About the Journal

The CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation (CIJ) is targeted at communicating thought-provoking, contemporary, and latest findings in experimentation-driven innovation research.

CIJ is an interdisciplinary, open on-line journal that publishes both empirical and theoretical research that aims to push the boundaries of a variety of topics around in-situ experimental innovation. CIJ encourages research that is between and even beyond disciplinary lines, and welcomes research advancing innovation process methodologies, tools, educational approaches, knowledge exchange, management, and policy. The intent of CIJ is to be intellectually challenging in the name of true scientific curiosity and to cultivate evidence-based, novel insights to advance understanding on how new knowledge and basic research turn into use for society through innovation.

Current Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2024): Special Issue on 'Innovations in Career and Life Design'
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Guest Editors:

Bettina Maisch, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany
Steven A. Gedeon, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
Barbara Wolf, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Karina Cagarman, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Sebastian Kernbach, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

In the scientific spirit of CERN, this Special Issue focuses on humanity's biggest experiment: Life Design. It is about transformations and innovations related to the most profound questions of what it means to design your life in your personal and professional context for sustainable flourishing, meaning, happiness, and well-being on individual and societal levels. We sought inspiring articles that spark new ideas, go against what is commonly understood, and inspire us to ask more questions and create new experiments to advance practice-oriented and experimentation-driven innovation in the Career and Life Design field.

Published: 2024-12-16

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Archives

Articles in press
Vol 1, No 1 (2017): Special Issue: "Experimenting in Innovation"
Vol 1, No 2 (2017): Special Issue: "Experiments in an organizational context"
Vol 2, No 1 (2018): Special Issue: "Designing creative spaces to support Experimental Innovation"
Vol 2, No 2 (2018)
Vol 3, No 1 (2019)
Vol 3, No 2 (2019)
Vol 4, No 1 (2020)
Vol 4, No 2 (2020)
Vol 5, No 1 (2021): Special issue: "Experimenting with Challenge-Based Innovation"
Vol 5, No 2 (2021)
Vol 6, No 1 (2022)
Vol 6, No 2 (2022): Special Issue: "Future Innovators: building capabilities to collaborate and innovate in higher education settings"
Vol 7, No 1 (2023): Special Issue: "Using Science for Greater Good"
Vol 7, No 2 (2023)
Vol 7, No 3 (2023): Special Issue: "Design for Multiplicity"
Vol 8, No 1 (2024)
Vol 8, No 2 (2024)