Projects

As a research institute, the Institute for Creativity will house funded research projects, host seminars and workshops, and will generate new knowledge. It will also be a living laboratory, a place where the university’s many strands will intersect and overlap – a generative and inspirational space for artists and scholars, students and teachers, academics, and members of the public to come together. 

The Institute for Creativity provides support for University of Galway researchers who are already carrying out excellent work in this area. Important examples of such work include, but are not limited to, the following: 

Creative arts practices and histories; heritage; applied creative research | Creative approaches to arts and humanities research | Creative Industries, creative entrepreneurship | Evolving approaches to creativity, including through creative technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and digital and computational humanities | Design, engineering, and design thinking | Creativity for societal impact, inclusion, and/or sustainability (including climate action) | Creativity and public health, mental health, well-being; creativity and empathy; creativity and neuroscience | Creative pedagogies; creativity in education; creativity and assessment.