Introducing Septentrio Creative

A playground for creative materials in academic publishing

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Keywords:

academic publishing, open peer-review, creative formats, impact, societal challenges

Abstract

Researchers do unexpected things. They are creative and in need of a place where their many different kinds of work can find a home. Septentrio Creative is such a place. As a diamond open-access publication channel led by scholars at UiT The Arctic University of Norway it supports and explores creativity in academia. By opening a space for diverse academic materials and their theoretical explorations, the channel publishes creative outputs from research, development, teaching, innovation, mobility, outreach, administration, community engagement, interventions, and more.

Septentrio Creative is also a place to publish digital exhibitions, installations, short fiction, poetry, music, digital art, software, scores, blueprints, and complementary materials to research published elsewhere. Submissions are welcome to mix more than one form of expression to bring lateral thinking to their topic.

Author Biographies

  • Lilli Mittner, Centre for Women’s and Gender Research, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Lilli Mittner is associate professor at the Center for Women' and Gender Resarch and coordinates the Center for Arctic Humanities at UiT the Arctic University of Norway.

  • Jorge Santos, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Jorge Santos specializes in fishery ecology, focusing on management, marine networks, and coastal ecosystems. He coordinates international projects like NorLanka Blue and SAMAKI, emphasizing marine sciences, governance and culture. As a teacher, he integrates arts, science, and quantitative methods, fostering global education and a balanced utilization of natural resources.

     

  • Kate Maxwell, Academy of Music, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
    Kate Maxwell is professor of music history, theory, and analysis at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, with research and teaching that includes considerations of societal, environmental, and creative challenges. Kate is also co-ordinator for the UiT Environmental Humanities Research Group and the UArctic Environmental Humanities Thematic Network.
  • Filip Maric, Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
    Filip Maric (PhD) is an Associate Professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His teaching and research focus on sustainability and planetary health, always in close proximity to creative approaches and the humanities.  
  • Ana Luisa Sanchez Laws, Centre for Geopolitics, Peace and Security, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Dr. Ana Luisa Sánchez Laws is a Professor of Interdisciplinary Methodologies and Methods at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway at the Centre for Geopolitics, Peace and Security (GPS). She is known for her work on immersive journalism. More recently, she has contributed to research using XR to investigate fear.

References

Carse, J. P. (2012). Finite and infinite games: A vision of life as play and possibility (first Free Press paperback edition). Free Press.

Maxwell, K., Stien, H.H., Mittner, L. (2020). A voyage into peer review. Research Professional News. https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-views-of-europe-2020-3-a-voyage-into-peer-review/

Peh, W., 2022. Peer review: concepts, variants and controversies. Singapore Medical Journal 63, 55–60. https://doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2021139

Colourful lines with synapses like connections. An illustration with simple lines that connects ten different centres with lines and colours of different quality.

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Published

2025-11-26

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026)

Section

Editorial

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Copyright (c) 2025 Lilli Mittner, Filip Maric, Kate Maxwell, Jorge Santos, Ana Luisa Sanchez Laws

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Mittner, L., Santos, J., Maxwell, K., Maric, F., & Sanchez Laws, A. L. (2025). Introducing Septentrio Creative: A playground for creative materials in academic publishing. Septentrio Creative, 1(1). Retrieved from https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/creative/article/view/8268