Regaining creativity in science: insights from conversation

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The 'early modern' (Renaissance) workshop was predicated on the idea that informal, open-ended cooperation enables participants to experience difference and develop new insights, which can lead to new ways of thinking and doing. This paper presents the insights that emerged from a conversation event that brought wide-ranging voices together from different domains in science, and across the arts and industry, to consider science leadership as we look to the future in a time of interlocking crises. The core theme identified was a need to regain creativity in science; in the methods of scientific endeavours, in the way science is produced and communicated, and in how science is experienced in society. Three key challenges for re-establishing a culture of creativity in science emerged: (i) how scientists communicate what science is and what it is for, (ii) what scientists value, and (iii) how scientists create and co-create science with and for society. Furthermore, the value of open-ended and ongoing conversation between different perspectives as a means of achieving this culture was identified and demonstrated.

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Morgan, R. M., Kneebone, R. L., Pyenson, N. D., Sholts, S. B., Houstoun, W., Butler, B., & Chesters, K. (2023). Regaining creativity in science: insights from conversation. Royal Society Open Science, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230134

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