Creativity - Pathways to New Ideas

Date & Time: Tuesday, 28th April 2026; 09:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: in-person

Target group: Doctoral students & Postdocs

Group size: max. 12 persons

The goal

Creativity is an important building block for scientific work and innovation. What promotes creativity? The aim of the seminar is to convey scientifically sound principles of creativity as well as introduce selected creativity techniques. In exemplary creativity exercises, you will practice changing perspectives and developing new ideas.

The guiding questions

How do creativity and creative behavior arise?
How can I develop new ideas and solutions to problems and foster my creativity?
Which techniques can be used for fostering creativity in a team or project?

The implementation

The seminar alternates between short theoretical sections on the basis of creativity and creativity techniques, suggestions for reflection, the application of creativity exercises and group discussions.

Instructors

Dr. Stefanie Krauth has been a research assistant and trainer at the LMU Center for Leadership and People Management since 2022. She studied psychology at the University of Vienna (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) and successfully completed her doctorate on the topic of gender stereotypes in leadership in October 2025. In addition to her research focus on sexism in leadership and organizations, her practical work particularly addresses topics such as diversity, effective leadership, (intercultural) communication, conflict resolution, creativity, and teamwork. Furthermore, she works as a freelance trainer, designing and delivering psychological trainings and workshops.

Franziska Schrade, M.Sc., is a research assistant, trainer, and doctoral candidate at the LMU Center for Leadership and People Management. She studied psychology (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) at Heidelberg University, specializing in organizational behavior and adaptive cognition, with stays abroad at Arizona State University and the University of Vienna. She conducts research on human-AI interaction in the workplace and has been funded by the bidt Graduate Center for doctoral students since 2025. She also works part-time in management consulting and volunteers to support first-generation students.

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