Bcmarktg

Department of Marketing

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Bo
Christensen
Professor
,
PHD


Room: SOL/C3.10
Tel:
+4538152123
E-mail: bc.marktg@cbs.dk
Presentation

My main research area concerns the study of creativity in domains such as design, marketing, engineering, cuisine, architecture and software design. Using video recordings of creative teams at work I study the underlying cognitive processes and mechanisms of creative work. Furthermore, I utilize experimental research and quasi-experimental research methods to study both the generation and selection of creative ideas. I also study what forms of technology that may be brought into play for support of creative processes. Finally, I study the evaluation of creativity; how to select the right ideas for progression at gates in innovation processes; how is creative evaluation handled in various domains; how do consumers or users come to perceive a product as creative or innovative.

Primary research areas
  • Creative cognition; creative processes
  • Design thinking
  • Evaluation of creativity
  • Analogical reasoning, mental simulation
  • Idea selection in product development
Link to this homepage
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/bcmarktg
Courses
  • CM(psyk): Organizational creativity and entrepreneurship
  • Master programme of Strategic Design and Entrepreneurship: Strategic Design and Project Management
  • HA(psyk): Cognitive Psychology
Supervision

I supervise masters theses related to the topic of creativity and innovation (creative organizations, motivation for creativity, processes involved in creativity, evaluation of creativity, innovation processes, etc.).

Selected publications
  • Christensen, B.T. & Schunn, C. D. (2007), The relationship between analogical distance to analogical function and pre-nventive structure: The case of engineering design. Memory & Cognition 35(1), 29-38.
  • Ball, L. & Christensen, B. T. (2009), Analogical reasoning and mental simulation in design: Two strategies linked to uncertainty resolution. Design Studies, 30(2), 169-186.
  • Christensen, B. T., Ball, L. J. & Halskov, K. (eds.) (2017) Analysing Design Thinking: Studies of Cross-Cultural Co-Creation. Leiden: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis.
  • Moeran, B. & Christensen, B. T. (eds.) (2013) Exploring creativity: Evaluative practices in innovation, design and the arts. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wiltschnig, S., Christensen, B. T. & Ball, L. (2103). Collaborative Problem-Solution Co-evolution in Creative Design. Design Studies 34(5), 515-542. *Awarded the 2013 Design Studies Award for best paper published in Design Studies in 2013.
  • Christensen, B. T., Hartmann, P. V. W., & Rasmussen, T. (2017). Threshold theory tested in an organizational setting: the relation between perceived innovativeness and intelligence in a large sample of leaders. Creativity Research Journal, 29(2), 188-193.
Publications sorted by:
2024
Beth H. Richardson; Linden J. Ball; Bo T. Christensen; John E. Marsh / Collaborative Meta-reasoning in Creative Contexts : Advancing an Understanding of Collaborative Monitoring and Control in Creative Teams.
In: The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Cognition. ed. /Linden J. Ball; Frédéric Vallée-Tourangeau. Abingdon : Routledge 2024, p. 372-396 (Routledge International Handbooks)
Book chapter > peer review
Lea Becker Frahm; Linda N. Laursen; Bo T. Christensen / Creating a Mess! : Design Strategies for Managing Visual Complexity in Second-hand Shops.
In: Proceedings of DRS2024 Boston: Resistance, Reflection, Recovery, Reimagination. Design Research Society International Conference. . ed. /Colin M. Gray; Estefania Ciliotta Chehade; Paul Hekkert; Laura Forlano; Paolo Ciuccarelli. London : Design Research Society 2024 (Proceedings of DRS International Conference)
Article in proceedings > peer review
Bo T. Christensen / Creative Cognition and Entrepreneurship
In: The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Cognition. ed. /Linden J. Ball; Frédéric Vallée-Tourangeau. Abingdon : Routledge 2024, p. 698-708 (Routledge International Handbooks)
Book chapter > peer review
Sille Julie J. Abildgaard; Richard Gyrd-Jones; Bo T. Christensen; Sylvia von Wallpach / Value Co-creating Pedagogies : Capability Development Through Creating Value for Others.
In: Business Education in the 21st Century: Developing Discipline Competences and Transformation Capabilities. . ed. /Adam Lindgreen; Eleri Rosier; Antonia Erz; Ben Marder; Sylvia von Wallpach. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2024, p. 337–356
Book chapter > peer review
2023
Bo Christensen; Kasper Merling Arendt; Daniel Hjorth / How Learning Spaces Matter in Entrepreneurship Education : Introducing the Concept of Topopraxis.
In: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Vol. 35, No. 3-4, 3.2023, p. 317-336
Journal article > peer review
Bo Christensen; Kasper Merling Arendt; Paul McElheron; Linden J. Ball / The Design Entrepreneur : How Adaptive Cognition and Formal Design Training Create Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention.
In: Design Studies, Vol. 86, 5.2023
Journal article > peer review
2022
Anna Victoria Bredtved Mountford; Bo Christensen / Two Approaches to Foresight-driven Design
In: Proceedings of DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society International . . ed. /Dan Lockton; Sara Lenzi; Paul Hekkert; Arlene Oak; Juan Sádaba; Peter Lloyd. London : Design Research Society 2022 (DRS Biennial Conference Series)
Article in proceedings > peer review
2021
Michael Mose Biskjær; Bo Christensen / A Second Look at Primary Generators
In: She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1.2021, p. 7-23
Journal article > peer review
Bo Christensen; Sille Julie J. Abildgaard / Kinds of ‘Moving’ in Designing with Sticky Notes
In: Design Studies, Vol. 76, 9.2021
Journal article > peer review
Linden J. Ball; Bo Christensen; Kim Halskov / Sticky Notes as a Kind of Design Material : How Sticky Notes Support Design Cognition and Design Collaboration.
In: Design Studies, Vol. 76, 9.2021
Journal article > peer review
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Research Projects
Outside activities

• Censoring in the discipline of Design at Danish Universities
• PhD dissertation board memberships
• Co-supervision of PhD students at other universities (e.g., DTU; Kolding Design school; Loughborough University)
• Academic institution expert committee membership (e.g., DELFT University of Technology, KEA)
• Academic assessment committee membership (e.g., AU, DTU, AAU, DMJX)
• Membership of journal editorial boards (CoDesign; She Ji; Journal of Cognitive Psychology)
• Ad hoc reviewing for scientific journals.