Project description
Supporting Creative Minds In Urban Planning
Living labs as creative, collaborative and experimental spaces have become the go-to model for cities in supporting innovation. They have resulted in new technologies, service provision solutions, and insights. However, their limited effectiveness in innovating strategic and foresight activities begs the question: what does creativity mean for strategic spatial planning, and how can it be supported? The EU-funded SEMINAL project will develop a pioneering information system to facilitate and accommodate creative thinking in spatial decision-making processes. The project will apply a design science research strategy to bridge the gap between collaborative decision-making works and creativity in urban planning, social cognitive psychology, and design. SEMINAL will deliver a toolkit for supporting creative, strategic spatial thinking. Follow the project's progress on its website.
Objective
SEMINAL is set to:
§ Define what creative thinking means in the context of urban planning; that is how planners evaluate whether an idea, tool or process is new and useful in the context of long-term strategic problem solving in cities.
§ Explore successful design patterns in accommodating for the user's creative autonomy;
§ Design and develop a support tool for local authorities to operationalize creativity in their strategic spatial planning practices;
§ Test the framework and its applicability for local authorities.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinator
7522 NB Enschede
Netherlands