Creativity and collaboration in research
Creativity and collaboration in research (C2R) - a roadmap for scientists
Creative moments are critical hallmarks of the scientific process, from the “Aha!” moment that jumpstarts a new research field, to the small technical innovation that improves an existing protocol. Despite their importance to the scientific process, it is still hard to foster processes that increase creativity and collaboration in research teams. This workshop aims to fill this gap.
The goal of this interactive workshop is to suggest a theoretical framework and practical advice that will allow participants to reflect on their own thought processes and experiment with creative processes so that they could implement them in their research environment.
Since research projects become more and more interdisciplinary and collaborative, we will focus both on individual creative processes and on the abilities needed to support more creative collaborations within teams.
The workshop draws from a palette of sources, including recent scientific findings on creative processes, knowledge and practices form organizational behaviour, and concepts from the creative arts.
The course will be conducted by trainers with experience in interdisciplinary research on human creativity and many years of experience in facilitating workshops for scientists.
Goals of the Workshop
Participants will:
- Better understand their own creativity style
- Learn methods to overcome their creative blockers
- Learn tools and concepts that will de-mystify creativity and help in integrating it to their work
- Experience engaging in creative processes and reflect on them
- Practice hands-on tools for fostering creativity and collaboration in scientific settings
- Strengthen connection within their community
Topics
- Managing my creativity
- Overcoming internal and external blockers
- Cultivating intrinsic motivation and flow situations
- Setting space and time for creative process
- Tools to facilitate creative processes in a research setting
- Personality Style and motivation
- Creativity as a group process
- Systematic Inventive Thinking
- Fostering creative collaborations and practising creative processes in teams
Attendance
The attendance is free of charge for the postdocs/assistant professors employed at BRIC/Finsen.
Postdocs and assistant professors from other departments at the university of Copenhagen will be able to participate if seats are available. Price: 6900 DKK
You are required to attend the full workshop.
Cancellation policy
If you don´t show up or cancel your participation less than 2 weeks before the workshop, you will be charged the full cost of the workshop
Number of participants: 16
When: Spring or Autumn 2025 - to be announced