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Negotiating Politics in Deep Polarization

Negotiating Politics in Deep Polarization

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Description

Political polarization is intensifying across the globe, shaping public discourse through division and echo chambers that discredit opposing views. In this landscape, there is an urgent need for skills that foster meaningful dialogue across ideological lines. This course stimulates students to build negotiation strategies suited to environments with little common ground, where emotional rhetoric often overrides rational debate and long-term responsibility is sidelined. Following the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum, central to the micromodule is the educational board game How to Win Brexit?, which offers an immersive, role-based learning, self-reflective experience. Through strategic gameplay, students engage with the complexities of political negotiation and consider its broader impact on leadership, decision-making, and intergenerational justice.

The Team

Teamchers

These are the teamchers you'll work with on the challenge.

TB
Tanu Biswas
Teacher
TM
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Timothy James Marshall
Teacher
JG
Jan Grzymski
Teacher

Learners

54 learners
Study period
13 April – 11 May 2026
Study format
Blended
Application period
7 November 2025 – 1 March 2026
Credits
5 ECTS
Hosting university
University of Stavanger
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Value and progress

Can apply critical thinking and strategic planning in political negotiations

ESCO SKILLS

Can apply effective communication in team-work activities

ESCO SKILLS

Can use leadership, teamwork, and decision-making skills

ESCO SKILLS

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Hosting university

University of Stavanger

University of Stavanger