Members

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

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

Significant impact on the field, has priority for ISSCI actions and can propose actions to ISSCI

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John Baer (USA)
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)

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Shelley Carson (USA)
Edward Clapp (USA)
Giovanni Emanuele Corazza (Italy)
David Cropley (Australia)

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Frédéric Darbellay (Switzerland)
Carsten Deckert (Germany)
Haijun Duan (China)
Denis Dumas (USA)

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Gregory Feist (USA)
Denise Fleith (Brazil)

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John Gero (USA)
Isaac Getz (France)
Kenneth Gilhooly (UK)
Vlad Glaveanu (Ireland)
Thalia Goldstein (USA)
Adam Green (USA)
Elena Grigorenko (USA)

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Michael Hanchett Hanson (USA)
Weiping Hu (China)
Samuel Hunter (USA)

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Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (USA)

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Maciek Karwowski (Poland)
Jennifer Katz-Buonincontro (USA)
Yoed Kenett (Israel)
Todd Kettler (USA)
Anatoliy Kharkhurin (Russia)
John Kounios (USA)

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Izabela Lebuda (Poland)
Kyunghwa Lee (South Korea)
Todd Lubart (France)
Bill Lucas (UK)

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Margaret Mangion (Malta)
Ella Miron-Spektor (France)
Michael Mumford (USA)

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Takeshi Okada (Japan)

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Jonathan Plucker (USA)
David Preiss (Chile)
Jean Pretz (USA)
Gerard Puccio (USA)

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Sally Reis (USA)
Roni Reiter-Palmon (USA)
Joseph Renzulli (USA)
Manuela Romo (Spain)
Mark Runco (USA)
Sandra Russ (USA)

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Ugur Sak (Turkey)
Keith Sawyer (USA)
Christina Shalley (USA)
Paul Silvia (USA)
Dean Keith Simonton (USA)
Paul Sowden (UK)
Robert Sternberg (USA)

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Min Tang (Switzerland / Germany)
Pablo Tinio (USA)

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Dmitry Ushakov (Russia)

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Oshin Vartanian (USA)

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Thomas Ward (USA)
Solange Wechsler (Brazil)

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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

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Selcuk Acar (USA)
Sergio Agnoli (Italy)
Ahmed Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Vicente Alfonso-Benlliure (Spain)
Paula Alvarez Huerta (Spain)
Ross Anderson (USA)
Alessandro Antonietti (Italy)
Lionel Artige (Belgium)
Bahadir Ayas (Turkey)

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Honghong Bai (Netherlands)
Eniko Bereczki (Hungary)
Michael Biskjaer (Denmark)
Asdrubal Borges Formiga Sobrinho (Brazil)
Marion Botella (France)
Samira Bourgeois-Bougrine (France)
Jean-Marie Burkhardt (France)

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John Cabra (USA)
Anaelle Camarda (France)
David Camilleri (Australia)
Xavier Caroff (France)
Mathieu Cassotti (France)
Joel Chan (USA)
Qunlin Chen (China)
Evangelia Chrysikou (USA)
Kaija Collin (Finland)

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Rodica Damien (USA)
Ophélie Alyssa Desmet (USA)
Paulo Gomes de Sousa Filho (Brazil)
John Didier (Switzerland)
Jennifer Drake (USA)
Louis-Etienne Dubois (Canada)

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Eliana Farias (Brazil)
Colin Fisher (UK)
Boris Forthmann (Germany)

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Andrea Gaggioli (Italy)
George Georgiou (UK)
Thomas Gillier (France)
Fabien Girandola (France)
Benjamin Goecke (Germany)
Jacek Gralewski (Poland)
Magdalena Grohman (USA)
Yawei Guo (China)
Erik Gustafsson (France)

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Sarah Harvey (UK)
Aurélie Hemonnet (France)
Jessica Hoffmann (USA)
Claude Houssemand (Luxembourg)

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Chiaki Ishiguro (Japan)

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Ana Inès Jorge Artigau (Argentina)
JuSung Jun (South Korea)
Mojca Jurisevic (Slovenia)

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Hansika Kapoor (India)
Sareh Karami (USA)
Evelyn Kroesbergen (Netherlands)

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Yadan Li (China)
Darko Loncaric (Croatia)
Haiying Long (USA)
Claudio Lucchiari (Italy)

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Alexander McKay (USA)
Margaret McVeigh (Australia)
Kelsey Medieros (USA)
Angie Miller (USA)
Kazuhisa Miwa (Japan)

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Kumiyo Nakakoji (Japan)
Ingunn Ness (Norway)

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Felix-Kingsley Obialo (Nigeria)
Alexandre Oboeuf (France)

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Nurit Paz Baruch (Israel)
Paraskevas Petro (Netherlands)
Connie Phelps (USA)
Zhongling Pi (China)
Rogelio Puente-Diaz (Mexico)
Jeb Puryear (USA)

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Janet Rafner (Denmark)
Vincent Ribière (Thailand)
Xavier Robichaud (Canada)
Wendy Ross (UK)

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Christian Schunn (USA)
Jacob Sherson (Denmark)
Daichi Shimizu (Japan)
Heather Snyder (USA)
Martin Storme (France)
Katya Stoycheva (Bulgaria)
Andrea Surovek (USA)

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Branden Thornhill-Miller (France)
Catrinel Tromp (USA)

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Kamila Urban (Czech Republic)
Marek Urban (Czech Republic)

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Frederic Vallee-Tourangeau (UK)
Andreia Valquaresma (Portugal)
Indre Viskontas (USA)
Thomas Vogel (USA)
Emmanuelle Volle (France)
Benjamin Voyer (UK)

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Selina Weiss (Germany)
Ewa Wisniewska (Poland)

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Xinfa Yi (China)
Sawako Yokochi (Japan)

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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.)

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Jim Ang (UK)

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Valentin Cela (Albania)

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Antonella DiAngelo (Italy)
Radosveta Dimitrova (Sweden)

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Sandrine Eschenauer (France)

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Catherine Gabaude (France)

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Maria Impedovo (France)

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Caroline Lafforet (France)
Teresa Lawrence (US Virgin Islands)

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Ivan Mangrin-Chagnolleau (France)
Ariel Mendez (France)
Maria Menendez-Blanco (Italy)
Denise Montgomery (USA)
Cícero Moraes (Brazil)

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Tom Omerod (UK)

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Carolina Serrano-Archimi (France)

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Eric Tortochot (France)

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Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin (OECD, France)

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Wei Wang (China)

Junior Members

Ph.D. student/postdoc/ young career scientist – Ph.D. thesis on creativity and/or innovation at least 1 publication on creativity and innovation

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Sanaa Ahmed (USA)
Paula Alvarez-Huerta (Spain)
Anna Amato (USA)
Coffi Roger Anoumou (Benin)
Megan Atha (USA)

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Huizhi Bai (China)
Amaia Guridi Bikuna (Spain)
Gregory Boldt (USA)
Frederico Bomba (Italy)
Robin Bosse (Germany)
Sandrine Bourrain (France)
Carmen Bruno (Italy)
Safinaz Büyükgüzel (Denmark)

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Victoria Caillet (France)
David Camilleri (Australia)
Antonio Caragliano (Italy)
Simon Ceh (Austria)
Macarena Paz Celume (France)
Leonardo Cerioni (Italy)
Alice Chirico (Italy)
Sudapa Chompunuch (Thailand)
Jacqueline Cofield (?)
Irene Coletto (Italy)
Katherine Cotter (?)
Fiona Couillard (Canada)
Michele Cremaschi (Italy)
Carolina Cuesta Hincapie (USA)
Marta Czerwonka (Poland)

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Michela Debono (Malta)
Nicole Derikx (Netherlands)
Eleonora Diletta (Italy)
Radosveta Dimitrova (Sweden)
Sandra Dingli (Malta)
Petra Carolina Dingli (Malta)
Umberto Domanti (Italy)
Max Dorfmann (Italy)
Arnav Durani (India)

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Joseph I. Eisman (USA)
Trina Emler (USA)

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Angela Lynette Faiella (Italy)
Kenya Faith (USA)
Cyrille Feybesse (France)
Alessandra D. G. Freitas (Brazil)
Giulia Fusi (Italy)

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Tim George (USA)
Katusha Gerardini (Italy)
Joshua Germer (USA)
David Gianos (USA)
Dominik Golab (Belgium)
Jean-Christophe Goulet-Pelletier (Canada)
Dimitris Grammenos (Greece)
Paul Grigas (Italy)
Eliana Grossman (USA)
Agata Groyecka-Bernard (Poland)
Alla Gubenko (USA)

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Jennifer Haase (Germany)
Edith Haim (Italy)
Ida Bang Hansen (Denmark)
Mackenzie Harms (USA)
Timo Hinrichsen (Switzerland)
Sebastian Hofreiter (Germany)
Molly Holinger (USA)
Mensah Houinsou (USA)
Jennifer Ruth Hoyden (USA)
Cédric Hubert (France)

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Ann-Kathrin Jaggy (Germany)
Payge Japp (USA)
Hansi Jeena (India)
Lan Jiang (China)

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Thivagan Kanagasabai (Switzerland)
Tugba Kara (Germany)
Minh Kim (USA)
Kristi Kimbril (USA)
Jeannel King (USA)
Cody Knight (USA)
Sharon Christie Koe (USA)
Ziva Korda (Austria)

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Paulina Larocca (Australia)
Agnès Lellouche-Gounon (France)
Soila Lemmetty (Finland)
Salvatore Leone (USA)
Jinglin Li (China)
Xinyi Li (China)
Shengjie Lin (USA)
Averie Linnel (USA)
Jiayin Liu (France)
Xiaochen Liu (USA)
Anne-Carole Loignon (France)
Cynthia Lopez-Bagousse (France)
Simone Luchini (USA)
Sarah Luria (USA)

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Nadine Maliakkal (USA)
Maejda Marcon (France)
Serena Mastria (Italy)
Mario Maya Ingles (Mexico)
Dermot McInerney (Ireland)
Maxence Mercier (France)
Megan Miller (USA)
Mario Mirabile (Italy)
Kirill Miroshnik (Italy)
Vignesh Murugavel (USA)

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Enrico Nappi (Italy)
Michael Neuwirth (Switzerland)

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Lisa Pace (Malta)
Aspasia Paltaglou (UK)
Eirini Petratou (France)
Sam Piede (USA)
Aman Poddar (USA)
Neza Podlogar (Slovenia)
Armina Popeanu (Romania)
Marina Porto Marques Ribeiro (Uruguay)

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Seyed Ahmad Rahimi (USA)
Tuval Raz (Israel)
Andrea Rezzani (Italy)
Jasmin Antonia Riebel (Malta)
Ilaria Rinaldi (Italy)
Manuel Rindle (Germany)
Stefano Rini (Italy)
Rebekah Rodriguez-Boerwinkle (USA)
Fatima Roma (France)
Christian Rominger (Germany)

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Eleonora Sarcinella (Italy)
Janika Saretzki (Austria)
Joel Schmidt (Germany)
Cecilia Segatta (Italy)
Clievens Selva (Germany)
Albert Sharra (South Africa)
Kaile Smith (USA)
Ephraim Sorgho (Ivory Coast)
Elitsa Staneva-Britton (Bulgaria)
Gabriele Stella (France)
Luning Sun (UK)
Daniel Sundquist (Sweden)

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Christa Taylor (Belgium)
Michelle Todd (USA)
Karima Toumi (France)

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Andreia Valquaresma (Portugal)
Kim Van Broekhoven (Netherlands)
Anastasia van der Berghe (Luxemburg)
Ana Villanova (Portugal)
Florent Vinchon (France)
Isabelle de Vink (Netherlands)

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Sonja Walcher (Austria)
Yifan Wang (China)
Stella Wasenitz (Germany)
Robin Willemsen (Netherlands)
Alexander I. Wojcik (USA)
Maria Wojewoda (France)
Estelle Wu (UK)

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Shuoqi Xiang (China)

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Yun Yang (USA)

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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