From Inner Struggle to Community Change (7 July 2026)
DAD - Conflict Transformation
Professionals Multiple levels
Early-bird rate € 615
Standard rate as from 15 February 2026: € 650
From Inner Struggle to Community Change (7 July 2026)
DAD - Conflict Transformation
Professionals
Multiple levels
Early-bird rate € 615
Standard rate as from 15 February 2026: € 650
Conflict is everywhere. It can emerge within our inner world, appear in our relationships, and ripple across groups, organisations, and communities. While often seen as something negative or disruptive, conflict carries insight, opportunity, and energy for transformation. This course invites participants to rethink conflict as a generative force and to build the capacity to work constructively with tension at four interconnected levels: inner, interpersonal, inter-group, and community.
Guest faculty
Maja Nenadović, PhD
Why participate
This course is for you if you want to help yourself or others you work with shift from “conflict avoidance” to “conflict engagement and transformation.” Whether you
Work with individuals, teams, classrooms, or communities facing tension or disagreement,
Support others in moments of crisis, misunderstanding, or misalignment,
Aim to build cultures where conflict is not avoided but engaged with constructively,
Want to understand your own conflict style and develop a more adaptive, grounded, resilient response, and/or
Seek tools for navigating difficult conversations, polarised spaces, or group tensions,
you will gain tools, concepts, and activities that can be applied in workplaces, NGOs, education settings, civic spaces, project teams, family systems, and community organising.
Learning outcomes
In this course, you will learn how to help yourself and those you work with so that you/they can better:
Identify personal conflict style(s), triggers, patterns, and default responses using validated self-assessment tools.
Reframe conflict as an opportunity for learning, insight, improved relationships, and innovation.
Apply practical techniquesfor transforming conflict in one-to-one conversations, including listening, reframing, and de-escalation strategies.
Analyse conflict systems in groups or communities, noticing patterns such as escalation cycles, alliances, identity triggers, and collective emotions.
Facilitate constructive intervention at multiple levels (inner, interpersonal, inter-group, and community) using structured tools and exercises.
Approach
Through a blend of critical self-reflection, experiential learning, practice tools, and real-world application, participants will learn how to recognise conflict dynamics, respond with confidence, and facilitate transformation in their own professional and everyday environments.
Participant profile/requirements
This course is for you if you are a
Manager, team leader, HR practitioner, and workplace mediator.
Educator, trainer, facilitator, or youth-worker.
Civil society practitioner, community organiser, or dialogue convener.
Individual seeking deeper self-awareness and resilience in challenging situations.
Contact us if you have questions about the suitability of this course for your circumstances.
Help yourself and those you work with:
Identify personal conflict style(s), triggers, patterns, and responses
Reframe conflict as an opportunity
Analyse conflict systems in groups or communities
Facilitate constructive intervention at multiple levels