The International Society for Dialogical Science (ISDS) serves as a network of scholars – both researchers and practitioners – whose work focuses upon dialogue and the self. Members come from a diversity of disciplinary backgrounds including psychology, sociology and social anthropology, psychiatry, the humanities including literature, history, philosophy, theology, the arts, and others. Members live and work in more than two dozen countries. ISDS was formally constituted under Dutch law in June 2002 and was established at Radboud University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Dialogicalscience.org is the official web domain for ISDS



The deadline for submissions to the Sixth International Conference on the Dialogical Self (ICDS-6) has been changed to March 31, 2010. Details of the conference and the Call for Papers can be found
at the conference web site at this link.


Recent News
Last updated: 12/28/09

Dialogical Self Theory: Positioning and Counter-Positioning in a Globalizing Society

Hubert Hermans
Agnieszka Hermans-Konopka
ISBN-13: 9780521765268 (Hardback)
Price: £60.00

Dialogical Self Theory provides a comprehensive social-scientific theory that incorporates the deep implications of the process of globalization, and its impact on individual development. Hubert Hermans and Agnieszka Hermans-Konopka present a new and compelling view of the historical changes in perceptions of social realities, and how these changes affected motivation, emotion, leadership and conflict resolution. They detail the improvement of dialogical relationships both within the self and between individuals, groups and cultures, providing evidence from everyday life. The book addresses a variety of problem areas that are analyzed in new and unexpected ways: the pros and cons of traditional, modern, and post-modern models of self, the role of emotions, power and dominance, motivation, leadership, and conflict resolution. This book will be of interest to scholars in a wide range of fields including psychology and sociology.

Cambridge University Press has announced the April, 2010 publication of this new volume at its web site for the UK, Europe & the Middle East (it will be published in North America and elsewhere on May 31, 2010). Publication information online can be found here. A flyer with a 20% pre-publication discount (good until 12/31/09) can be accessed here.

Hubert Hermans and Agnieszka Hermans-Konopka announce the establishment of the Dialogical Practice Network, a global network of practitioners, scientists-practitioners, managers and artists who are involved in the application of methods based on Dialogical Self Theory. It is initiative of International  Institute for the Dialogical Self and it aims to create a space for professional development, inspiration and cooperation. Membership in the Network is by invitation only. Those who might be interested in requesting membership can find more information at the DPN web site at this link. (Posted 12/28/09)

The Sixth International Conference on the Dialogical Self (ICDS-6)
has been announced at this website.



It will take place in Athens, Greece from September 30 to October 3, 2010
with the cooperation of the Institute for Cognitive Analytic Therapy in Greece.

NOTE: While the tentative plan announced in Cambridge in 2008 was to hold the 6th conference in Kyoto, Japan, the ensuing world economic crisis and increased costs of international transportation have led a decision to this change of venue.

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Scientific Committee for the ICDS-6 has issued a Call for Papers for the conference with a submission deadline of March 31, 2010 (note: this deadline is changed from the original 12/31/09). Note that, in keeping with the practice of each of the previous conferences, the official language of the ICDS-6 including papers, posters, symposia, and discussions will be English.

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Past News
Last updated: 8/23/2009

New Issue of the International Journal for Dialogical Science
The newest issue of the IJDS (Fall, 2008, Vol. 3, No. 1) includes a large special issue focusing upon the cultural psychology of dialogical self. It is edited by Gyuseog Han (Chonnam National University, Korea) and Jaan Valsiner (Clark University, USA) and contains 5 target papers with multiple peer commentaries. This issue also includes an extended regular article, The Relevance of Secondness to the Psychological Study of the Dialogical Self, by Mariela Michel (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), Fernando Andacht (University of Ottawa), & William B. Gomes (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). (Posted: 2/9/09)

Fifth International Conference on the Dialogical Self
From August 26 to 29, 2008, Queens College of Cambridge Univerity in the United Kingdom served as the venue for the Fifth International Conference on the Dialogical Self (an archival copy of conference site can be found here). More than 300 participants from 43 different countries assembled for the meeting.

The conference was co-sponsored by the University of Sterling (UK), L’Université de Neuchâtel (Switzerland), University of Cambridge (UK) and Radboud University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands).

About 200 photographs from the conference are now available for browsing online at this link at Flickr. They include images of conference presentations, different social gatherings during the conference, and the beautiful surrounding environment of the university. (Posted: 1/4/2009)

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