Summary: DESIRE is an Initial Training Network funded by the European Comission,
Framework 7 under Marie Curie Programme.
The network aims to make theoretical contributions to the field of creative
design by bringing together expertise in human computer interaction,
psychology, arts and design. The network aims to advance our understanding of
creativedesign processes applied in the scientific and technological problem
solving.
This will lead to the elaboration of:
theories and models of creative processes in general, and those involved in creative problem solving in particular
methods, techniques and systems to support both creative design processes and creativity training
Desire offers an attractive training programme to 13 researchers consisting in
expert research supervision by world leading researchers, access to training
courses on foundation and advanced topics in creative design, access to
complementary training and industrial secondments within network's over 10
industrial partners, as well as participation to networks' summers schools and
conferences.