collection of audio recordings of some of the key pioneers in the field of creativity; and, one of our greatest resources, our family of more than 800 alumni. 

Head of Lab: Gerard Puccio

Institute Members:  John Cabra, Molly Holinger, Melodi Ozyaprak

The DoC Lab research activities are mainly focused on the understanding of the psychological mechanisms at the basis of the creative thinking process dynamics. Creative thinking is conceived in the DoC Lab as a complex system emerging from the interactive relationships between cognitive, emotional, personality and contextual factors. The creative thinking process is explored through different research lines and methodological approaches aimed at understanding the creative dynamics from a multivariate point of view. The DoC Lab is based at the University of Trieste (Italy), but it is grounded on international and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Head of Lab: Sergio Agnoli

Lab Members: Kirill Miroshnik,  Cecilia Segatta, Lorenzo Campidelli, Leonardo Cerioni, Enrico Nappi   

Established in 1992, the Edward de Bono Institute for Creative Thinking & Innovation serves as a centre dedicated to advancing the study and practice of transversal skills.

The Institute offers a range of academic programmes, including:
  • A Master in Creativity and Innovation
  • A PhD programme
  • An Undergraduate Diploma in Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
These programmes are designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to generate, manage, and implement innovative ideas across a variety of sectors.
The Institute’s core focus areas include:
  • Creativity – cultivating idea generation through structured and lateral thinking tools
  • Innovation Management – turning creative insights into real-world applications
  • Entrepreneurship – encouraging initiative, adaptability, and impact
  • Futures Studies (Foresight) – exploring future scenarios to inform present decision-making
  • Critical Thinking – developing the ability to analyse, evaluate, and reason effectively
The Institute also engages in public outreach, EU-funded research projects, and events such as World Creativity and Innovation Week/Day and Global Entrepreneurship Week.


Head of Lab: Margaret Mangion, 

Institute Members: Leonie Baldacchino, Petra Caruana Dingli, Lisa Pace, Michela Debono

The Institute on Creativity and Innovations of Aix-Marseille (InCIAM) conducts multidisciplinary work focusing on both fundamental and applied research objectives, in connection with the socio-economic and cultural world. It comprises 17 research laboratories, 16 master’s trainings and 7 doctoral schools in Aix-Marseille University.
 

InCIAM is aimed at the understanding of the dynamics, factors and conditions that influence creative and innovation processes and/or the development of creative productions and innovations adapted to individuals and organizations. The thematic research axes developed in the institute are: (1) Creative and Innovation Processes: Epistemology and genetics of creative productions; Understanding and assisting creative and innovation processes; Analysis and support for creative and cultural industries; and (2) Development of innovations in different fields of application : Health; Education; Work; and (3) Research, creation, and protection in dialogue with the socio-economic and cultural world: Entrepreneurial, artistic, and prospective support; Digital, Cybercreativity, and Cybersecurity; Arts and Sciences.

Head and founder of Institute: Nathalie Bonnardel
 

Members of InCIAM executive committee: Nathalie Bonnardel (director), Sandrine Eschenauer (deputy director for research), Fabien Girandola (deputy director for training), Agnès Lellouche-Gounon (project manager), Cynthia Lopez-Bagousse (CreaLab engineer).

Members:  Bonnardel Nathalie, Caillet Victoria, Celume Macarena-Paz (Mathilde), Girandola Fabien, Hemonnet Aurélie, Hubert Cédric, Impedovo Maria, Lellouche-Gounon Agnès, Lopez-Bagousse Cynthia, Magrin-Chagnolleau Ivan, Marcon Maejda, Mendez Ariel, Serrano Archimi Carolina, Tortochot Eric, Toumi Karima.

The research conducted in the Creativity, Innovation and Leadership Assessment (CILA) lab focuses on creativity and innovation at the individual and team level. Research projects focus on understanding the cognitive processes at the individual and team level, social processes, and personality and motivational factors that influence the creative problem-solving process. The goal of all of the research is to develop practices that can facilitate creativity and innovation in organizations.

Head of Lab: Roni Reiter-Palmon

Lab Members: Kenya Faith, Mensah Houinsou , Cody Knight, Sanaa Ahmed Kripal,  Averie Linnel, Vignesh Murugavel, Aman Poddar

The ICI of Germany strives to reunite creativity and innovation, combining knowledge and studies about creativity and innovation in order to promote a holistic understanding of the antecedents, development and management of creativity and innovation at both individual and organizational levels. To achieve these goals, the ICI takes an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach, integrating perspectives and experiences of both academics and practitioners from different disciplines and across cultures.

Head of Institute: Min Tang, Christian H. Werner

Institute Members: Joel Schmidt, Sebastian Hofreiter, Michael Neuwirth, Timo Hinrichsen, Tanvika Mishra, Matthias Schneider

The LaPEA lab unites researchers in psychology and ergonomics. Creativity and Innovation are part of the lab’s main topics. Based on the 7 C’s of creativity ( Creators, Creating, Collaborations, Contexts, Creations, Consumption, Curricula), interactions between the different Cs are studied, often from an individual differences perspective. For example, for Creators and Creating, the interaction between the inter- or intra-individual differences of agents (characteristics, expertise, personality) and the creative process is examined. Another example is the interaction between Creators*Consumption, which is the study of the interaction between inter- or intra-individual differences of agents (users) and the use, acceptance, adoption, and rejection of innovation, creative diversions, etc. Applied domains at laPEA focus on education, workplace and mobility.
 
In the educational domain, objective is to observe the creative process of young students within the framework of their compulsory education. We will thus identify the key factors to facilitate the progression of the creative process. Then, in a second phase, we plan to develop training programs and resources aimed at teachers specializing in creativity.
 
In the field of work and organizations, our goal is to study and analyze the sociocognitive and emotional processes of teams and groups, in order to identify or create the conditions that favor optimal creative collaborations. This issue includes the analysis of computer-mediated communication situations and remote work. It aims to strategically use the specificities of online communications and virtual environments to bring together collaborators, whether they are geographically distant or not, and to stimulate creative performances.
Concerning mobility and transport, another focus at LaPEA, we investigate (a) support for user participation in the production of creative solutions for mobility, the development of new, more inclusive innovation methods, and (b) the impact of innovation on mobility behaviors, on the acceptance, appropriation, or rejection of these innovations.


Head of Lab: Aurélie Dommes,  co-director : Julie Collange, Todd Lubart

Institute Members: Marion Botella, Jean-Marie Burkhardt, Xavier Caroff, Catherine Gabaude, Caroline Lafforet, Jiayin Liu, Anne-Carole Loignon, Dimitris Grammenos,  Gabriele Stella, Maria Wojewoda, Florent Vinchon, Franck Zenasni

The Marconi Institute for Creativity (MIC) was founded by Prof. Corazza in 2011, as a joint initiative of the University of Bologna and of the Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi, aiming at contributing to the scientific understanding of creativity at all levels. MIC works on three pillars: 1) Scientific research, based on the development of the Dynamic Creativity Framework; 2) Education, based on courses in Cyber-Creativity and Innovation at the University of Bologna and Bologna Business School; 3) Application, as a form of consultancy to companies interested radical innovation.

Head of Lab: Giovanni Emanuele Corazza

Institute Members: Angela Faiella , Mario Mirabile

This group is dedicated to the study of creativity as distributed, complex systems from which novel ideas emerge, are evaluated and integrated into both personal points of view and group and societal practices. The lab uses a variety of methods with emphasis on case study research.

Head of Lab: Michael Hanchett Hanson

Lab Members: Ann Amato, Ana Inés Jorge Artigau,  Joseph I. Eisman, Jennifer Ruth Hoyden, Sam Piede, Stella Wasenitz, Yun Yang

The Human Technologies Lab is an interdisciplinary lab where psychologists, computer scientists, engineers, and designers engage in collaborative research and co-creation processes. Located at the Faculty of Engineering, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy), the lab fosters a dynamic exchange of ideas, methods, and perspectives across disciplines to address challenges at the intersection of humanity and technology. It investigates how societies and technologies shape each other while addressing ethical, societal, and technological challenges arising from human-machine coexistence, both now and in the future. With regard to creativity, the lab explores the relationship between creativity and Generative AI, focusing on scientific and artistic implications, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Head of Lab: De Angeli Antonella

Lab Members: Domanti Umberto, Bermúdez Chinea Julio Daniel, Simeoni Federico, Grigis Paolo, Rezzani Andrea, Bomba Federico, Cremaschi Michele, Dorfmann Max, María Menéndez-Blanco

This research team aims to cultivate top innovative talents and focuses on teaching and learning, creativity, teacher development, and other issues. The team is responsible for the formulation of relevant national policies and standards and has made influential studies worldwide. Based on the mayor demands to nurture innovative talents, the creativity research team has conducted two aspects in depth: research on the Growth Lab of Innovation Talents and research on the Innovative Talent Training Model.

Head of Lab: Weiping Hu

Lab Members: Xinfa Yi, Haijun Duan, Yadan Li, Zhongling Pi, Wei Wang, Xinyi Li, Shuoqi Xiang, Huizhi Bai, Yifan Wang, Lan Jiang, Jinglin Li.

The Center for Hybrid Intelligence is an interdisciplinary collaborative lab located at the Department of Management, School of Business and Social Science, Aarhus University (Denmark). The center is dedicated to exploring the synergies between human and machine intelligence. Through scientific research, digital game development, and education tools, they aim to address complex problems. They emphasize the importance of putting people first in the development of new technologies and fostering a symbiosis between humanity and technology.
With respect to creativity their work includes: computational co-creativity and human-computer interaction, co-creativity for social good, psychometric assessment of creativity using artificial intelligence and digital games, the role of generative AI in creative professional spaces and businesses.

Head of Lab: Jacob Sherson (professor, founder, director) Janet Rafner (Postdoc, Jr. Center director)

Lab members: Blanka Zana (research assistant), Safinaz Büyükgüzel (Postdoc), Ida Bang Hansen (research assistant)

The Centre for Research and Promotion of Giftedness (CRSN) at the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, established in 2010, is a national and international hub for advancing gifted education. Drawing on research and evidence-based practices from the Slovenian context, it supports teacher professionalism, develops innovative approaches to identifying and cultivating (creative) potential, and advocates for systemic improvements across all educational levels. As an active member of the European Talent Support Network (ETSN), the CRSN collaborates globally on research, policy, and advocacy, contributing to key publications and international statements, including the Top 20 Principles from Psychology for PreK–12 Creative, Talented, and Gifted Students’ Teaching and Learning (American Psychological Association) and the Global Principles for Professional Learning in Gifted Education (World Council for Gifted and Talented Children). Guided by Slovenia’s White Paper on Education (2011), its mission focuses on fostering the psychosocial and academic development of gifted learners, supporting their career pathways beyond compulsory schooling, and preparing them for responsible, engaged citizenship.

For more information, visit https://www.pef.uni-lj.si/raziskanje-in-umetnost/crsn/

Head of Lab: Mojca Juriševič

Lab members at Large: Mojca Čepič, Iztok Devetak, Vesna Ferk Savec, Tjaša Filipčič, Črtomir Frelih, Boštjan Kuzman, Tomaž Petek, Karmen Pižorn, Neža Podlogar, Branka Potočnik, Miha Slapničar, Darija Skubic, Alenka Vidrih, Janez Vogrinc, Gregor Torkar.

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