Structured dialogue
The pilot is testing whether a guided dialogue format can make conversations across different communities easier and more comfortable.
Small student-led pilot
Respectful dialogue across different communities.
Beyond Differences is a student-led dialogue project exploring respectful conversations across different communities as part of the 2026 Grassroots Internships. Beyond Differences is currently being developed and tested as a small student-led pilot.
Pilot status
Beyond Differences is currently being developed and tested as a small student-led pilot.
The project explores respectful conversations across different communities. Its current work is a small pilot, not an established programme or evidence of population-level impact.
Small-pilot measurement
The team introduced before-and-after self-report measurement and is reporting the early results with clear limitations.
Consent and learning
The consent process has been strengthened as the team develops the Dialogue Kit and reviews what the pilot can responsibly show.
How the pilot is being developed
Four careful commitments
01
Listen carefully
Create a structured space where different perspectives can be heard respectfully.
02
Use a clear dialogue format
Develop and test Dialogue Kit Version 1 as a practical guide for the pilot conversation.
03
Measure cautiously
Use before-and-after self-reported responses while keeping the small sample and study limits visible.
04
Improve through evidence
Review pilot activities, consent practice, participant responses, and documented media before making further claims.
Week 3 pilot snapshot
Early evidence, with clear limits
These figures describe a small pilot and are not evidence of population-level impact.
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Verified Week 3 participants
Consented participants in the Week 3 pilot.
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Project activities
Activities conducted by the Week 3 review.
3.29 → 4.43
Q1 average
Average self-reported comfort discussing ethnicity before and after the dialogue among paired numeric responses.
Reported movement: +1.14
Sensitivity range: +0.86 to +1.14
The range reflects uncertainty from reconstructed lower-confidence pairings after participant-code failures. This is a small pilot, not population-level causal evidence.
Public evidence trend
What changed as analysis became more rigorous
The reported movement became smaller as the measurement and analysis became more rigorous. Week 3 reported movement was +1.14, Week 4 full-cohort movement was +0.43, and excluding the largest single mover (BD-09) produced a robustness result of -0.17.
Week 3
+1.14
Reported movement
Week 4
+0.43
Full cohort movement
Week 4 robustness check
-0.17
Excluding BD-09
BD-09 remains included in the primary Week 4 analysis. The -0.17 figure is a robustness and sensitivity check, not the primary result.
These figures are early pilot evidence and should not be interpreted as population-level proof or causal evidence. Week 3 and Week 4 records are presented as separate analyses and are not combined.
Supplied project assets
Prior-work interviews
These supplied interviews pre-date the project start and remain clearly labelled as prior work.
View all documented work
Prior Work
Caste, Ethnicity, and Everyday Discrimination
Prior Work
A Perspective on Discrimination
Project updates
Verified developments only
evidence•Week 4 review
Week 4 Field Test and Robustness Check
Dialogue Kit Version 2 was tested by an outside facilitator, and the Week 4 result was published with its participant-level sensitivity check.
Read factual update →evidence•Week 3 review
Week 3 Pilot Evidence
A factual summary of the available Week 3 paired responses and the limits of this small pilot.
Read factual update →project•Project development update
Dialogue Kit Version 1 and Pilot Measurement
The team developed Dialogue Kit Version 1, introduced before-and-after measurement, and strengthened the consent process.
Read factual update →project•25 July 2026
Beyond Differences Project Started
Beyond Differences started on 25 July 2026 as a team project on the 2026 Grassroots Internships.
Read factual update →Programme relationship
A four-week student project
Beyond Differences is a team project on the 2026 Grassroots Internships, a four-week programme run by Kubair Shirazee and Team Numu, in partnership with Peace Through Prosperity.