SciArt collaborations at the Joint Research Centre: Understanding and evaluating transdisciplinary innovation beyond economic value

• Arts-based-research theories enable sharp analysis of SciArt innovation and impact. • Artists produce knowledge informed by science rather than communicating science. • Artists foster knowledge absorption via forms which are accessibly complex. • SciArt generates innovation beyond products, marketable solutions and economic value. • Research centres should integrate transdisciplinary projects as an FTE%.