Programme

Tuesday January 20, 2026

09:00 - 09:30

Welcome with coffee/tea

09:30 - 09:45

Start
Introduction to the Winterschool
Gerben Westerhof, professor in Narrative psychology and technology, University of Twente

09:45 - 12:00

Interactive lecture
"Introduction to narrative research and the role of the arts"
Anneke Sools, Assiociate Professor in Narrative change research, University of Twente

12:00 - 13:00

Pitches participants (in multiple groups)

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:30

Making project groups and working on own project

14:30 - 17:00

Workshop
Arts-Based Learning
Marike Geurts, PhD candidate Amsterdam University Medical Centre
Shailoh Phillips, PhD candidate University of Twente

17:00

End of day 1

Wednesday January 21, 2026

09:00 - 11:00

Workshop
"What if my research lived in Lord of the Rings?"
A workshop to twist your research practice through visual storytelling in fantasy worlds.
Elise Talgorn, Associate professor Social impact storytelling, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Silvana Beerends-Pavlovic, Head of Storyhackers, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Jochem Kootstra, Lecturer and researcher Digital culture and media, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 13:00

Working on project

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 16:00

Interactive keynote lecture
"Good translations in combining qualitative research and the arts: The case of a dramaturgical approach to convey counternarratives of service users in long term care"
Marjolijn Heerings, assistant professor Health Care Governance, Erasmus University Rotterdam

16:00 - 16:30

Break

16:30 - 17:30

Work on project 

17:30

End of day 2

Thursday January 22, 2026

09:00 - 11:00

Workshop
"Narrative literacy for wicked problems"
Sjoerd-Jeroen Moenandar, Assistant professor narrative studies and narratology, University of Groningen
Steven Willemsen, Assistant professor in arts and cognition, University of Groningen

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 13:00

Working on project

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 17:00

Group presentations with feedback from lecturers

17:00 - 17:30

Evaluation and Wrap-up