Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/02/2026
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
Universität Bern (Room 028, Located on the Ground Floor Main Building – West Entrance)
Hochschulstrasse 4
3012
Bern
Categories
We all come from different backgrounds – whether it’s the way we communicate, solve problems, or see the world. In our busy lives, we rarely have time to pause and truly connect. UNESCO Story Circles is an experiential methodology designed to foster intercultural competence, empathy, and understanding through guided small-group dialogue. It is being used around the world – from classrooms to conflict zones – to build bridges between diverse perspectives. UNESCO Story Circles offers a simple, respectful way to share stories, listen to others, and reflect on how we navigate everyday interactions with people who are different from us.
This session will take place at 6 pm directly after our Annual General Meeting, and is open to both members and non-members. It will be followed by a networking apéro at 7:45 pm.
Registration: Please register no later than 12 noon on Friday 30 January 2026 via email to welcome@sietar.ch
In your email, please indicate your preferred language for instructions for this UNESCO Story Circles session (English, French or German).
Conducted by: Susan Schärli-Lim, RN, Dip. Ed, MAIR
A proud third culture kid, Susan Schärli-Lim has been a member of SIETAR Switzerland since its inception and now serves as a Board Member. She has lived in Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland and currently holds four passports.
Susan has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Curtin University in Perth, Australia, a Diploma of Education from WE’G in Aarau, Switzerland and a Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations, University of the Pacific & Intercultural Communication Institute, Portland, USA.
Susan currently works at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences as Head of International Relations – Institute of Nursing. For almost 15 years her main focus has been the intercultural development of students and staff in projects nationally, as well as EU/Movetia funded projects internationally. She is a member of the International Academy for Intercultural Research and the World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence, where she is the co-coordinator of the “Intercultural and Global Competence in Healthcare” workgroup. She is a qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory with an ethnorelative mindset.
She is also visiting lecturer at Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Qingdao University.
Susan is the co-author of a dual language book (English/German) “Intercultural Interactions for Health Professions”. She is also owner of I-LEAD Schärli-Lim Consulting – Intercultural Leadership, Education, Assessment & Development.