Tools for good conflict in polarized times

Social debates today often feel like dead ends: people talk past each other, fronts harden, and constructive exchange hardly seems possible anymore.But what if conflict wasn't the problem, but part of the solution?
In this interactive workshop you will learn to navigate polarization rather than avoid it and promote “good conflict” in your environment.Using case studies, group work and role plays, you will try out concrete tools for de-escalation, deep listening and constructive dialogue that will help you remain able to act even in difficult conversations.
The basis is the Good Conflict Framework by US journalists Amanda Ripley and Hélène Biandudi Hofer, a practical model that shows how conflicts can be structured constructively without explaining away differences.

You learn:

• Identify drivers of toxic conflicts and dynamics of difficult conversations
• Apply techniques such as "looping" for deep listening
• Know models that help to constructively anchor healthy conflict in conversations about differences

The goal: by strengthening the ability to have “good conflict”, a healthier political culture is created in which differences can be expressed productively - in your community, in your club, in your everyday life.

Seminar leaders: Mackenzie Nelson and Laurenz Scheunemann