Civil Discourse

Authors and recent Harvard graduates Eve Driver and Tom Osborn discuss their new book What We Can't Burn : Friendship and Friction in the Fight for Our Energy Future . In-person and via Zoom. A light lunch will be served. Registration opens January 30...

During these turbulent times, there are many important and risky conversations to have that require bravery as well as skill and planning. In this two hour training, the Harvard Ombuds Office will dive deeper into dialogue skills for having a brave...

We all have a role to play in advancing civil discussions about potentially divisive issues, and these following resources were developed with that in mind. Encouraging Civil Conversations at Work Presented by Andrea Kelton-Harris, the Director of DEIB...

How can educators create an environment where students feel safe taking intellectual risks? Join us as Dr. Shelby Clark shares her methods and findings from two recent studies on intellectual risk-taking in the classroom. You will learn practical tools to...

Following widespread student protests in the spring, many American colleges and universities are reexamining how to balance free expression and open dialogue with preserving a safe, productive, and respectful learning environment. We look at lessons to be...

"Encouraging Civil Conversations at Work" presented by Andrea Kelton-Harris, the Director of DEIB for FAS HR. Two sessions are scheduled for the following dates and times: October 30, 2024 from 1:00pm-2:30pm January 16, 2025 from 1:00pm-2:30pm

A presentation from 2024–2025 Evelyn Green Davis Fellow Daniel L. Chen Daniel L. Chen—director of research at CNRS, professor at the Toulouse School of Economics, and moral AI cochair at ANITI—specializes in law, economics, and data science to uncover...

Open inquiry and the ability to engage constructively in challenging dialogues about important topics is essential to teaching, learning, and research. The Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL)’s 2024 HILT Conference will center this...

The popular perception of taking offense is that it is a bad thing: at best, revealing a weakness of character, at worst, being a technique for shutting down debate and discussion. This lecture offers a defense of offense as a misunderstood emotion that...