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course offerings

open for registration

Our courses teach you to understand and steer radical change. Registration is still open for the editions below.

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Biodiversity Futures

In this six-day program (Dutch spoken), professionals professionals from the public or private sector can grow to lead transitions with a positive impact on biodiversity. Registration is now open.
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Summer School Education for Social Change

This summer school is focused on teaching Experimental Pedagogics: an adaptable framework for designing educational methods. Sign up now!
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Transition maker training

Arm yourself with the skills and knowledge to shape sustainability and justice transitions. For young professionals (only available in Dutch).
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Sustainability Transition Leadership: Broadening Competences

Ongoing free online course in which you will develop transition leadership skills for just and effective wind energy systems.

in progress

Critical reflection and learning-by-doing are key to our courses. Registration for these course editions has closed.

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Reflexive Monitoring

This Dutch-language training gives you concrete tools for learning and adjusting in transitions. The winter edition 2026 is full but you can sign up for the waitlist.
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Behaviour for Systemic Change: a Course for Climate Professionals

In this unique six-day training course, you, as a climate professional, will discover how systems need to change and how people within those systems will move differently (only available in Dutch). This course is now full, but you can still sign up for the waitlist.
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Transition Management (Utrecht) – spring 2026

Our longest-running and highly popular course has provided hundreds of participants with a solid foundation in transition management. Sign up for the interest list for the autumn 2026 edition.
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Transition Management (Rotterdam) – spring 2026

Our longest-running and highly popular course has provided hundreds of participants with a solid foundation in transition management. Sign up for the interest list for the autumn 2026 edition.
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Just Sustainability Transitions

This online course is for those who believe that sustainability & social justice are key to fundamental change.

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All our activities are connected to our research

At DRIFT we study from different angles when and how fundamental social change is possible. We do this in and with practice. So the training and consultancy projects we offer are fueled by our scientific work and in turn enrich our academic activities.

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