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Bo Christensen

Professor

Subjects
Business development Management Co-creation Design Creativity Psychology

Primary research areas

Design
I study how de­sign­ers think, be­have, and col­lab­or­ate.
Cre­ativ­ity and Cog­ni­tion
I study cre­at­ive pro­cesses with a fo­cus on cog­nit­ive strategies such as ana­logy, sim­u­la­tion and in­cub­a­tion, coupled with meta­cog­nit­ive pro­cess aware­ness.
Entrepreneur­ship and Edu­ca­tion
I study how en­tre­pren­eurs think, and how high­er edu­ca­tion ped­agogy im­pacts their think­ing, en­tre­pren­eur­i­al in­ten­tions, and ac­tu­al start-up be­ha­vi­or.
Video eth­no­graphy
I ap­ply the com­bined use of video eth­no­graphy with pro­tocol ana­lyses in the study of cre­at­ive prac­tices across a vari­ety of do­mains (ar­chi­tec­ture, en­gin­eer­ing, busi­ness).

I want to im­pact how we edu­cate for cre­ativ­ity and design.

My main research area concerns the study of creativity in domains such as design, marketing, engineering, cuisine, and entrepreneurship. Using video recordings of creative teams at work I study the underlying cognitive processes and mechanisms of creative work. I also utilize experimental research and quasi-experimental research methods to study both the generation and selection of creative ideas.  I also study what forms of technology and learning spaces that may be brought into play for support of creative processes. My research helps inform how we should educate for creative practices in design, entrepreneurship, and management. 

Publications

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18 June 2025

Danmark står i en designkrise. Sådan løser vi den

Linda Nhu Laursen

Thomas Markussen

Eva Knutz

Anna Vallgårda

Peter Gall Krogh

Sissel Olander

Morten Krogh Petersen

Eva Brandt

Bo Chri­sten­sen, Professor

Kasper Tang Vangkilde

Karen Waltorp
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2025

Beyond Entrepreneurship Education

The Long-term Impact of Higher Education Teaching Models on New Venture Creation

Bo Chri­sten­sen, Professor

Vibeke M. Jensen

Beatrice Rangvid

Tri­ne Bil­le, Professor

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October 2024

What is Responsible Design Education?

Luke Feast

Bo Chri­sten­sen, Professor

Peter Gall Krogh

Colin M. Gray

Linda Nhu Laursen
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Recent research projects

ResQ Design (2023-2026) – Ques­tion­ing Re­spons­ible Design

Re­search Net­work (DKK 1.5 M). In­de­pend­ent Re­search Fund Den­mark. Co-ap­plic­ant, Ini­ti­at­or.
ResQ Design

De­sign­erly ways of Teach­ing for Entrepreneur­ship in High­er Edu­ca­tion (DEED 2019-2022)

Sponsored by the In­de­pend­ent Re­search Fund Den­mark (DKK 5.5 mio). Prin­cip­al in­vest­ig­at­or.

CIBIS (2014-2018). ‘Cre­ativ­ity in Blen­ded In­ter­ac­tion Spaces’

Sponsored by In­nov­a­tionsfonden (DKK 16 mil­lion). PI was AU/Kim Hal­skov. Co-ap­plic­ant and man­ager of the CBS part of CIBIS.
CIBIS

DTRS11 (2015-2018). Or­gan­ized and chaired the Design Think­ing Re­search Sym­posi­um 11

Grants from DFF-FKK (DKK 79.200), the Carls­berg Found­a­tion (DKK 60.000), and Otto Mønsteds Fond (DKK 40.000).

DE­SIRE (2007-2012)

Headed the CBS part of the EU Mar­ie Curie Ini­tial Train­ing Net­work (EUR 3 mil­lion). Re­spons­ible for man­aging in­ter­na­tion­al co­ordin­a­tion with 5 European Uni­ver­sity part­ners.

CRE­AT­IVE EN­COUN­TERS (2006-2012)

Co-ap­plic­ant, fun­ded by the Stra­tegic Dan­ish Re­search Coun­sel (DKK 13 mil­lion).

Links

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Outside activities

Cen­sor­ing , 2008 - cur­rent

Cen­sor­ing in the dis­cip­lines of Design; Psy­cho­logy; and Man­age­ment at Dan­ish Uni­ver­sit­ies.

Aca­dem­ic as­sess­ment , -

Aca­dem­ic in­sti­tu­tion or hir­ing as­sess­ment com­mit­tee work (e.g., DELFT, Chalmers, KEA, AU, DTU, AAU, DMJX).

Ed­it­or­i­al boards , -

Mem­ber­ship of journ­al ed­it­or­i­al boards (CoDesign; She Ji; Journ­al of Cog­nit­ive Psy­cho­logy).