CPT provides courses in a number of minors that relate to communication and innovation.

Joanne Leerlooijer, CPT's education coordinator, explains how communication and collaboration play an important role in all Life Science themes (in Dutch).

1. Communication for Change

Today’s challenges call for integral approaches that connect science with society. The minor Communication for change provides you with insights from to the interdisciplinary field of strategic communication. You learn how to apply principles from social psychology, communication and collaborative processes for societal change.

2. Communication in Life Science contexts

In your future research projects, you will find that without support from society your findings have no power to innovate. How to connect your research to society early on? In the minor Effective Communication you will learn all about societal innovation processes and effective communication, making sure your findings have impact.

3. Philosophy

Alternative facts, distrust in government, societal conflicts – what can we trust and how should we respond? Philosophical and ethical reflection can help us understand problems and find reasonable answers. This minor introduces you to basic philosophical insights, a variety of tools for reflection and analysis, and some of the deepest ethical dilemmas of our times.

Courses Minor Communication and Change

• Introduction to Strategic Communication
• Social Psychology
• Persuasion in Consumer Communication 
• Communication Theory
• Communication and Organisations

Coures Minor Communication in Life Science contexts

• Risk Communication
• Research for Effective Communication
• Designing Communication Interventions
• Innovation and Transformation
• Internet-based Communication

Courses Minor Philosophy

• Philosophical Reflection
• Philosophical Skills
• Ethics, Health and Society
• Data Science Ethics
• Current Ethical Controversies
• Ethics and Philosophy for Biologists
• Response & Reflection in Molecular Life Science