This book brings together leading representatives of activity-theoretically-oriented and socioculturally-oriented research around the world, to discuss creativity as a collective endeavour strongly related to learning to face the societal challenges of our world. As history shows, major accomplishments in arts and technological innovations have allowed us to see the world differently and to identify new learning perspectives for the future which were seldom limited to individual action or isolated activities. This book, while primarily focused on educational insitutions, extends its examination of creativity and learning to include other settings (such as government agencies) beyond the limits of schooling.

Annalisa Sannino is Academy Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Activity, Development and Learning in the Institute of Behavioural Sciences at University of Helsinki. Viv Ellis is Professor and Head of Education at Brunel University in London, UK, and was until recently Co-convenor of the Oxford Centre for Sociocultural and Activity Theory Research.