Everyday creativity as a sociocultural value

Stability, social divides, and cross-national variation in Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID19488374
AuthorsAida Savicka (0000-0002-4290-1005, Institute of Contemporary History, corresponding author)
Year2026
Volume19
Issue1
Pages348-357
Publication date2026-06-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCreativity Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2345-0487 • E-ISSN: 2345-0479
PublisherVilnius Gediminas Technical University (PUBLISHER • LT)
DOI10.3846/cs.2026.25861
OpenAlexW7164891372
LanguageEN
References cited14

This study examines everyday creativity as a sociocultural value orientation across European societies, conceptualizing creativity not only as an individual capacity but also as a culturally embedded framework. Drawing on longitudinal and comparative data from the European Social Survey, it investigates cross-national variation in the valuation of everyday creativity, its stability or change over time, and its sociodemographic structuring. The results reveal persistent cross-national differences in creativity values and the absence of a uniform temporal trend. Although everyday creativity is widely valued across Europe, the extent to which it is socially structured varies substantially between societies

Comparative research · Creativity · Cultural diversity · Everyday life · Sociocultural evolution · Valuation (finance) · Value (mathematics) · Variation (astronomy) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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