Public Dialogues
The New Utrecht School organises several public dialogues at the intersection of the sciences, the health domain, and the arts. The following public dialogues were organised in the past:
Tell Yourself
How do events during your early development influence the further development of your personal identity and your role in society? And what is the importance of development and ownership for positive health? Continue Reading
Trial & Error in Science
How do researchers in Utrecht get to work in the lab in innovative ways? And how do they translate their fundamental research to the public? Continue Reading
It's Getting Hot
What is the relationship between climate change and our health? And what can the health domain do to combat climate change? Continue Reading
Living with Uncertainty
How do we live with uncertainty? Can modern humans still do that? Continue Reading
Future of the Healthy City
What does the healthy city of the future look like? A future-proof health domain requires collaboration. Continue Reading
Imagining the future of healthcare
Many dream - and worry - about the future of healthcare. What does it look like in 2050? How can we make this system 'fit for the future'? What leadership skills are necessary for such a transition, and who is responsible? Continue Reading
Between fake news and (bio)medical fact
A lot of (dis)information on disease and health can be found on the internet. Patients and healthcare professionals need to find and trust each other in this world of fake news. What is correct? Who decides? Continue Reading
Who controls your mind?
The relation between doctor and patient seems to change. Patients become more verbal whilst doctors are less authoritative than in the past. Who has a right to speak about physical and psychological health? Continue Reading
An app as your doctor?
Throughout the world of healthcare, various new digital aids are mushrooming. Online, both doctors and patients can find astonishing amounts of information on disease and treatments. Is your doctor being replaced by an app on your phone? Continue Reading
Theatre, Intersubjectivity and Medical/Psycho-trauma
The theatre allows us to visualise and live through physical and mental suffering, which in itself can have a healing effect. Vice versa, the hospital floor effectively forms a stage for a strictly scripted performance. What can we learn from this relationship? Continue Reading
The art of healing, the visual arts and the clinical perspective
Artists, art historians, and doctors are creative observers: they have to be able to read images and facial experssions in a split second, discern subtle signals and discover hidden patterns. Continue Reading
Meaning of Illness in and through Music
Music can have a healing influence. Vibrations and pacing allow spastic and ossified muscles to relax. Listing to a composition can alter your emotional state. What can we learn from the meaning of music in a (healthy) life? Continue Reading
Dance, Corporeity and Psychosomatics
The body feels, breathes, moves, works... and dances. The way how humans experience the world and give meaning to these experiences is bound to our physical senses. What happens if you lose those abilities? Continue Reading
Literature, Narrativity and Psychiatry
Human beings tell stories. We continuously narrate our lives, our origins, our feelings, our goals. But what if the story is interrupted? How does illness affect that story? Continue Reading