About us

DialoguePerspectives. Discussing Religions and Worldviews trains young European leaders in the sciences, culture, politics and business to become experts in a new, society-oriented interreligious-worldview dialogue. DialoguePerspectives contributes significantly to understanding and cooperation in Europe, strengthens and defends European civil society and strives to shape a pluralistic, democratic and solidary Europe.

Within the framework of the DialoguePerspectives programme, participants and alumni collaboratively foster a constructive dialogue grounded in social needs, focusing on interreligious and worldview dimensions. They employ practical, impact-oriented and pluralistic dialogue methodologies, with the acquired insights being applied to significant realms such as social, scientific, political, cultural and economic domains. Additionally, DialoguePerspectives extends advisory services, further education, and training to government partners and civil society organisations.

Core Conflicts

The core conflicts that dialogue perspectives address include:

Social polarization

▷ Dialogue-based counteracting of polarization developments towards a new social cohesion

Lack of plurality competence

▷ Comprehensive communication of plurality competence in Europe through educational programs, campaigns and policy papers

Nationalism vs. European unity

▷ Targeted combating nationalist, populist and extremist movements in Europe

Migration and flight

▷ Contributing to transforming the European approach to migration and refugee movements to an inclusive and productive form

Digital democracy and combating hate speech and disinformation

▷ Research and testing innovative participation options in the democratic process as well as work against hate speech and disinformation, especially in social media

Global climate crisis

▷ Debates about environmental policy, climate change and sustainability and their effects on European society from a pluralistic perspective