International conference held by Lobachevsky University and Foro Italico University of Rome
The international conference "Creative Personality and Development of Creativity: a Challenge for Modern Society" was held in January 2023. The event was organised by the Faculty of Social Sciences of Lobachevsky University and the Foro Italico University of Rome (Italy).
The aim of the conference was to expand academic interaction between the international community of researchers in the field of creativity studies in psychology, sociology, social pedagogy, cognitive science and big data. It also aimed to reflect on new challenges and prospects for further development of sociology of management and social design.
The conference was opened with the participation of Prof. Alexander Knyazev, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of Lobachevsky University, and Prof. Emanuele Isidori, Vice-Rector for International Affairs of the Foro Italico University of Rome.
The event provided a platform for multilevel and interdisciplinary debates and discussions by academics and students from Russia, Italy, Romania, Belarus and Spain.
Creativity and conflict management, the value of creativity and social trust in a cross-cultural comparative perspective, creativity and innovative pedagogy, methodological approaches to the development of motor creativity for children and adults, personal creativity as social action – all these topics were reflected in the presentations at the conference "Creative Personality and Development of Creativity: a Challenge for Modern Society". Following the conference, a monograph with selected conference proceedings will be published in the first half of 2023, which will be posted in leading international scientometric databases.
Plans for cooperation with the Italian partner university include a joint summer school on the subject of creative personality and an international research project focusing on the same topic.
The Foro Italico University of Rome (Università degli Studi di Roma "Foro Italico", Università di Roma IV) is one of the four public universities in the Italian capital and the only public institution of higher sports education in Italy. The university offers courses in psychology, pedagogy, corrective sports activities, computer science, telecommunications, anatomy, physiology, biology, biomechanics, sports medicine, pedagogy, and sports journalism.
Lobachevsky University has been developing cooperation with the Foro Italico University of Rome since 2020. In particular, the Italian university co-organised the Second International Conference "Psychology of Personnel Management and Mentoring Ecosystem in a Changing Technological Environment" together with the Faculty of Social Sciences of Lobachevsky University in November 2021. On a regular basis, representatives of both universities hold joint open lectures and seminars on selected topics.
