Translating Scientific Knowledge Through Accessible Data Visualization: A Dialogic Inquiry Framework for Enhancing Public Understanding

Mohamad Reza Vaez Shahrestani (Universität Bonn , The Iranian Center for The Advancement of Philosophy for Children and Youth (ICAPCY))

DIPS

An organization to promote reasonedDiscourse In Public Spaces

is pleased to announce the

CALL FOR PAPERS

for the

2026 International DIPS conference

The University of Hamburg (Germany)

August 20-22nd, 2026

Dialogue in public spaces (political, academic, social, virtual, etc.,) is too often unreasonable, uncivil, and lacking in reflection. Since reasonable, civil and reflective dialogue is the life breath of human flourishing, the goal of the present enterprise is to bring together people from all around the globe to create a dialogical symposium that will offer all of us the opportunity to come together to share our works, our concerns, and our enthusiasm.

Note: all submissions will be invited to publish their work in the peer reviewed journal of Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis (see below).

INCLUSIVITY

In light of the fact that there are many who believe that genuinely engaged dialogue needs support in numerous venues, the heading of DIPS, or Discourse in Public Spaces, hopefully signals maximum inclusivity.  Besides educators, the hope is that this symposium will attract scientists, policy makers, activists, and many others, whose concern is focused on enhancing dialogue in varying contexts.

THEME: DIALOGUE AND DEMOCRACY

In this time of turbulence, our goal is to bring together dialogical enthusiasts to share their wisdom on how best to handle, change, and assuage the various social currents to which we are all subject, so that they are supportive of, rather than detrimental to, the buoyancy of democracy, e.g., how to help folks negotiate social media, how to foster dialogue in deep social divides, how to translate scientific knowledge so that it effectively connects with laypeople, how to educate for genuinely responsible citizenship, i.e., not just voting, how to foster civility, etc.

YET MORE INCLUSIVITY

Everyone is welcome, either as a speaker or a learner. The plan is to have a 2-tier symposium fee so that those who come to learn rather than present will be offered a discount fee.

DATES

The dates of this international conference are Aug 20, 21, and 22, 2026—potentially followed by a morning debrief and/or an excursion, e.g., a harbor cruise.

The cutoff date for submission of abstracts November 30, 2025. Reminders will be sent out September 1 and October 1, 2025.  All abstracts will be vetted for quality and results should be available before March 1, 2026. Abstracts are to be no more than 700 words (not including bibliography).

Posters and workshops are also welcome.

Abstracts are to be sent to:Prof. Dr. Kerstin Michalik, University of Hamburg at [email protected]

COST

Non-student presenters 200 euros.

Non-student attendees 100 euros.

Students 25 euros.

The cost includes the venue plus coffee, tea, water, fruit and cookies for three days. There will be a lunch break to explore the local food venues. An organized dinner will be extra, as will outings.

Any questions can be directed to the DIPS website athttps://dipspace.org/OR to the members of the conference committee:

Dr. Arie Kizel at  [email protected]

Dr. Susan Gardner at [email protected]

Dr. Kerstin Michalik at [email protected]

HOTELS

The following hotels are within walking distance. As the conference gets closer, we will try to inform you of where others plan to stay.

Hotel Vorbach

Hotel Wagner

Hotel Bellmore

Hotel Fresena

Hotel Preuss

PUBLICATION

Presenters at the DIPS (Promotion of reasoned Discourse In Public Spaces) international conference at the University of Hamburg, Germany (Aug. 20-22, 2026) are invited to submit their presentations for publication consideration to Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis. Those giving research presentations are encouraged to submit their work as a standardresearch/academic article, while those giving workshops can submit their work under the journal’s new category of Fieldnotes (which is more focused on lesson plans and practical implementation of P4wC approaches).

Please click on the journal submission link to find out more.

Submissions | Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis

Presenters are encouraged to submit their articles by October 5 for full consideration in the fall 2026 issue.   

Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis is the longest continually running journal dedicated to Communal Inquiry and Philosophy for/with Children in the world.  AT&PP encourages submissions from scholars of historically underrepresented groups in the area of education or related to academia as well as junior scholars.

If you have any question, please contact the editor, Jason Howard: [email protected]