The Dialogue Guide is intended to be used by those who participate in dialogues related to the sustainability transition. Its purpose is to support your skills development and to strengthen your ability to understand the opportunities and limitations of dialogue.

To shed light on the difficult-to-interpret situations that arise in times of conflict, we use the concept of “post-truth.” This concept refers to situations where actors have different claims of what the truth is and a lack of trust in one another. In such situations, problems with society’s information and communication structures lead actors to behave in ways that hinder dialogue.

Together with actress Inana Selenius, we—researchers at SLU—have produced four audio recordings featuring stories that illustrate a specific aspect of post-truth. The stories revolve around a fictional dialogue facilitator named Wilma. She has several years of experience working with contentious sustainability issues through dialogue. Each story is based on research from real-life dialogue processes. The Dialogue Guide can be used to analyze and learn from the stories (only available in Swedish).