31 Mar 2026 — TRAINING Upcoming ESCuela training The Art of Sustaining Networks This ESCuela training dives into the art and design of sustaining networks beyond time-bound projects and funding cycles.
13 Apr 2026 — TRAINING Upcoming ESCuela training Social Design Impact Method On 13 April, 2026, ESC will organize a practical training course on the Social Design Impact Method. This training is intended for (creative) professionals who want to determine what they want to influence with their project in order to have a long-term impact in complex social contexts.
20 Apr 2026 — TRAINING Upcoming ESCuela training: Co-Design Canvas During this training course, learn how to work independently with the Co-Design Canvas, a practical and proven knowledge product for tackling complex social issues.
02 Jun 2026 — ESCALATOR 2-6-2026 Upcoming ESCalator: Experience a New Level of Empathy through the Empathoscope Empathy is widely discussed today, particularly in a world where social polarization and global tensions are increasingly visible. Yet empathy is often approached as a cerebral concept rather than as a lived experience. What happens if we move beyond talking about empathy and instead create conditions to experience it together?
ESCalator ESCalator: Pigeon as stakeholder This workshop explores how nonhuman stakeholders such as pigeons can gain a voice in urban decision making through chatbots and which ethical legal and societal questions this raises. From an ELSA and Systemic Co-design perspective we examine how technology can contribute to meaningful representation of nature in policy and design.
ESConference ESConference ESCape towards Impact From 11 to 13 February 2026, we invite all transition makers to celebrate four years of ESC and mark the start of the next phase of the Expertisenetwork Systemic Co-design.
TRAINING Werkconferentie Rijke Leeromgevingen Op woensdag 21 januari 2026 organiseren Teaching and Learning Network, Kenniscentrum LENI en de HU-expertisegebieden een inspirerende werkconferentie over Rijke Leeromgevingen.
TRAINING ESCuela training Ethnographic Fieldwork ‘Charting Invisible Borders’ Deepen your ethnographic practice and become equipped to challenge, map, and strategically shift the boundaries of complex systems for real-world transformation.
BOOKLAUNCH Double booklaunch and dinner (NADR & ESC) Together with Network Applied Design Research, ESC organizes a double booklaunch and dinner to celebrate two new publications: The Societal Impact (NADR) and ESCollab (ESC).
ESCalator ESCalator: The Radar as Compass – Building a ‘Partnicipation’ Method Together On Monday, June 23 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. during the ESCalator “ESCalator: The Radar as Compass - Building a ‘Partnicipation’ Method Together,” we will explore how this existing radar can be further developed into a Partnicipation Method.
ESConference May 26 ESConference ‘ESC Unboxed’ Explore the practices, tools, and insights within SCD that drive transitions forward, during the ESConference 'ESC Unboxed', May 26th.
ESCalator ESCalator: Shaping Change On Tuesday, May 6 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. during the ESCalator “Shaping Change,” we will explore the power of visualization in Systemic Co-Design.