Developing Across Differences
Enhance your skills, expand your network and be inspired at the European Developing Across Differences (DAD) Learning Lab & Community Week. The fifth annual edition of this advanced professional development and interdisciplinary learning programme will run from 6 - 10 July 2026.
The event is designed for experienced practitioners and scholars — from all sectors, from Europe and beyond — who wish to continue to hone their expertise in one or more 4 key areas of study and practice in the Differences field: Intercultural communication, Global learning, Anti-discrimination/Diversity & inclusion, and Global competence. Past participants include corporate professionals, faculty and academic advisors, international education staff, government officers, NGO/non-profit managers and other multipliers who help audiences embrace and work with differences for sustainable solutions.
(Visiting) faculty include: Milton Bennett, Nadine Binder, Michaela Carrière, Darla Deardorff , Nene Molefi, Maja Nenadinović, Mai Nguyen, and Annelie Wambeek. The event is offered by the Institute for Developing Across Differences and the University of Groningen/RUG.
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Educating Global Ready Graduates
Discover the demanding yet rewarding paths to developing and assessing students’— and other stakeholders’—global and intercultural competence on campus within the higher education settings.
Dates: 7 - 8 July 2026
The Relational Roots of Intercultural Communication
(Re)discover relational communication — versus culture — as the basis of effective Intercultural Communication. It teaches updated observational categories to help guide your intercultural training and competence development efforts.
Dates: 9 - 10 July 2026
Conflict Transformation
Rethink conflict as a generative force. Build skills to move from avoidance to engagement and transformation—within yourself, relationships, groups, and communities—using practical tools for difficult conversations, polarised spaces, and tensions anywhere.
Dates: 7 July 2026
Bridging Differences
Reveal the hidden dimensions of diversity—and learn to bridge them with clarity and empathy. Gain developmental frameworks plus ready-to-use train-the-trainer tools to strengthen intercultural competence for yourself, teams, and learners.
Dates: 8 - 10 July 2026
Applying Neuroscience
Explore how cutting-edge insights from neuroscience can help create and improve workplace policies and strategies on bias management, diversity & inclusion practices, change management, intercultural communication, work-life balance, and personal development.
Dates: 8 - 10 July 2026
Overcoming Diversity Opposition
Reduce defensiveness around D&I and turn apathy or pushback into constructive engagement with practical strategies to de-escalate threat responses and build momentum toward meaningful outcomes.
Dates: 9 - 10 July 2026
Psychological & Social Safety Today
Create psychological and social safety that truly includes everyone. In one day, learn a research-backed four-step framework to design practical, context-specific practices that improve collaboration across differences, innovation, and growth.
Dates: 7 July 2026
Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Benchmark Method
Use the GDEIB to move beyond performative D&I efforts and learn a practical roadmap to drive measurable, sustainable D&I outcomes across your organisation.
Dates: 7-8 July 2026
The DMIS at Forty
What are the greater intercultural implications of the worldwide resurgence of populist authoritarianism? Explore how interculturalists can counter authoritarianism in both the theory and the practice of intercultural communication.
Dates: 8 July 2026