Center for Civic Discourse and Debate
Cultivating skills that sustain community and collaboration
At the University of Utah, we teach the skills a polarized world needs most: how to argue clearly, listen across differences, and turn conflict into collaboration.
Who We Serve
Students
Gain practical, career-ready skills in argumentation, conflict resolution and dialogue facilitation: tools that will make students more effective in every classroom, workplace and community.
Faculty
A cross-disciplinary hub for scholarship on argumentation, deliberative democracy and civic polarization, plus evidence-based tools to help you facilitate difficult conversations in the classroom.
Faculty
A cross-disciplinary hub for scholarship on argumentation, deliberative democracy and civic polarization, plus evidence-based tools to help you facilitate difficult conversations in the classroom.
Community
The University of Utah is investing in constructive dialogue, and aims to share that work with everyone. Public debates, facilitation training and civic programming available to all.
Interested in Finding Actual Solutions to Conflict?
Conflict is an unavoidable part of life, but resolving it effectively is a skill that can set you apart.