Open research questions in Artistic and Creative Research

What the literature leaves open

• Not that it is scarcely analyzed, but even authors themselves tend to take for granted that a song shares some representation strategies with an audiovisual text.

  Filming the Notes: Audiovisual Strategies in Popular Music Composition and Production · 2024 · DOI

• There is limited understanding of the impact of technology on students' creative writing, especially in Indonesia's EFL context. There is a need to explore the role of cultural adaptation in EFL contexts.

  Creativity Meets Technology: The Role of AI Poem Generator in Enhancing Students’ Writing Skills · 2026 · DOI

• The gap is that traditional methods of reading and analysis may not be sufficient for non-traditional students. Non-traditional students often struggle with engaging with complex theoretical ideas.

  From Theory to Performance · 2026 · DOI

• Current poetry teaching practices have limitations. There is a need for more effective teaching strategies to support literary competence development in Grade 3 students.

  Developing Literary Competence for Grade 3 Students Through Children’s Poetry Teaching in Primary Schools · 2026 · DOI

• The development of evaluation frameworks and criteria that accommodate disciplinary diversity and transdisciplinary approaches. The exploration of conceptual frameworks that distinguish artistic research from traditional artistic practice and conventional academic research. The analysis of internal and external evaluation frameworks, including peer review, institutional alignment, and quality assurance mechanisms.

  Artistic Research as Scholarship: Evaluation Criteria and Epistemic Legitimacy · 2026 · DOI

• The lack of clear evaluation criteria for artistic research. The need for more inclusive and pluralistic standards that recognize non-Western and practice-based knowledge systems. The absence of formal policies that reflect the principles of artistic research in some countries and institutions.

  Artistic Research as Scholarship: Evaluation Criteria and Epistemic Legitimacy · 2026 · DOI

• Future research can explore the application of classical poetry in various educational contexts. The paper's findings can inform the development of new educational strategies that incorporate classical poetry.

  The Role of Classical Poetry in the Development of Critical Thinking: Clarity, Accuracy, and Reflection in Rumi’s Masnavi · 2026 · DOI

• The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of how classical poetry can contribute to the development of critical thinking skills. The study addresses the need for a deeper understanding of the role of classical poetry in cultivating essential cognitive abilities.

  The Role of Classical Poetry in the Development of Critical Thinking: Clarity, Accuracy, and Reflection in Rumi’s Masnavi · 2026 · DOI

• Future research could further examine the spoken word tradition and its implications for the analysis of texts. Future research could further analyze the graphic structure and functions of texts and their role in the construction of an ethos.

  REFLECTIONS ON WRITING FOR SPEECH: CREATIVE, ENUNCIATIVE, AND THEMATIC PERSPECTIVES · 2026 · DOI

• The paper identifies a gap in the analysis of Léonora Miano's Ce qu'il faut dire, a text that belongs to the spoken word tradition. The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the role of graphic structure in the construction of an ethos.

  REFLECTIONS ON WRITING FOR SPEECH: CREATIVE, ENUNCIATIVE, AND THEMATIC PERSPECTIVES · 2026 · DOI

• The paper suggests that future research should focus on developing more dynamic, critical approaches to representing cultures. It argues that the use of automatic writing and AI-generated text can help to reveal the complexities of cultural identities. The paper promotes a more nuanced understanding of cultural identities and their production.

  Of Technology, Yeats and Automatic Writing: Managing Cultural Identities in the Age of AI Ethics and Beyond · 2026 · DOI

• The paper identifies a gap in prior research on cultural identities, which has relied on static models. It argues that a more dynamic, critical approach is necessary to understand the complexities of cultural identities. The paper highlights the significance of automatic writing and AI-generated text for understanding cultural identities.

  Of Technology, Yeats and Automatic Writing: Managing Cultural Identities in the Age of AI Ethics and Beyond · 2026 · DOI

• The study identifies a gap in the understanding of the role of the narrator in literary works. The research highlights the need for further exploration of the optional-narrator theory's implications for literary instruction.

  An Inquiry on the Principles of Optional-Narrator Theory · 2026 · DOI

• The paper identifies a gap in the development of schoolchildren's knowledge and skills in identifying tropes. The paper highlights the need for a sequential transition based on four stages in the development of schoolchildren's knowledge and skills.

  THE INTERACTION OF EDUCATIVE AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY IN THE PROCESS OF STUDYING TROPES AT SCHOOL · 2026 · DOI

• There is a need to explore the use of creative mediums in supporting emotional and psychological well-being in educational contexts. The study addresses the gap in research on the use of haiku in supporting personal reflection and emotional awareness.

  “Dear my dearest me”: Reading self-image through students’ haikus · 2026 · DOI

• The paper identifies a gap in the literature on the use of personal narrative and self-reflection in phenomenological research. The paper highlights the need for researchers to engage in self-reflection as part of the research process.

  Writing as Myself · 2026 · DOI

• Further research is needed to validate the effectiveness of the STEAM-5E framework - Further research is needed to explore the application of the STEAM-5E framework in different educational settings - Further research is needed to investigate the impact of the STEAM-5E framework on student outcomes

  STEAM-5E: A new methodological approach to STEAM based on a critical literature review · 2026 · DOI

• The lack of a coherent approach to STEAM education - The diversity of methodologies within the STEM and STEAM paradigms - The need for a framework that integrates the 5E methodology, project-based learning, and design thinking

  STEAM-5E: A new methodological approach to STEAM based on a critical literature review · 2026 · DOI

• There is a lack of research on the implementation of the reader-response approach in primary and secondary education. There is a need to identify key practices and benefits for aesthetic engagement.

  Classroom applications of the reader-response approach in primary and secondary education · 2026 · DOI

• The paper identifies the challenge of exclusion and tokenization of women of color. It highlights the need to address anti-immigration reforms, dismantling of reproductive rights, and environmental policies that disproportionately target poor people of color.

  Creative Civic Literacies: Exploring Asian Girls' Compositions in a Virtual Diasporic Third Space · 2026 · DOI

• The paper identifies a gap in understanding Asian diasporic girls' creative civic literacies. It highlights the need for intersectional coalitions and creative diasporic third space pedagogies.

  Creative Civic Literacies: Exploring Asian Girls' Compositions in a Virtual Diasporic Third Space · 2026 · DOI

• The study faced challenges in terms of sample size and generalizability. The paper highlights the need for further research to address these challenges.

  A con-tatto con sé stessi: un’esperienza autobiografica per futuri professionisti dell’educazione a partire dal libro tattile illustrato · 2026 · DOI

• The study involved a small sample size of 21 participants. The study was limited to a specific group of university students and may not be generalizable to other populations.

  A con-tatto con sé stessi: un’esperienza autobiografica per futuri professionisti dell’educazione a partire dal libro tattile illustrato · 2026 · DOI

• The application of the Apt Curation Model in various domains. The exploration of collective authorship as an alternative approach. The development of new teaching methods and intellectual property management strategies.

  The Apt Curation Model: An Epistemic Virtue Theory of AI-Assisted Authorship · 2026 · DOI

• The lack of a robust normative framework to evaluate epistemic achievements in distant writing. The need for a solution to the challenges of distant writing, particularly the problem of locus of control.

  The Apt Curation Model: An Epistemic Virtue Theory of AI-Assisted Authorship · 2026 · DOI

Most-cited papers in Artistic and Creative Research

• Borrowing Others' Words: Text, Ownership, Memory, and Plagiarism · TESOL Quarterly · 1996 · 374 citations
• Inscriptions: Toward a Theory of Representing as Social Practice · Review of Educational Research · 1998 · 252 citations
• On the Differences Between Scientific and Artistic Approaches to Qualitative Research · Educational Researcher · 1981 · 185 citations
• ‘Draw, write and tell’: A literature review and methodological development on the ‘draw and write’ research method · Journal of Early Childhood Research · 2014 · 169 citations
• The Complexity of Improvisation and the Improvisation of Complexity: Social Science, Art and Creativity · Human Relations · 2003 · 160 citations
• The Craft, Practice, and Possibility of Poetry in Educational Research · Educational Researcher · 2003 · 136 citations
• Contextualizing Leisure Research to Encompass Complexity in Lived Leisure Experience: The Need for Creative Analytic Practice · Leisure Sciences · 2007 · 127 citations
• Creative geographic methods: knowing, representing, intervening. On composing place and page · Cultural Geographies · 2015 · 120 citations
• Post‐occupancy evaluation: purpose, benefits and barriers · Facilities · 2009 · 116 citations
• Arts-based health research and academic legitimacy: transcending hegemonic conventions · Qualitative Research · 2016 · 98 citations

Most recent work

• The Apt Curation Model: An Epistemic Virtue Theory of AI-Assisted Authorship · Philosophy & Technology · 2026
• Revamping art education for the digital age: a social media-driven framework for artrepreneurial pedagogy · Frontiers in Education · 2026
• When algorithms write literature: A comparative study of Sally Rooney’s Mr Salary and its AI simulation · Research Journal in Advanced Humanities · 2026
• Reclaiming Voice and Identity: Teaching Creative Writing as a Tool for Empowerment in Multicultural Classrooms · Journal of Language Teaching and Research · 2026
• ‘Call it what you want’: Ethical value in the lyrics of Taylor Swift and its educational application for betterment · Journal of Moral Education · 2026
• Poetry as a space for action: bibliotherapy and social adaptation in war-affected communities · Journal of Poetry Therapy · 2026
• Opportunities to develop literary competences · L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature · 2026
• Making sense of complexity: an autoethnography of humanities doctoral writing · Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education · 2026
• From motorized projectors to generative AI: cultural conflicts over labor automation in Hollywood · AI & SOCIETY · 2026
• From the “sticker” to the “seed” slide: Challenges testing concurrent tooling in Goffin's cockatoos · Acta Psychologica · 2026

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