The magic charm - a presentation by Iva Bicanic

The professional approach of sexual assault victims has changed since the 1970s: from a fragmented model to a centralized ‘one stop shop model’ where multiple disciplines offer collaborative services at one central location. Like other countries across the globe, the Netherlands took steps towards an integrated, multi-agency support framework resulting in 16 Sexual Assault Centers. Iva Bicanic will present this 10-year development as well as the elements that contributed to its success. 

Iva Bicanic is clinical psychologist at UMC Utrecht and VU Amsterdam. She is an expert in the field of sexual violence and skilled in post-traumatic stress disorder, cognitive behavioural therapy, EMDR, psychology, clinical research and psychiatry. 

Not meeting in the middle: finding common ground - a learning by doing session by Anke Vrieze

Finding common ground is key to interdisciplinary collaborations. However, where do you meet? Together, we depart from the premise that it’s not about meeting in the middle. Rather, it’s about finding the creative tension between perspectives. Curious to explore what’s needed to make interdisciplinary collaboration spark? Join us for this learning-by-doing session! 

This session is led by Anke de Vrieze, Knowledge & learning adviser at the Centre for Unusual Collaborations (CUCo), an alliance of Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht, Eindhoven University of Technology, and Wageningen University & Research.

Embarking on an interdisciplinary project is like walking into an undiscovered country. You don’t know what you will find. Often signs are confusing, and it can be disorienting as you encounter different assumptions, professional languages, and differences in perspectives that add an extra level of complexity. Finding ways to actively cultivate hope is a valuable tool that can help navigate this landscape, as people work together in new ways and find new solutions. In this workshop we will explore how you can work with hope: what are your experiences of working with hope, which tools can help a team to create a collective sense of hope and which ways can develop your own practice and conduct to make use of hope? 

Doris Gottlieb is consultant, facilitator, trainer and mentor Genuine Contact - an approach to change and to leadership

Walking through your senses - a walking session by Francesca Ranalli and Tânia Cardoso

Being able to feel and share our emotions is the first step for listening to each other. Walking through the Amstel area while focusing on one sense can help us reinforce the relationship between our bodies and minds. Unexpectedly, listening and understanding each other’s different perspectives can spark new insights. This is a key to interdisciplinarity!

This part of the day is organised by Francesca Ranalli, postdoc of Utrecht University, architect & urban designer, and by Tânia Cardoso, illustrator, urbanist & PhD candidate of the Centre for Urban Studies - University of Amsterdam