This collection brings together papers originally presented at an international academic workshop organised in partnership with the Global Humanity for Peace Institute at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace, and the UNESCO Collective Healing Initiative at Mansfield College, University of Oxford, in September 2025.
Inspired by the power and potential of intergenerational dialogue, the issue responds to the United Nations’ Pact for the Future, which underscores the need for equitable intergenerational processes and collaborative approaches to multilateral governance to advance sustainable peace, structural justice, and inclusive well-being.
This Special Issue takes up that call by bringing together scholars, researchers, and practitioners from diverse disciplines, each exploring intergenerational dialogue as a transformative process and practice for communal well-being. The papers span different geographical regions, from Austria, the United Kingdom, South Korea, and Wales to India, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, the United States, and Aotearoa New Zealand. They draw on richly varied intellectual traditions, including continental philosophy, decolonial theory, Islamic ethics, feminist praxis, Indigenous epistemologies, and process-oriented social inquiry.
Together, the papers collectively reposition intergenerational dialogue from a facilitative technique to a multi-dimensional praxis: an epistemological framework for co-inquiry, an ethical discipline of listening and recognition, a political process challenging the asymmetries of power, and the institutional conditions that enhance trust and collaboration.
We hope this special issue reaches a wide readership and makes a meaningful contribution to the field of dialogue studies.
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