METAHUMAN CREATIVITY IN ORGANIZATIONS
Editor: Dr. Daria Morozova, Leiden University
Routledge
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
How does artificial intelligence reshape not only what we create and consume, but who we are as creative, human beings? AI makes art, writes stories and generates ideas, but also challenges our values, purpose, goals - and who we are.
The collection of chapters in this edited volume are to explore three interconnected topics, as specified below. Both empirical and conceptual contributions touching on these areas are welcome.
Volume Structure
Part I. Creativity as the facet of experienced and challenged humanness
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Creativity as a property of humanness: Narratives of creativity, humanness, and their contemporary shifts.
- Cognitive and affective dimensions of humanness as they emerge in creative work.
- Existential anxiety, resistance, and persistence around creative selfhood.
- AI-engendered ontological redefinitions: What does it mean to "be creative" when AI also creates?
Part II. Creativity as a dynamic capacity contested and co-produced between humans and AI
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Competing models of creativity: Social, organizational, algorithmic.
- Human vs. machine novelty/usefulness: Different logics of evaluation.
- Shifts in human roles: From originators to curators, editors, and co-coordinators of creative work.
Part III. Creativity as metahuman organizational practice
- Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Creative autonomy, agency, and wellbeing under creative AI augmentation.
- Practices of adoption and resistance: When do humans embrace or sabotage AI input, and how do they do it?
- How organizations structure human–AI creative collaboration: roles, responsibility structures, governance.
- Futures of innovation ecosystems: leading, evaluating, and diffusing metahuman creativity.
Timeline:
April 8, 2026: 500-word bullet-point proposals due.
April 15, 2026: Selection decisions communicated.
June 15, 2026: First draft due, 6000 words max.
July 1, 2026: Feedback on first drafts communicated.
September 1, 2026: Final drafts due, 6000 words max.
Publication in late 2026.
Submission format:
Please submit your chapter proposal structured as a bullet-point plan outlining the content flow, the main idea, and the expected contribution of the chapter, 500 words max. Both empirical and conceptual work is welcome.
Submissions in editable .docx files should be sent to Daria Morozova, d.morozova@law.leidenuniv.nl under subject line "Call for Book Chapters: Metahuman Creativity in Organizations". Please name your file Metahuman_creativity_LASTNAME_Firstname and include your contact information and affiliation in the file. Further author guidelines will be shared with contributing authors.
Any questions about this call for proposals can be addressed to Daria Morozova, d.morozova@law.leidenuniv.nl
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Daria Morozova
Assistant Professor
Leiden University
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