The Worldview Journey
Learning to Navigate Meaning, Difference, and Complexity in a Time of Crisis
LearningPlanet Festival — Interactive Online Session
As the challenges facing our world deepen — socially, ecologically, and psychologically — it is becoming increasingly clear that lasting responses cannot come from systems and technologies alone. They also require a transformation in how we see, understand, and relate to the world and to one another.
In other words: our worldviews matter.
How we make sense of reality shapes how we act within it. It influences how we respond to crisis, how we engage with difference and disagreement, and how we imagine possible futures. In today’s deeply divided cultural landscape, developing worldview literacy and the capacity for constructive dialogue across difference has become an essential learning task.
In this interactive session, you’ll be introduced to the Worldview Journey — a research-informed, transformative learning process developed in collaboration with Utrecht University. The Worldview Journey supports learners in exploring how worldviews shape meaning-making, relationships, and collective action, and in cultivating the human capacities needed to navigate complexity with greater wisdom and care.
What is the Worldview Journey?
The Worldview Journey unfolds through four interconnected learning movements, each combining conceptual insight, reflection, dialogue, and experiential practice:
- Explore your Worldview — gain perspective on your own perspective
- Exchange your Worldview — learn to learn from other perspectives
- Expand your Worldview — cultivate a planetary perspective
- Express your Worldview — put your perspective into practice
Together, these journeys help participants deepen self-understanding, strengthen dialogical capacities, and translate insight into meaningful action.
What to expect in this session
This festival session offers a taste of the Worldview Journey and includes:
- a short lecture on why worldview awareness is crucial in this historical moment;
- an introduction to the structure, purpose, and research foundations of the Worldview Journey;
- a brief experiential dialogue exercise;
- space for questions and shared reflection
Participants will leave with a clearer sense of:
- how worldview work supports education, leadership, and wellbeing;
- why dialogue and reflection are essential human capabilities for the 21st century;
- how these practices can be integrated into classrooms, teams, and communities
This session is suitable for educators, learners, facilitators, leaders, and anyone interested in deeper forms of learning and transformation.
This session is free and open to all as part of the LearningPlanet Festival.
Tuesday 27 January
7.30–9.00 pm CET
Online — Free
