Blaž Zupan
Biographic Data
| ID | 906528 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Blaž Zupan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Blaž |
| FAMILY NAME | Zupan |
| SIGNATURE | ZUPAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Queensland University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4603-333X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cohort supervision and pedagogy in higher degree research
Purpose This discussion article explores the pedagogical and institutional implications of cohort supervision in Higher Degree Research (HDR), challenging the traditional dyadic model. It aims to illuminate how cohort supervision can foster collaborative learning, enhance candidate wellbeing, support equity and inclusion, and democratize doctoral education. By examining diverse models and their implementation across global contexts, the article i…
Exploring the therapeutic potential of religious and spiritual practices
With evidence that some religious/spiritual practices have positive effects on mental health in both clinical and non-clinical populations, it is tempting to introduce these practices into clinical mental health settings. Before using religious/spiritual practices with people with diverse or no religious/spiritual backgrounds, however, it is important to understand the relevance of the religion or spiritual tradition from which they originate. Ga…
Foundational research skills
Many higher degree by research (HDR) students at our regional Australian university begin study after many years away from an academic environment. To support their transition, our university requires completion of mandatory coursework. We conducted an exploratory sequential mixed methods study to evaluate the coursework and identify the foundational research skills HDR students need. Phase 1 included semi-structured interviews with 11 experience…
Extending religious and spiritual practices to mental health settings
Despite evidence of the mental health benefits of religious/spiritual practices, it remains unclear how they support mental health within religions, and whether these practices can or should be used outside the context of religions. In-depth interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of five people from different locations of the world, who were highly experienced practitioners of religious/spiritual practices within the relevant religiou…
Categorising emotion words
Words used to describe emotion are influenced by experience, context and culture; nevertheless, research studies often constrain participant response opt i ons. We explored the influence of response options on how people conceptualise emotion words in two cross-sectional studies. In Study 1 participants rated the degree to which a large set of emotion words ( n = 497) fit five basic emotion categories – Happy, Sad, Angry, Fearful, Neutral. Twenty…
Validation of Affective Sentences
We use nonverbal and verbal emotion cues to determine how others are feeling. Most studies in vocal emotion perception do not consider the influence of verbal content, using sentences with nonsense words or words that carry no emotional meaning. These online studies aimed to validate 95 sentences with verbal content intended to convey 10 emotions. Participants were asked to select the emotion that best described the emotional meaning of the sente…
Eliciting emotion ratings for a set of film clips
Film clips are commonly used to elicit subjectively experienced emotional states for many research purposes, but film clips currently available in databases are out of date, include a limited set of emotions, and/or pertain to only one conceptualization of emotion. This work reports validation data from two studies aimed to elicit basic and complex emotions (amusement, anger, anxiety, compassion, contentment, disgust, fear, happiness/joy, irritat…
Unlocking Latent Creativity with Rapid Prototyping
The purpose of this paper is to better understand the role of group-based prototyping workshops in unlocking latent creativity or stimulating creative expression in adults. Our findings indicate that hands-on exercises might be an effective way to unleash creativity in adults who perceive themselves predominantly as non-creatives. The heterogeneity of groups positively affected the level of creativity as a collective process. *** Namen tega prisp…
Schools and Promotion of Innovation / Škole i promicanje inovacije
The global economic crisis has demonstrated that Slovenia is lagging behind the more organised and globally competitive states as measured by a number of important indicators, and has exposed its lack of adequate strategies and policies to improve the situation. This paper presents findings on the work of enterprise circles and the current state of Slovenian primary schools in respect of the promotion of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurshi…
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Schools and Promotion of Innovation / Škole i promicanje inovacije
The global economic crisis has demonstrated that Slovenia is lagging behind the more organised and globally competitive states as measured by a number of important indicators, and has exposed its lack of adequate strategies and policies to improve the situation. This paper presents findings on the work of enterprise circles and the current state of Slovenian primary schools in respect of the promotion of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurshi…
Unlocking Latent Creativity with Rapid Prototyping
The purpose of this paper is to better understand the role of group-based prototyping workshops in unlocking latent creativity or stimulating creative expression in adults. Our findings indicate that hands-on exercises might be an effective way to unleash creativity in adults who perceive themselves predominantly as non-creatives. The heterogeneity of groups positively affected the level of creativity as a collective process. *** Namen tega prisp…
Eliciting emotion ratings for a set of film clips
Film clips are commonly used to elicit subjectively experienced emotional states for many research purposes, but film clips currently available in databases are out of date, include a limited set of emotions, and/or pertain to only one conceptualization of emotion. This work reports validation data from two studies aimed to elicit basic and complex emotions (amusement, anger, anxiety, compassion, contentment, disgust, fear, happiness/joy, irritat…
Validation of Affective Sentences
We use nonverbal and verbal emotion cues to determine how others are feeling. Most studies in vocal emotion perception do not consider the influence of verbal content, using sentences with nonsense words or words that carry no emotional meaning. These online studies aimed to validate 95 sentences with verbal content intended to convey 10 emotions. Participants were asked to select the emotion that best described the emotional meaning of the sente…
Categorising emotion words
Words used to describe emotion are influenced by experience, context and culture; nevertheless, research studies often constrain participant response opt i ons. We explored the influence of response options on how people conceptualise emotion words in two cross-sectional studies. In Study 1 participants rated the degree to which a large set of emotion words ( n = 497) fit five basic emotion categories – Happy, Sad, Angry, Fearful, Neutral. Twenty…
Extending religious and spiritual practices to mental health settings
Despite evidence of the mental health benefits of religious/spiritual practices, it remains unclear how they support mental health within religions, and whether these practices can or should be used outside the context of religions. In-depth interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of five people from different locations of the world, who were highly experienced practitioners of religious/spiritual practices within the relevant religiou…
Cohort supervision and pedagogy in higher degree research
Purpose This discussion article explores the pedagogical and institutional implications of cohort supervision in Higher Degree Research (HDR), challenging the traditional dyadic model. It aims to illuminate how cohort supervision can foster collaborative learning, enhance candidate wellbeing, support equity and inclusion, and democratize doctoral education. By examining diverse models and their implementation across global contexts, the article i…
Exploring the therapeutic potential of religious and spiritual practices
With evidence that some religious/spiritual practices have positive effects on mental health in both clinical and non-clinical populations, it is tempting to introduce these practices into clinical mental health settings. Before using religious/spiritual practices with people with diverse or no religious/spiritual backgrounds, however, it is important to understand the relevance of the religion or spiritual tradition from which they originate. Ga…
Foundational research skills
Many higher degree by research (HDR) students at our regional Australian university begin study after many years away from an academic environment. To support their transition, our university requires completion of mandatory coursework. We conducted an exploratory sequential mixed methods study to evaluate the coursework and identify the foundational research skills HDR students need. Phase 1 included semi-structured interviews with 11 experience…
Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Emotions and Moral Behavior (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Amusement (2 works) · Anger (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Contentment (2 works)