Gathering experiences from our members, we are looking for short written statements on the importance of discussing power relations to you. AEC would like to stimulate a healthy and constructive discussion within our community. Your example may help with that!

We realise this is not an easy topic and we would like to point out the following things:

1) Power relations exist in most group environments - often encountered at work or at school. They can have negative connotations, which are criticised for example by the MeToo movement, but there are many layers within power relations to be discussed. It is important to understand that power relations will always play a role, not just in a negative way, and that awareness of and transparency around it is most helpful to all involved.

2) You do not have to have any personal experience on power relations in order to have an opinion about the discussion, especially in your specific role as 'teacher', 'student', 'head of department' 'IRC'... Equally, if your institution has not done anything yet on power relations, you can still have an idea about how you would like this topic to be addressed, or how it would make you feel if it was addressed.