Brian Mandell

Brian S. Mandell is Director of the Kennedy School Negotiation Project, and Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is Chair of the School’s Wexner-Israel Fellowship Program. His current teaching and research addresses the theory and practice of negotiation and leadership, emphasizing third party facilitation and resolving organizational and policy disputes. Before coming to Harvard, Mandell taught at The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa. Previously, he was a strategic analyst for the Canadian Department of National Defence specializing in UN peacekeeping and the implementation of arm control treaties agreement. A Pew Faculty Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Mandell holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.

Courses Taught:

MLD-221-A Introduction to Negotiation Analysis – Harvard Kennedy School of Government

MLD-221-B Introduction to Negotiation Analysis – Harvard Kennedy School of Government

MLD-230 Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution – Harvard Kennedy School of Government

STM-221: Introduction to Negotiation Analysis – Harvard Kennedy School of Government

STM-230: Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution – Harvard Kennedy School of Government

PAL-110: Mobilizing for Political Action – Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives – Executive Education Seminar, PON

Research Interests: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Middle East, Negotiations

Select Publications:

1. “Unnecessary Toughness: Hard Bargaining as an Extreme Sport.” In Negotiating on Behalf of Others. Edited by Robert M. Mnookin and Lawrence E. Susskind. Sage. 1999, pp. 263-272.
2. “Conflict Resolution.” In Protest, Power and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women’s Suffrage. Edited by Roger Porter and William B. Vogele. New York: Garland Publishing, 1997, pp. 112-115.
3. “The Limits of Mediation: Lessons from the Syria-Israel Experience, 1974-1994.” In Resolving International Conflicts: The Theory and Practice of’ Mediation, edited by Jacob Bercovitch. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1996, pp. 129-49.
4. “Getting to Peacekeeping in Enduring Rivalries: Anticipating an Israel-Syria Peace Treaty.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 40, no. 2, June 1996: 238-271.
5. “Conflict Management and Peace-Making in the Middle East in the Wake of the Gulf War: Objectives, Achievements and Prospects.” (Co-authored with Jacob Bercovitch.) International Problems 32, no. 60, 1993: 55-70.

Link to website:

http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~bmandell/indexbrian.htm