1. Practice
2. Research & publications

Practice

Cultural Practices, Doctoral course, Faculty of Education, University of Chester, UK. March – May 2026.

Recoupling Art and Science drama pretexts at the Applied Drama and Theatre Conference, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Taichi-Kikaku Theatre, Supported by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. 4th-5th April 2026.

Drama Pretexts with Taichi-Kikaku Theatre and Learning Together Minamisoma, Fukashima Prefecture, Japan. 6th-7th April 2026.

Creative Pedagogies Summer School, University of Bethlehem, West Bank Palestine. July 2026 TBC.

Suomalainen, S., Pässilä, A., Owens, A., Melkas, H. and Mellanen, L. Smart skills for socio-ecological futures – aesthetic experience for learning, Smart Cities and smart Regions Conference, Lahti, Finland. 7th September 2026.

Engaging Youth Through Storytelling, Linkopings University Sweden. October 2026 (dates TBC).

Research & publications

Adams, J. Arya-Manesh, E., Bamber, S., Owens, and A., Pässilä, A. (eds). Critical Learning through Creative Research Practices, London: Springer Macmillan. Forthcoming April 2026.

Adams, J., Arya-Manesh, E. and Owens, A. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, in: Adams, J. Arya-Manesh, E., Bamber, S., Owens, A., Sampson-Chapell, L. (eds) Critical Learning through Creative Research Practices, London: Bloomsbury. Forthcoming April 2026.

Pässilä, A. Owens, A. , Woolff, A. (2025). The Disimagination Machine: Young People Participating in Urban Planning, in: Adams, J. Arya-Manesh, E., Bamber, S., Owens, A., Sampson-Chapell, L. (eds) Critical Learning through Creative Research Practices, London: Bloomsbury. Forthcoming April 2026.

Al Yamani, H.; Alsawayfa, F., Owens, A., Ayra-Manesh, E., Pässilä, A. Adams, J., Owens, A. Creative Pedagogies Summer School, Palestine, In: Adams, J. Arya-Manesh, E., Bamber, S., Owens, A., Sampson-Chapell, L. (eds) Critical Learning through Creative Research Practices, London: Bloomsbury. Forthcoming 2026.

Parjanen, S., Pässilä, A., Owens, A. (2025). Creativity in Innovation Processes: MA Industrial Engineering and Management, in: Adams, J. Arya-Manesh,E., Bamber, S., Owens, A., Sampson-Chapell, L. (eds) Critical Learning through Creative Research Practices, London: Bloomsbury. Forthcoming 2026.

Lingren, L., Bamber, S., Arya-Manesh, E., Mathews, M. Owens, A. Learning to engage through storytelling across cultural boundaries, in: Adams, J. Arya-Manesh, E., Bamber, S., Owens, A., Sampson-Chapell, L. (eds) Critical Learning through Creative Research Practices, London: Bloomsbury. Forthcoming 2026.

Pässilä, A. and Owens, A. Sailing Towards Perplexity: Arts-Based Practices and Aesthetic Methods in, Taylor, S. and Statler, M. Research Handbook on Organizational Aesthetics: Outrunning the bots in the human race, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. Forthcoming 2026.

Pässilä, A. and Owens, A. Embedding Arts-Based Methods in Higher Education: the Long Revolution, Handbook of Creativity in Higher Education, (eds) Harris, D., Henriksen, D. and Chemi, T. London: Bloomsbury. Forthcoming 2027.