Cyber-Creativity: A Decalogue of Research Challenges

Giovanni Emanuele Corazza¹, Sergio Agnoli², Ana Jorge Artigau³, Ronald A Beghetto⁴, Nathalie Bonnardel⁵, Irene Coletto¹, Angela Faiella¹, Katusha Gerardini⁶, Kenneth Gilhooly⁷, Vlad P Glăveanu^{8

9}, Michael Hanchett Hanson^{10

11}, Hansika Kapoor¹², James C Kaufman¹³, Yoed N Kenett¹⁴, Anatoliy V Kharkhurin¹⁵, Simone Luchini¹⁶, Margaret Mangion¹⁷, Mario Mirabile^{1

18}, Felix-Kingsley Obialo¹⁹, Connie Phelps²⁰, Roni Reiter-Palmon²¹, Jeb S Puryear²², Eleonora Diletta Sarcinella⁶, Min Tang²³, Giulia Maria Vavassori¹, Florent Vinchon²⁴, Indre Viskontas²⁵, Selina Weiss²⁶, Dimitrios Zbainos²⁷, Todd Lubart²⁴

Affiliations

¹ DEI Department, Marconi Institute for Creativity, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss, 2, 34128 Trieste, Italy.
³ School of Communication, Universidad Austral, Mariano Acosta 1611, Pilar B1630FHB, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁴ Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation, Arizona State University, 1050 S. Forrest Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.
⁵ InCIAM & PSYCLE, Aix-Marseille University, 29 Avenue Robert Schuman, 13621 Aix-en-Provence cedex 01, France.
⁶ Research Center in Communication Psychology (PsiCom), Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Via Largo Fra Agostino Gemelli, 1, 25123 Milan, Italy.
⁷ Psychology Department, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK.
⁸ DCU Centre for Possibility Studies, Dublin City University, Glasnevin Campus, D09 V209 Dublin, Ireland.
⁹ Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology, University of Bergen, Christiesgate 12, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
¹⁰ Department of Human Development, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W. 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA.
¹¹ Institut de Psychologie, Université de Paris Cité, 71 Avenue Edouard Vaillant, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
¹² Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, 4114, C Wing, Oberoi Garden Estates, Near Chandivali Studios, Powai, Mumbai 400072, India.
¹³ Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, 2131 Hillside Road, Unit 3007, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
¹⁴ Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Kiryat Hatechnion, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
¹⁵ School of Psychology, HSE University, 20 Myasnitskaya Street, Moscow 101000, Russia.
¹⁶ Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, Moore Building, Fischer Road, State College, PA 16801, USA.
¹⁷ The Edward de Bono Institute for Creative Thinking and Innovation, University of Malta, MSD2080 Msida, Malta.
¹⁸ Research Center on Intelligent Technologies (CITIUS), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Rúa de Jenaro de la Fuente Domínguez, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
¹⁹ Centre for Creativity and Entrepreneurial Studies, Dominican University Ibadan, 10, Education Layout, Ibadan 200132, Nigeria.
²⁰ The Teachers College, Emporia State University, 1 Kellogg Place, Emporia, KS 66801, USA.
²¹ Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge St., Omaha, NE 68132, USA.
²² Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
²³ University Institute of Schaffhausen, Rheinstrasse 10, CH-8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
²⁴ LaPEA, Université Paris Cité and Univ Gustave Eiffel, 71 Avenue Edouard Vaillant, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France.
²⁵ Department of Psychology, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Ave., San Francisco, CA 94117, USA.
²⁶ Department of Psychology, University of Hildesheim, Universitätsplatz 1, 31141 Hildesheim, Germany.
²⁷ Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University, El. Veinzelou 70, 17676 Athens, Greece.

PMID: 40863200
PMCID: PMC12387658
DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence13080103

Cyber-Creativity: A Decalogue of Research Challenges

Giovanni Emanuele Corazza et al. J Intell. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 13;13(8):103.

doi: 10.3390/jintelligence13080103.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ DEI Department, Marconi Institute for Creativity, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss, 2, 34128 Trieste, Italy.
³ School of Communication, Universidad Austral, Mariano Acosta 1611, Pilar B1630FHB, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁴ Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation, Arizona State University, 1050 S. Forrest Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.
⁵ InCIAM & PSYCLE, Aix-Marseille University, 29 Avenue Robert Schuman, 13621 Aix-en-Provence cedex 01, France.
⁶ Research Center in Communication Psychology (PsiCom), Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Via Largo Fra Agostino Gemelli, 1, 25123 Milan, Italy.
⁷ Psychology Department, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK.
⁸ DCU Centre for Possibility Studies, Dublin City University, Glasnevin Campus, D09 V209 Dublin, Ireland.
⁹ Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology, University of Bergen, Christiesgate 12, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
¹⁰ Department of Human Development, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W. 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA.
¹¹ Institut de Psychologie, Université de Paris Cité, 71 Avenue Edouard Vaillant, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
¹² Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, 4114, C Wing, Oberoi Garden Estates, Near Chandivali Studios, Powai, Mumbai 400072, India.
¹³ Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, 2131 Hillside Road, Unit 3007, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
¹⁴ Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Kiryat Hatechnion, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
¹⁵ School of Psychology, HSE University, 20 Myasnitskaya Street, Moscow 101000, Russia.
¹⁶ Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, Moore Building, Fischer Road, State College, PA 16801, USA.
¹⁷ The Edward de Bono Institute for Creative Thinking and Innovation, University of Malta, MSD2080 Msida, Malta.
¹⁸ Research Center on Intelligent Technologies (CITIUS), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Rúa de Jenaro de la Fuente Domínguez, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
¹⁹ Centre for Creativity and Entrepreneurial Studies, Dominican University Ibadan, 10, Education Layout, Ibadan 200132, Nigeria.
²⁰ The Teachers College, Emporia State University, 1 Kellogg Place, Emporia, KS 66801, USA.
²¹ Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge St., Omaha, NE 68132, USA.
²² Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
²³ University Institute of Schaffhausen, Rheinstrasse 10, CH-8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
²⁴ LaPEA, Université Paris Cité and Univ Gustave Eiffel, 71 Avenue Edouard Vaillant, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France.
²⁵ Department of Psychology, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Ave., San Francisco, CA 94117, USA.
²⁶ Department of Psychology, University of Hildesheim, Universitätsplatz 1, 31141 Hildesheim, Germany.
²⁷ Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University, El. Veinzelou 70, 17676 Athens, Greece.

PMID: 40863200
PMCID: PMC12387658
DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence13080103

Abstract

Creativity is the primary driver of our cultural evolution. The astonishing potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and its possible application in the creative process poses an urgent and dramatic challenge for humanity; how can we maximize the benefits of AI while minimizing the associated risks? In this article, we identify all forms of human-AI collaboration in this realm as cyber-creativity. We introduce the following two forward-looking scenarios: a utopian vision for cyber-creativity, in which AI serves to enhance and not replace human creativity, and a dystopian view associated with the pre-emption of all human creative agency caused by the rise of AI. In our view, the scientific community is called to bring its contribution, however small, to help humanity make steps towards the utopian scenario, while avoiding the dystopian one. Here, we present a decalogue of research challenges identified for this purpose, touching upon the following dimensions: (1) the theoretical framework for cyber-creativity; (2) sociocultural perspectives; (3) the cyber-creative process; (4) the creative agent; (5) the co-creative team; (6) cyber-creative products; (7) cyber-creative domains; (8) cyber-creative education; (9) ethical aspects; and (10) the dark side of cyber-creativity. For each dimension, a brief review of the state-of-the-art is provided, followed by the identification of a main research challenge, then specified into a list of research questions. Whereas there is no claim that this decalogue of research challenges represents an exhaustive classification, which would be an impossible objective, it still should serve as a valid starting point for future (but urgent) research endeavors, with the ambition to provide a significant contribution to the understanding, development, and alignment of AI to human values the realm of creativity.

Keywords: AI; artificial intelligence; creative process; creativity; cyber-creativity; education; ethics; sociocultural creativity.

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The decalogue of challenges for research in cyber-creativity.

**Figure 2**
The DA VINCI model for the creative process (Corazza 2025a).

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