Welcome to the
Creativity Research Network.
We are a group of early-career psychology and neuroscience researchers and practicing creative professionals that aim to cultivate a community of individuals interested in exploring and building bridges between the arts and sciences.
A few core questions bind us together:
Why is creativity important?
What makes creative people and creative processes unique?
How does engaging with creative works affect us?
How and when does creativity flourish?
What can creative practice & research learn from one another?
We hope to build a network of like-minded individuals, committed to the integration of creative and arts research with creative living and real-world practice.
Come along with us as we bring research to art and art to research, connecting with others to discuss, debate, explore, and create.
Founding Members
Matteo Antona
Matteo is pursuing a PhD in the Psychology of immersive experiences with The University of Bristol and The University of Bath, UK. He worked in London for 10 years as a Lead/Senior Digital Artist in the Visual Effects (VFX) industry for films, TV and Advertising. He concluded an MSc in Psychology of the Art, Neuroaesthetics and Creativity at Goldsmith University of London and a BA in Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, Milan.
He is interested in topics such as AI-generated immersive experiences, transportation in stories, creativity, states of attention, imagination in relationship with visual-spatial perception and cognition, and how cognitive controls modulate perceptual information.
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Sarah O'Meara
Sarah is a doctorate candidate in Child and Educational Psychology with the University College Dublin. She holds a MSc in Psychology of Arts, Neuroaesthetics and Creativity from Goldsmiths, London. Her research investigates playfulness, arts in education and exploring how we can create more meaningful experiences for children with special needs and rights. She works with the Teacher Artist Partnership plus initiative funded by the Department of Education. She loves browsing through new and unexplored book shelves and has been known to host some fun Céilís in the UK and Ireland.
Stephanie Miller
Stephanie is currently a PhD candidate with the ARTIS project at the University of Vienna (Art and Research on Transformations of Individuals and Societies). Her research investigates the emotional & phenomenal experience museum visitors have with artworks, with the aim of identifying distinct varieties of experience, the experiential character of each, and exploring the possible factors that shape an individuals’ experience (content, context, individual differences).
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Kaile Smith
Kaile is a doctoral researcher in cognitive psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY in NYC and holds a MSc in Psychology of the Arts, Neuroaesthetics, and Creativity at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research explores the dynamic relationships between creativity, feeling inspired, emotions, and well-being, both within the workplace and in everyday life. She also works as a creative director and consultant with over a decade of experience leading creative teams in the fashion, luxury, and tech industries and runs a small creative studio, Minimae Creative.
Twitter • ResearchGate • LinkedIn“Both Art and Science are bent on the understanding of the forces that shape existence.”
— RUDOLF ARNHEIM, 1969