We are pleased to announce two pre-conference sessions on Thursday, March 12, 2026, before the start of the annual research conference. These sessions are held in the afternoon before the Thursday social hour (exact times pending).
To attend one of these sessions, please select the appropriate pre-conference ticket in addition to your conference registration when registering via Eventbrite. Register by January 31 to get a discounted early rate:
- Students: $10 early, $20 standard
- Non-students: $25 early, $50 standard
Please note that these sessions will run concurrently, so attendance at both will not be possible.
1. Network Science in Creativity Research
Yoed N. Kenett
Network science is based on mathematical graph theory, offering a multidisciplinary quantitative approach to represent complex systems as networks. Over the past two decades, it has been increasingly applied in creativity research, across cognitive, personality, psychometric, and neural domains. This workshop will provide an introduction, basic network tools, and hands-on experience on network analysis in creativity research, for anyone interested in such multidisciplinary creativity research.
2. Art Museum Experiences for Connection and Transformation: A (Playful) Workshop on Mapping Impact, Aligning Outcomes, and Designing Interventions
Aleksandra Sherman & Aleksandra Igdalova
Explore how activity-based art experiences can foster engagement, creativity, transformation, and connection. In this play-inspired, hands-on workshop, psychologists and museum professionals will co-design creative interventions, reflect on shared outcomes, and consider how these can be meaningfully studied and applied in real-world museum contexts, with shared visual and written outputs.