The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is an applied research center committed to improving the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution.

Founded in 1983 and based at Harvard Law School, PON is an interuniversity consortium involving faculty, graduate students, and administrative staff from a range of disciplines and professional schools at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tufts University.

In all projects and activities, PON focuses on creating innovative ways to:

• Serve the mission of PON's consortium schools to provide comprehensive and enlightened training and prepare graduates to assume a leadership role in the world community
• Encourage new thinking in negotiation theory
• Nurture the next generation of teachers and scholars
• Provide a forum for the discussion of ideas and practices
• Increase public awareness of successful conflict resolution processes, and
• Connect the discussion of conflict resolution with current events and real-world contexts.