Our Programs
Science in Dialogue offers various learning journeys and programs for researchers and staff members who want to learn how to apply dialogue in their own practice.
Dialogue Incubator
The Dialogue Incubator is an intensive learning track for VU researchers who want to integrate dialogue into their own research practice. Throughout the track, participants work on a specific project, issue, or dialogue intervention within their research.
Participants explore how societal perspectives, values, and experiences can be incorporated into their work. They practice dialogue skills, reflect on their role as researchers, and design their own dialogue activity. The program offers opportunities for peer learning, individual guidance, and in-depth exploration of methodology. Seed funding is available to help participants organize their own dialogue.
The Dialogue Incubator is particularly suited for researchers who not only want to reflect on impact but also want to actively experiment with new ways of collaborating, listening, and conducting research.
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Science Communication Lab
The Science Communication Lab is a learning program for young researchers who want to deepen and innovate their science communication. The program focuses on reflective, creative, and socially engaged communication about science; you’ll learn to experiment with formats such as stories, visuals, media, workshops, podcasts, exhibitions, film, or other creative expressions.
In the Lab, participants explore how they can incorporate their own position, values, target audience, and social context into the way they communicate about their research. This involves not only explaining things clearly, but above all listening, designing, visualizing, and seeking appropriate forms of interaction with different audiences.
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Dialogue Facilitator Academy
The Dialogue Facilitator Academy is a learning program for staff and researchers who want to learn how to carefully design and facilitate dialogue processes. Participants develop skills in conversation facilitation, dialogue design, active listening, managing differences, and guiding discussions on complex or sensitive topics.
The Academy is intended for people who want to play a role in facilitating meaningful conversations within their own faculty, department, division, or research environment. In this way, we are building a broader group of dialogue facilitators within the VU.
