Radical Curiosity 

Radical Curiosity Bibliography

Steven M. Adams

1. Adams, S. (2021a, February 24). The Spark We Need: Curiosity as a Catalyst for Authentic Leadership and Professional Growth, Part One [Presentation]. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14109731.v1

2. Adams, S. (2021b, February 25). The Spark We Need: Curiosity as a Catalyst for Authentic Leadership and Professional Growth, Part Two [Presentation]. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14114702.v1

3. Adams, S. (2021c, October 12). Using Curiosity to Engage My Stakeholders: Setting and Meeting Expectations in Varying Contexts [Presentation]. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16799593.v1

4. Ballantine, C., & Browne, K. (2024). Listening with quiet curiosity: Feminist and queer reflections on interviews with the “wrong” people. Women’s Studies International Forum, 107, 102982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2024.102982

5. Benevento, A. (2023). Nurturing Curiosity Beyond Identity Labels to Find the Radical: Notes on What Encouraged Radical Youth to Participate in Transnational Qualitative Research. Journal of Applied Youth Studies, 6(1), 29–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-023-00092-0

6. Benjamin, R. (2024). Imagination: A manifesto (First edition). W.W. Norton & Company.

7. Bower, M., & Konwerski, P. (2017). A Mindset for Career Curiosity: Emerging Leaders Working in the Digital Space. New Directions for Student Leadership, 2017(153), 89–101. https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20232

8. Brod, G., & Breitwieser, J. (2019). Lighting the wick in the candle of learning: Generating a prediction stimulates curiosity. Npj Science of Learning, 4(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-019-0056-y

9. Brown, B. (2021). Atlas of the heart: Mapping meaningful connection and the language of human experience (First edition). Random House.

10. Chen, H.-Y., Chang, Y.-Y., & Yang, Y.-J. (2025). How does work curiosity affect employees’ creativity and innovation: Do task characteristics matter? Technovation, 146, 103288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103288

11. Désir, C., Arguëllo, G., Panton, R., Farraj, A., & Sylvain, J. (2025). In their words: Assessing Undergraduate intellectual curiosity across home, classroom, and digital landscapes. International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 7(1), 1–24.

12. Drage, E. (2025). Curiosity killed the cat? From a masculinized ‘frontier mindset’ to ethical curiosity in AI engineering. AI & SOCIETY, 40(6), 4197–4212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02185-1

13. Dubey, R., Griffiths, T. L., & Lombrozo, T. (2022). If it’s important, then I’m curious: Increasing perceived usefulness stimulates curiosity. Cognition, 226, 105193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105193

14. Fogg, M. (2025). Curiosity and the Critical Role of Primary Sources in Building Career-Ready Graduates. Against the Grain, 37(4), 26–27.

15. Goldenberg, S. (2022). Radical curiosity: Questioning commonly held beliefs to imagine flourishing futures (First edition). Crown.

16. Grossman, P., Jackson, J. L., & Nowotny, H. (2020). Curiosity Studies: A New Ecology of Knowledge. University of Minnesota Press. https://doi.org/10.5749/j.ctvzpv67w

17. Grossnickle, E. M. (2016). Disentangling Curiosity: Dimensionality, Definitions, and Distinctions from Interest in Educational Contexts. Educational Psychology Review, 28(1), 23–60.

18. Hamilton, D. (2019). Developing and testing inhibitors of curiosity in the workplace with the Curiosity Code Index (CCI). Heliyon, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01185

19. Haugen, H. Ø. (2024). Yuko Aoyama: Curiosity as Method. In J. Johns & S. M. Hall (Eds.), Contemporary Economic Geographies: Inspiring, Critical and Plural Perspectives (pp. 89–100). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529220599.009

20. Hensley, R. B. (2004). Curiosity and Creativity as Attributes of Information Literacy. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 44(1), 31–36.

21. Horstmeyer, A. (2019). Using Curiosity to Enhance Meaningfulness of Work. 2019 Volume 22 Issue 2, 2. https://gbr.pepperdine.edu/2019/08/using-curiosity-to-enhance-meaningfulness-of-work/

22. Hummel, K. (2022). Libraries Transforming Communities: The Movement Towards Civic Hubs. National Civic Review, 111(2), 43–48.

23. Kashdan, T. B., Goodman, F. R., Disabato, D. J., McKnight, P. E., Kelso, K., & Naughton, C. (2019). Curiosity has comprehensive benefits in the workplace: Developing and validating a multidimensional workplace curiosity scale in United States and German employees. Personality and Individual Differences, 109717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109717

24. Kashdan, T. B., McKnight, P. E., Fincham, F. D., & Rose, P. (2011). When Curiosity Breeds Intimacy: Taking Advantage of Intimacy Opportunities and Transforming Boring Conversations: Curiosity and Intimacy. Journal of Personality, 79(6), 1369–1402. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00697.x

25. Keltner, D. (2023). Awe: The new science of everyday wonder and how it can transform your life. Penguin Press.

26. Keshavarz, H. (2021). Evaluating Trustworthiness and Expertise of Information on Websites among the Undergraduate Students: The Role of Curiosity. International Information & Library Review, 53(3), 199–213. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2020.1827216

27. Kidd, C., & Hayden, B. Y. (2015). The psychology and neuroscience of curiosity. Neuron, 88(3), 449–460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2015.09.010

28. Knecht, M. K. (2022). Investigating Nontraditional First-Year Students’ Epistemic Curiosity during the Research Process: An Exploratory, Mixed-Methods Study. College & Research Libraries, 83(6), 874–886. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.83.6.874

29. Lathouras, A. (2024). A Journey of Curiosity, Discovery and Creativity. In Passion and Purpose in the Humanities. Routledge.

30. Leça, M. de M., & Santos, R. de S. (2025). Curious, Critical Thinker, Empathetic, and Ethically Responsible: Essential Soft Skills for Data Scientists in Software Engineering (No. arXiv:2501.02088; Version 1). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.02088

31. Ma, J., & Wei, W. (2023). Curiosity Causes Creativity? Revealing the Reinforcement Circle between State Curiosity and Creativity. JOURNAL OF CREATIVE BEHAVIOR, 57(4), 488–494. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.606

32. Marvin, C. B., Tedeschi, E., & Shohamy, D. (2020). Curiosity as the impulse to know: Common behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying curiosity and impulsivity. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 35, 92–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.08.003

33. Plaiss, M. (2016). “A Lifting of the Veil”: Thomas Merton’s Encounter with Heschel’s Radical Amazement. Merton Seasonal, 41(2). 

34. Saunders, E. G. (2023, November 14). Is Your Curiosity Helping or Hurting Your Work? Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2023/11/is-your-curiosity-helping-or-hurting-your-work

35. Sherwood, D., Heilig, J. V., Waln, F., & Wolverton, S. (2025). Unsettling Curiosity: Indigenizing a PWI in the Midwest. Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 23(2), 54–73.

36. Smith, C. S. (2023, May 17). The Power Of Curiosity In The Workplace. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2023/05/17/the-power-of-curiosity-in-the-workplace/

37. von Renesse, C., & Ecke, V. (2017). Teaching Inquiry with a Lens toward Curiosity. PRIMUS, 27(1), 148–164. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2016.1176973

38. Wilson, T. D. (2024). Curiosity and information-seeking behaviour: A review of psychological research and a comparison with the information science literature. Journal of Documentation, 80(7), 43–59. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-09-2023-0173

39. Yu, S. H. (2017). Just Curious: How Can Academic Libraries Incite Curiosity to Promote Science Literacy? Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library & Information Practice & Research, 12(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.21083/partnership.v12i1.3954

40. Zelizer, J. E. (2021). Abraham Joshua Heschel: a life of radical amazement. Yale University Press.

41. Zurn, P. (2021). Curiosity and Power: The Politics of Inquiry. University of Minnesota Press. https://doi.org/10.5749/j.ctv1hqdk33

42. Zurn, P., & Bassett, D. S. (2018). On curiosity: A fundamental aspect of personality, a practice of network growth. Personality Neuroscience, 1, e13.

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Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2023). How to strengthen your curiosity muscle. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2023/11/how-to-strengthen-your-curiosity-muscle 

Radical Curiosity Now. (n.d.). Curiosity practice: Tools and resources for individuals and groups. https://www.radicalcuriositynow.com/