Dialogical Self Theory (DST), originally proposed by Hubert Hermans and colleagues, instigated a world-wide development in psychology and the social sciences. According to DST, the individual self is social in origin and dialogical in its potential. The self functions as a dynamic multiplicity of I-positions in the society of mind and appropriates the voices of society and significant others. Within the functioning of the self these voices are considered to be in dialogue with each other.

Since the early 1990s there has been a growing interest in the study of the dialogical self stimulated by scientific developments in the broader areas of self and dialogue. The study of dialogical processes is of unprecedented importance in an era in which dialogical relationships, between and within people, are at the heart of living together in a globalizing world community. This consideration has led researchers to establish an organization with the aim of facilitating communication on an international basis. Against this background the International Society for Dialogical Science was founded in June 2002. The Society was formally constituted as a foundation under Dutch law in June 2002 and registered at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 09129112. The board of the foundation consists of professor Frans Wijsen (chair), Professor Toon van Meijl and professor Hubert Hermans, affiliated to Radboud University, Nijmegen.

• The 1^st International Conference on the Dialogical Self - 2000, 23-26 June, Radboud University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
• The 2^nd International Conference on the Dialogical Self - 2002, 18-20 October, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
• The 3^rd International Conference on the Dialogical Self – 2004, 26-29 August, Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Warsaw, Poland.
• The 4^th International Conference on the Dialogical Self – 2006, 1-3 June, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
• The 5^th International Conference on the Dialogical Self – 2008, 26-29 August, Queens College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
• The 6^th International Conference on the Dialogical Self – 2010, 30 September - 3 October, The President Hotel, Athens, Greece.
• The 7^th International Conference on the Dialogical Self – 2012, 25-28 October, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
• The 8^th International Conference on the Dialogical Self – 2014, 19-22 August, The Hague University, The Hague, The Netherlands.
• The 9^th International Conference on the Dialogical Self – 2016, 7-10 September, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
• The 10^th International Conference on the Dialogical Self – 2018, 13-17 June, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
• The 11^th International Conference on the Dialogical Self – 2020, 10-13 June, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain.
• The 12^th International Conference on the Dialogical Self – 2024, 4-7 June, University of Tallinn, Estonia.