World in Conversation is the premier center for open inquiry at Penn State, offering essential non-partisan engagement in support of building solutions. Our approach both trains students to facilitate constructive conversations around contentious issues and offers opportunities for students, university groups, community groups, and professionals in all settings to participate in them. More than half a million participants have experienced World in Conversation programming over two decades.
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Dr. Laurie Mulvey, Director of the World in Conversation Center at Penn State University, was the keynote speaker at a NATO research conference in London in May of 2024. The conference, entitled Leadership Development for Multinational Military Operations, was designed to bring together leadership experts to address multinational military and civil leaders, researchers, and NATO partners.
Some of our colleagues recently traveled to Penn State University from around the world to attend a conference hosted by World in Conversation. Learn how they make it possible for us to serve people and communities with needs, interests, and risk factors that may be vastly different from one another.
During Canada’s recent Democracy Summit DemocracyXChange, Dr. Laurie Mulvey presented a case for how conflict facilitators are necessary for people to meaningfully collaborate across deep divides in order to build solutions for our most pressing social problems.
