Todd Lubart

Professor of Psychology, Université de Paris
Director of the Master Speciality Program, Economics and Psychology
Director of the Master, Artistic Creation  (Arts therapy)

Research Overview

My research examines diverse aspects of creativity with a focus on individual differences.  My topics include:  creativity assessment (in children and adolescents with EPoC (Evaluation of Potential Creativity) and the creative profiler tool for adults;  culture and its’ impact on creativity, the creative environment at work with virtualized workspaces;  the creative process as expressed in diverse fields (visual art, science, music, writers, .. ); and the development of creativity through game-based activities.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Bourgeois-Bougrine, S., Glaveanu, V., Botella, M., Guillou, K., De Biasi, P-M., Lubart, T. (2014). The creativity maze: Exploring creativity in screenplay writing. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts,  8(4), 384-399.

Barbot, B., Besançon, M., & Lubart, T. (2015). Creative potential in educational settings: its nature, measure, and nurture.  Education 3-13, 43(4), 371-381.

Forthmann, B., Gerwig, A., Holling, H., Çelik, P., Storme, M. & Lubart, T. (2016). The Be-Creative Effect in Divergent Thinking : The Interplay of Instruction and Object Frequency. Intelligence, 57, 25-32

Fürst, G., Ghisletta, P., Lubart, T. (2017).  An experimental study of the creative process in writing. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 11(2), 202-215.

Guegan, J., Nelson, J., & Lubart, T. (2017). The Relationship Between Contextual Cues in Virtual Environments and Creative Processes. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 20(3), 202–206. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2016.0503

Lubart, T. (2017). The 7 C’s of Creativity. Journal of Creative Behavior, 51(4), 293-296.

Storme, M., Lubart, T., Myszkowski, N., Cheung, P. C., Tong, T., & Lau, S. (2017). A Cross‐Cultural Study of Task Specificity in Creativity. The Journal of Creative Behavior51(3), 263-274.

Botella, M., Zenasni, F., & Lubart, T. (2018). What are the stages of the creative process? What visual art students are saying. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, ArtID: 2266

Forthmann, B., Regehr, S., Seidel, J., Holling, H., Çelik, P., Storme, M., & Lubart, T. (2018). Revisiting the interactive effect of multicultural experience and openness to experience on divergent thinking. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 63, 135-143.

Massu, J., Caroff, X., Souciet, H., & Lubart, T. I. (2018). Managers’ Intention to Innovate in a Change Context: Examining the Role of Attitudes, Control and Support. Creativity Research Journal, 30(4), 329-338.

Lamri, J. & Lubart, T. (2019). Professional Performance Based on 21st Century Skills: Necessary Conditions Analysis (NCA). International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving, 29(1), 5-16

Lubart, T., Barbot, B., & Besançon, M. (2019). Creative potential: assessment issues and the EPoC Battery/Potencial creativo: temas de evaluación y batería EPoC. Estudios de Psicología40(3), 540-562.  https://doi.org/10.1080/02109395.2019.1656462

Bourgeois-Bougrine, S., Richard, P., Burkhardt, J. M., Frantz, B., & Lubart, T. (2020). The expression of users’ creative potential in virtual and real environments: An exploratory study. Creativity Research Journal32(1), 55-65. DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2020.1712162

Books

Lubart, T., Mouchiroud, C., Tordjman, S. & Zenasni, F. (2015). Psychologie de la créativité. Paris : Armand Colin. (Psychology of creativity: versions (Première édition, 2003)

Besançon, M., & Lubart, T. (2015). La créativité de l’enfant. Bruxelles: Mardaga.

Darbellay, F., Moody, Z. & Lubart, T. (2017). Creative Design Thinking. Singapore: Springer.

Lubart, T. (2018). The creative process: Perspectives from multiple domains. London: Palgrave.

Psychological Test

Lubart, T., Besançon, M., & Barbot, B. (2011). Evaluation of Potential Creativity. ¨Paris: Hogrefe.