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Klara Łucznik
ORCID iD CogNovo Plymouth University, UK

Klara Łucznik holds an M.A. in Psychology (Warsaw University, PL) and an M.A. in Choreography and Dance Theory (The F. Chopin University of Music, PL). In her PhD project she explored the shared creative process and the role of group flow in dance practice focusing on improvisation. Her research interests focus on how people collaborate, exchange ideas, and inspire each other while creating together. Having a background in psychology and dance gives her an eclectic, interdisciplinary approach to her studies, as she seamlessly shifts between being a researcher and a dance practitioner. She sees creativity as a highly social process where the quality of collaboration is as much important as having original ideas.

Frank Loesche
ORCID iD CogNovo Plymouth University, UK

Frank Loesche is interested in creative, non-obvious, and playful problem solving. After working ten years as a computer scientist in an inspiring interdisciplinary and collaborative software development team in the semiconductor industry, he joined the CogNovo programme. Here he started to study the temporal aspects of Eureka moments by observing creative problem solving of architects, developing an experimental paradigm, and tracing epiphanies through multidisciplinary discourses. For his engagement with interdisciplinary research he was nominated “Best Collaborator” by partners and researchers of CogNovo. He considers this multifaceted research a useful experience for understanding and applying Cognitive Innovation in his future endeavours.