General
Resources for Disagreeing Well in everyday life.
Resource and people spotlight
Disagreeing Well skills video series
This skills series is written and hosted by Mia Forbes Pirie, international conflict mediator, coach and UCL alumna. It covers what it means to disagree well, including useful tips and advice.
Guide to facilitating constructive discourse
This guide equips educators to foster environments where meaningful discussions can flourish.
Eugenics Legacy Education Project (ELEP)
This project engages with the UCL community to develop the teaching provision of our history and critical analysis of eugenics.
Partial Chairs Programme
This programme equips the next generation of leaders with the confidence and resilience to debate and discuss a range of topics in a respectful and sensitive way at UCL and beyond.
Dr Emily McTernan
Associate Professor in Political Theory
UCL, Department of Political Science
Emily is a political philosopher of the social world. Emily's research explores the ethics and politics of our interactions; our social norms and social emotions; and equality and the nature of injustice and hierarchy. Emily is co-host of the department’s podcast, UCL Uncovering Politics, which includes an episode on Taking Offence.
Further resources (UCL)
- UCL President & Provost speaks to Parliamentarians on freedom of speech and need to ‘disagree well'
- 'Disagreeing Well': An essential skill for everyone
- UCL Provost: We must learn to navigate disagreement successfully
- Disagreeing Well with Thomas Gift and Julie Norman | UCL Policy Lab - UCL
- Let's get ready to crumble - combating division over a cup of tea
- 'How can we Disagree Well at UCL?' Dr Michael Spence 'in conversation' with Dr Puja Mehta
- Simpson, Robert Mark; Bishop, Sebastian; (2024) Disagreement and Free Speech. In: Baghramian, Maria and Carter, Adam and Cosker-Rowland, Rach, (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Disagreement.
- Fornaroli, Giulio; (2019) Responding to Disagreement in Liberal Societies: Legitimacy, Respect, Toleration. Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
- Rumbold, BE; Wilson, J; (2016) Reasonable disagreement and the generally unacceptable: a philosophical analysis of Making Fair Choices
Further reading (external)
- “What do you Think? How to agree to disagree and still be friends” Matthew Syed, Publisher: Wren & Rook, 2022.
- "Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most" by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen
- "The Art of Thinking Clearly" by Rolf Dobelli
- "Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High" by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
- “How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide” by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay
- "How to Disagree. Negotiate Difference in a divided world." by Adam Ferner and Darren Chetty. Publisher: Quarto Publishing Plc, 2019.
- "Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration" by Teresa Bejan. Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2017
