Call for Chapters: Psychology of Creativity, the Arts, and Human Experience in the Digital Age

Editors

Konstantinos Mastrothanasis, Open University of Cyprus, Greece

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: July 16, 2026
 Full Chapters Due: October 8, 2026
 Submission Date: October 8, 2026

Introduction

Creativity and the arts are central to human experience. They shape how people learn, imagine, communicate, regulate emotion, construct identity, participate in communities, and respond to social and cultural change. In the digital age, these processes are increasingly connected with new media, digital tools, hybrid learning environments, technology-enhanced artistic practices, and emerging forms of creative expression. This edited volume will examine the psychological, educational, developmental, psychosocial, cultural, and technological dimensions of creativity and the arts across diverse contexts. The book will approach the arts broadly, including theatre, drama, music, dance, visual arts, painting, sculpture, literature, film, photography, performance, digital arts, media arts, and interdisciplinary artistic practices. It will welcome theoretical, empirical, methodological, and applied chapters that examine how creativity and the arts contribute to learning, well-being, inclusion, emotional regulation, resilience, participation, cultural identity, human development, and artistic experience. Particular attention will be given to education, arts-based learning, creative pedagogies, special and inclusive education, intercultural education, health-related settings, psychosocial support, community practice, and digital creative environments.

Objective

The main objective of this book is to advance interdisciplinary research on the psychology of creativity, the arts, and human experience in contemporary societies. The volume aims to bring together scholars and practitioners from psychology, education, arts education, creativity studies, human development, health, digital learning, cultural studies, and related fields. The book intends to accomplish the following objectives: To examine creativity and the arts as psychological, educational, developmental, psychosocial, and cultural phenomena. To analyze how artistic and creative practices support learning, engagement, emotional regulation, self-expression, social connection, resilience, and well-being. To explore the role of arts-based practices in formal and informal education, teacher education, special and inclusive education, intercultural education, and community settings. To investigate how digital technologies, emerging media, and technology-enhanced environments reshape artistic experience, creative expression, learning, and participation. To present current theoretical perspectives, empirical studies, applied frameworks, and methodological approaches related to creativity and the arts. To strengthen dialogue between researchers who study creativity, aesthetic experience, and artistic practices and professionals who design, implement, and evaluate creative and arts-based interventions. To support future research on the psychological and educational value of the arts across different populations, including children, young people, adults, older adults, learners with diverse educational needs, migrant and refugee populations, and culturally or linguistically diverse communities. This volume will add to current research by consolidating work that is often dispersed across psychology, education, arts education, creative arts practice, health, community research, and digital creativity. It will provide a focused scholarly space for examining how creativity and the arts shape human experience in the digital age.

Target Audience

This book is intended for researchers, academics, postgraduate students, educators, psychologists, arts educators, drama and theatre education specialists, music educators, visual arts educators, counselors, community practitioners, and professionals working in education, health, well-being, digital learning, and creative arts settings. The volume will be especially relevant to scholars and professionals interested in psychology of creativity, psychology of the arts, educational psychology, arts education, drama education, creative pedagogies, special and inclusive education, intercultural education, arts-based research, creative health, psychosocial support, and digital creativity. It may also serve as a reference text for university courses in psychology of creativity, psychology of the arts, educational psychology, arts education, theatre and drama education, human development, well-being, creativity studies, digital learning, educational technologies, and interdisciplinary arts-based research.

Recommended Topics

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: • Psychology of creativity and creative processes • Psychology of the arts and artistic experience • Psychology of aesthetic engagement, perception, and meaning-making • Psychology of imagination, symbolic thinking, and creative expression • Psychology of artistic creation, reception, and interpretation • Creativity, motivation, engagement, and flow • Creativity, emotion, and emotional regulation • Creativity, identity formation, and self-expression • Creativity, resilience, and psychosocial support • Creativity and well-being across the lifespan • Psychological dimensions of theatre, drama, and performance • Psychological dimensions of music, rhythm, and movement • Psychological dimensions of dance, embodiment, and bodily expression • Psychological dimensions of visual arts, image-making, painting, and sculpture • Psychological dimensions of literature, narrative, and creative writing • Psychological dimensions of film, photography, media, and digital artistic experience • Psychology of play, embodiment, and experiential learning • Psychology of teaching and learning through the arts • Creative teaching practices and student engagement • Arts-based instructional design in school and university settings • Teacher education, creativity, and arts-based pedagogy • Assessment of creative and arts-based learning experiences • Arts-based learning in formal and informal education • Drama pedagogy and theatre in education • Creative pedagogies and psychological development • Participatory arts in educational and community settings • Arts-based approaches to special and inclusive education • Creativity and the arts in disability studies and special education • Psychological dimensions of arts-based practices for learners with diverse educational needs • Creativity, inclusion, and social participation through the arts • Psychology of intercultural arts education • Arts, migration, refugee education, and psychosocial adaptation • Creativity, language, and cultural identity in multilingual classrooms • Arts-based learning for culturally and linguistically diverse learners • Participatory arts, belonging, and social connection • Community arts, cultural participation, and psychosocial development • Creative arts in health-related and psychosocial contexts • Arts-based approaches to counseling, support, and well-being • Creativity, giftedness, talent, and artistic development • Psychology of digital creativity and technology-mediated artistic experience • Emerging media, creative expression, and learning • Digital tools in arts education and creative pedagogy • Virtual, hybrid, and technology-enhanced creative environments • Psychological and ethical dimensions of authenticity, authorship, and agency in digital artistic environments • Arts-based research methods in psychology and education • Assessment and evaluation of arts-based and creative interventions • Interdisciplinary approaches to creativity, education, psychology, technology, and the arts

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 16, 2026, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by July 30, 2026 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters of a minimum of 10,000 words (word count includes references and related readings) are expected to be submitted by October 8, 2026, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Psychology of Creativity, the Arts, and Human Experience in the Digital Age. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing, an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference", "Medical Information Science Reference", "Business Science Reference", and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global Scientific Publishing specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2027.

Indexing Information for Prospective Authors

IGI Global Scientific Publishing meets the criteria for inclusion in major indexing services such as Scopus; however, it is important to note that all indexing decisions are made independently by these services. IGI Global Scientific Publishing books are selectively indexed by the indexing organization after publication. Indexing cannot be guaranteed for any book prior to publication, and the indexing organization has complete control over the final selection and timeline.

Important Dates

July 16, 2026: Proposal Submission Deadline
July 30, 2026: Notification of Acceptance
October 8, 2026: Full Chapter Submission
November 19, 2026: Review Results Returned
December 17, 2026: Final Acceptance Notification
December 24, 2026: Final Chapter Submission

Inquiries

Konstantinos Mastrothanasis Open University of Cyprus konstantinos.mastrothanasis@ouc.ac.cy
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