Why Join ISSCI?
ISSCI is a non-profit organization that brings together leading researchers in creativity and innovation from around the world. Our mission is to enable and facilitate scientific, cross-disciplinary and cross-national research on creativity and innovation. By joining ISSCI, you become part of a vibrant network dedicated to advancing knowledge and fostering collaboration.
Current Benefits
- Part of the ISSCI network, recognition on the ISSCI website (Junior, Associate, Full, Fellow, Lab)
- Participation in ‘restricted access’ ISSCI focused conferences or in publications (e.g. Edited book) (Junior, Associate, Full, Fellow, Lab)
- Discounts on conference registrations for events associated with ISSCI (Junior, Associate, Full, Fellow, Lab)
Future Benefits
- Access to educational materials (Junior, Associate, Full, Fellow, Lab)
- Access to Ph.D and post-doc exchanges or fellowships within ISSCI network (or funded/facilitated by ISSCI) (Junior, Associate, Full, Fellow, Lab)
- Participation as a partner of research project (Junior, Associate, Full, Fellow, Lab)
- Proposal of a research project- (looking for partners in ISSCI) (Full, Fellow, Lab)
- Organization of a conference event ISSCI (Fellow, Lab)
- Lead an ISSCI research or educational initiative (Fellow, Lab)
Membership Overview
Fellows
Leonie Baldacchino (Malta)
Baptiste Barbot (Belgium)
Mark Batey (UK)
Roger Beaty (USA)
Ron Beghetto (USA)
Mathias Benedek (Austria)
Maud Besançon (France)
Nathalie Bonnardel (France)
Pamela Burnard (UK)
Shelley Carson (USA)
Edward Clapp (USA)
Giovanni Emanuele Corazza (Italy)
David Cropley (Australia)
Frédéric Darbellay (Switzerland)
Carsten Deckert (Germany)
Haijun Duan (China)
Denis Dumas (USA)
Gregory Feist (USA)
Denise Fleith (Brazil)
John Gero (USA)
Isaac Getz (France)
Kenneth Gilhooly (UK)
Vlad Glaveanu (Ireland)
Thalia Goldstein (USA)
Adam Green (USA)
Elena Grigorenko (USA)
Michael Hanchett Hanson (USA)
Weiping Hu (China)
Samuel Hunter (USA)
Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (USA)
Jennifer Katz-Buonincontro (USA)
Todd Kettler (USA)
Anatoliy Kharkhurin (Russia)
John Kounios (USA)
Maciek Karwowski (Poland)
Izabela Lebuda (Poland)
Kyunghwa Lee (South Korea)
Bill Lucas (UK)
Todd Lubart (France)
Ella Miron-Spektor (France)
Michael Mumford (USA)
Takeshi Okada (Japan)
Jonathan Plucker (USA)
David Preiss (Chile)
Jean Pretz (USA)
Gerard Puccio (USA)
Roni Reiter-Palmon (USA)
Sally Reis (USA)
Joseph Renzulli (USA)
Manuela Romo (Spain)
Mark Runco (USA)
Sandra Russ (USA)
Ugur Sak (Turkey)
Keith Sawyer (USA)
Christina Shalley (USA)
Paul Silvia (USA)
Dean Keith Simonton (USA)
Paul Sowden (UK)
Robert Sternberg (USA)
Min Tang (Switzerland / Germany)
Pablo Tinio (USA)
Dmitry Ushakov (Russia)
Oshin Vartanian (USA)
Thomas Ward (USA)
Solange Wechsler (Brazil)
Dimitrios Zbainos (Greece)
Franck Zenasni (France)
Yong Zeng (Canada)
Full Members
Well-recognized contribution in the field with at least 5 publications on creativity or innovation
Selcuk Acar (USA)
Sergio Agnoli (Italy)
Ahmed Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Vicente Alfonso-Benlliure (Spain)
Ross Anderson (USA)
Alessandro Antonietti (Italy)
Lionel Artige (Belgium)
Hemonnet Aurélie
Bahadir Ayas (Turkey)
Honghong Bai (Netherlands)
Eniko Bereczki (Hungary)
Asdrubal Borges Formiga Sobrinho (Brazil)
Marion Botella (France)
Samira Bourgeois-Bougrine (France)
John Cabra (USA)
Anaelle Camarda (France)
Xavier Caroff (France)
Mathieu Cassotti (France)
Joel Chan (USA)
Qunlin Chen (China)
Evangelia Chrysikou (USA)
Kaija Collin (Finland)
Rodica Damien (USA)
Paulo Gomes de Sousa Filho (Brazil)
John Didier (Switzerland)
Jennifer Drake (USA)
Girandola Fabien
Eliana Farias (Brazil)
Colin Fisher (UK)
Boris Forthmann (Germany)
Andrea Gaggioli (Italy)
Thomas Gillier (France)
George Georgiou (UK)
Jacek Gralewski (Poland)
Magdalena Grohman (USA)
Sarah Harvey (UK)
Jessica Hoffmann (USA)
Claude Houssemand (Luxembourg)
Chiaki Ishiguro (Japan)
Ana Inès Jorge Artigau (Argentina)
JuSung Jun (South Korea)
Mojca Jurisevic (Slovenia)
Hansika Kapoor (India)
Yoed Kenett (Israel)
Evelyn Kroesbergen (Netherlands)
Yadan Li (China)
Darko Loncaric (Croatia)
Haiying Long (USA)
Claudio Lucchiari (Italy)
Margaret Mangion (Malta)
Alexander McKay (USA)
Margaret McVeigh (Australia)
Kelsey Medieros (USA)
Angie Miller (USA)
Kazuhisa Miwa (Japan)
Kumiyo Nakakoji (Japan)
Ingunn Ness (Norway)
Felix-Kingsley Obialo (Nigeria)
Alexandre Oboeuf (France)
Paraskevas Petro (Netherlands)
Connie Phelps (USA)
Zhongling Pi (China)
Rogelio Puente-Diaz (Mexico)
Jeb Puryear (USA)
Janet Rafner (Denmark)
Vincent Ribière (Thailand)
Xavier Robichaud (Canada)
Wendy Ross (UK)
Christian Schunn (USA)
Jacob Sherson (Denmark)
Daichi Shimizu (Japan)
Heather Snyder (USA)
Martin Storme (France)
Katya Stoycheva (Bulgaria)
Andrea Surovek (USA)
Branden Thornhill-Miller (France)
Catrinel Tromp (USA)
Kamila Urban (Czech Republic)
Marek Urban (Czech Republic)
Frederic Vallee-Tourangeau (UK)
Indre Viskontas (USA)
Emmanuelle Volle (France)
Benjamin Voyer (UK)
Ewa Wisniewska (Poland)
Xinfa Yi (China)
Sawako Yokochi (Japan)
Darya Zabelina (USA)
Associate Members
Scholars working on creativity-related topics, although it is not necessarily their main theme. Productions may be oriented towards valorisation of creativity or innovation research (academic papers, non-profit organization reports, journalistic papers, TV, business journals, newsletters, etc.)
Valentin Cela (Albania)
Antonella DiAngelo (Italy)
Radosveta Dimitrova (Sweden)
Sandrine Eschenauer (France)
Maria Impedovo (France)
Teresa Lawrence (US Virgin Islands)
Ivan Mangrin-Chagnolleau (France)
Ariel Mendez (France)
Maria Menendez-Blanco (Italy)
Cícero Moraes (Brazil)
Tom Omerod (UK)
Carolina Serrano-Archimi (France)
Eric Tortochot (France)
Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin (OECD, France)
Wei Wang (China)
Junior Members
Paula Alvarez-Huerta (Spain)
Anna Amato (USA)
Coffi Roger Anoumou (Benin)
Megan Atha (USA)
Huizhi Bai (China)
Amaia Guridi Bikuna (Spain)
Gregory Boldt (USA)
Frederico Bomba (Italy)
Sandrine Bourrain (France)
Carmen Bruno (Italy)
Safinaz Büyükgüzel (Denmark)
Victoria Caillet (France)
David Camilleri (Australia)
Antonio Caragliano (Italy)
Simon Ceh (Austria)
Irene Coletto (Italy)
Fiona Couillard (Canada)
Carolina Cuesta Hincapie (USA)
Michele Cremaschi (Italy)
Nicole Derikx (Netherlands)
Eleonora Diletta (Italy)
Sandra Dingli (Malta)
Petra Carolina Dingli (Malta)
Umberto Domanti (Italy)
Max Dorfmann (Italy)
Arnav Durani (India)
Joseph I. Eisman (USA)
Trina Emler (USA)
Angela Lynette Faiella (Italy)
Kenya Faith (USA)
Cyrille Feybesse (France)
Alessandra D. G. Freitas (Brazil)
Giulia Fusi (Italy)
David Gianos (USA)
Tim George (USA)
Joshua Germer (USA)
Katusha Gerardini 8(Italy)
Paul Grigas (Italy)
Dominik Golab (Belgium)
Agata Groyecka-Bernard (Poland)
Jean-Christophe Goulet-Pelletier (Canada)
Eliana Grossman (USA)
Dimitris Grammenos (Greece)
Alla Gubenko (USA)
Jennifer Haase (Germany)
Edith Haim (Italy)
Ida Bang Hansen (Denmark)
Mackenzie Harms (USA)
Timo Hinrichsen (Switzerland)
Molly Holinger (USA)
Sebastian Hofreiter (Germany)
Jennifer Ruth Hoyden (USA)
Cédric Hubert (France)
Ann-Kathrin Jaggy (Germany)
Payge Japp (USA)
Lan Jiang (China)
Gerardini Katusha ( Italy)
Jeannel King (USA)
Cody Knight (USA)
Kristi Kimbril (USA)
Thivagan Kanagasabai (Switzerland)
Tugba Kara (Germany)
Sharon Christie Koe (USA)
Ziva Korda (Austria)
Paulina Larocca (Australia)
Soila Lemmetty (Finland)
Salvatore Leone (USA)
Agnès Lellouche-Gounon (France)
Jinglin Li (China)
Xinyi Li (China)
Shengjie Lin (USA)
Jiayin Liu (France)
Xiaochen Liu (USA)
Averie Linnel (USA)
Cynthia Lopez-Bagousse (France)
Simone Luchini (USA)
Sarah Luria (USA)
Nadine Maliakkal (USA)
Maejda Marcon (France)
Mario Maya Ingles (Mexico)
Serena Mastria (Italy)
Maxence Mercier (France)
Megan Miller (USA)
Mario Mirabelle (Italy)
Vignesh Murugavel (USA)
Michael Neuwirth (Switzerland)
Aspasia Paltaglou (UK)
Lisa Pace (Malta)
Eirini Petratou (France)
Sam Piede (USA)
Neza Podlogar (Slovenia)
Armina Popeanu (Romania)
Dimitrova Radosveta (Sweden)
Marina Porto Marques Ribeiro (Uruguay)
Ilaria Rinaldi (Italy)
Stefano Rini (Italy)8
Jasmin Antonia Riebel (Malta)
Rebekah Rodriguez-Boerwinkle (USA)
Fatima Roma (France)
Eleonora Sarcinella (Italy)
Janika Saretzki (Austria)
Joel Schmidt (Germany)
Albert Sharra (South Africa)
Rahimi Seyedahmad (USA)
Kaile Smith (USA)
Ephraim Sorgho (Ivory Coast)
Gabriele Stella (France)
Daniel Sundquist (Sweden)
Luning Sun (UK)
Christa Taylor (Belgium)
Michelle Todd (USA)
Karima Toumi (France)
Andreia Valquaresma (Portugal)
Kim Van Broekhoven (Netherlands)
Florent Vinchon (France)
Ana Villanova (Portugal)
Isabelle de Vink (Netherlands)
Yifan Wang (China)
Sonja Walcher (Austria)
Yifan Wang (China)
Stella Wasenitz (Germany)
Selina Weiss (Germany)
Robin Willemsen (Netherlands)
Alexander I. Wojcik (USA)
Maria Wojewoda (France)
Estelle Wu (UK)
Shuoqi Xiang (China)
Yun Yang (USA)
Felipe Zamana (Portugal)
Blanka Zana (Denmark)
Urska Zerak (Slovenia)
Aleksandra Zielinska (Poland)
Raissa Zoratti (Italy)
Membership Categories and Fees
Junior Member
Ph.D. thesis on creativity and/or innovation. At least 1 scientific publication on creativity and/or innovation Ph.D. student / postdoc / young career scientist
Associate Member
Valorisation in the field At least 5 publications on creativity and/or innovation (journalistic papers, TV, business journals, newsletters, etc.).
Full Member
Well-recognized contribution in the field. At least 5 scientific publications on creativity and/or innovation
Fellow
Significant impact on the field
Laboratory / Institute Group
One or more faculty and associated graduate students / post-docs
| Junior Member | 10 € |
| Associate Member | 40 € |
| Full Member | 40 € |
| Fellow | 40 € |
| Basic membership Up to 2 fellows or full members, plus up to 3 junior members (postdoctoral or grad students) | 100 € |
| Standard membership Up to 4 fellows or full members, and their post docs, or grad students) | 300 € |
| Deluxe membership Get up to 8 fellows or full members, plus postdoc and grad students | 600 € |
| Premium membership More than 8 fellows or full members, plus postdoc and grad students | 900 € |
How to Join ISSCI?
Joining the ISSCI is a straightforward process. We welcome PhD students, Postdocs, researchers, scholars, and professionals who are passionate about advancing the fields of creativity and innovation. There are two pathways to become a member:
Pathway A: Recommendation by a Board Member
Step 1 – Request a Recommendation from a Board Member: Contact a current ISSCI board member who is familiar with your work or professional background and ask if s/he would be willing to recommend you for membership.
Step 2 – Recommendation Submission: The board member will submit your application along with their recommendation to the ISSCI membership committee for review.
Step 3 – Application Review. Your application will be evaluated by the ISSCI board based on your qualifications and alignment with our mission.
Step 4 – Notification of Decision: You will receive an email informing you of the board‘s decision.
Step 5 – Pay the Membership Fee: If approved, the email will include details on how to complete your membership, including the payment instruction for the membership fee.
Step 6 – Membership Confirmation: After receiving your payment, your name and membership information will be published on the ISSCI website.
Pathway B: Self-Nomination
Step 1 – Prepare Your Application: (1) An Application Letter expressing your interest in joining ISSCI and highlighting how your work contributes to the fields of creativity and innovation; (2) Your Curriculum Vitae (CV) including your academic background, research, publications, and any relevant professional experience.
Step 2 – Submit Your Application: Send your application to postmaster@issci.online (CC: todd.lubart@parisdescartes.fr). Please use the subject line “ISSCI Membership Application – [Your Name]” for clarity.
Steps 3 to 6 – Proceed as in Option A, Steps 3 – 6 involve the review process, payment, and publication of your membership status on the website.
If you have any questions about the application process, please don’t hesitate to contact us at postmaster@issci.online