In collaboration with the Program on Negotiation and other cosponsors, the 23rd annual International Association for Conflict Management conference will be held in Boston July 24-27. The conference will feature a combination of poster and paper sessions, workshops, symposia, and roundtables. The IACM conference highlights the interdisciplinary nature of IACM and the excellent scholarship of
Conflict Management
The long-term management of intractable conflicts and the people involved in them so that they do not escalate out of control and become violent. (from http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/glossary.htm)
The following items are tagged Conflict Management.
The beginning of organized labor
The Clearinghouse at PON offers hundreds of role simulations, from two-party, single-issue negotiations to complex multi-party exercises. The Pullman Strike Role Play is a simulation from the Workable Peace Curriculum Series unit on the rise of organized labor in the United States.
This role play is set in the town of Pullman, Illinois, outside of Chicago,
Announcing the 2010 PON Summer Fellows
About the PON Summer Fellowship Program:
PON offers fellowship grants to students at Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University and other Boston-area schools who are doing internships or undertaking summer research projects in negotiation and dispute resolution in partnership with public, non-profit or academic organizations. The Summer Fellowship Program’s emphasis is on advancing the links between
2010 Winner of the Roger Fisher/Frank E. A. Sander Student Paper Prize Announced
Congratulations to Jamison Davies (HLS ’11), the 2010 Fisher/Sander Prize Winner, for his paper “Formalizing Legal Reputation Markets.”
This prize was established in 2007 by the Program on Negotiation in honor of Professors Roger Fisher, the Williston Professor of Law, Emeritus, and Frank E. A. Sander, the Bussey Professor of Law, Emeritus, two founders of the
Mediation Curriculum: Trends and Variations
NP@PON collected many types of curriculum materials from teachers and trainers who attended the 2009 Mediation Pedagogy Conference. We received general materials about classes on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as well as highly specific and idiosyncratic units like Conflict Resolution through Literature: Romeo and Juliet and a negotiating training package for female managers from the
What should journalists and conflict management professionals learn from each other?
“In the Global Village, Can War Survive?” by Program on Negotiation managing director Susan G. Hackley looks at the work of journalists and conflict management professionals, two groups who operate in the demanding world of conflict, and suggests ways they could – and should – learn from each other. “Conflict management professionals should tell their
Jared Curhan, PON Executive Committee
Jared R. Curhan is the Ford International Career Development Professor and Associate Professor of Organization Studies at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, where he specializes in the psychology of negotiation and conflict resolution. He received his BA in Psychology from Harvard University and his MA and PhD in Psychology from Stanford University. A recipient of support from the National Science Foundation, Curhan has pioneered a social psychological approach to the study of “subjective value” in negotiation (i.e., social, perceptual, and emotional consequences of a negotiation).
Eileen Babbitt
Eileen F. Babbitt is Professor of International Conflict Management Practice and Director of the International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She is also a Faculty Associate of the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Gabriella Blum, PON Executive Commitee
Gabriella Blum is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Law School, where she teaches international law and international conflict management. Following her studies of law and economics at Tel-Aviv University, Blum joined the Israel Defense Forces, and served as a senior legal advisor in the International Law Department, Military Advocate General’s Corps. During her military service, she was involved in the Israeli-Arab peace negotiations, Israeli strategic cooperation with foreign forces, and the administration of the Palestinian occupied territories.
Hannah Riley Bowles
Hannah Riley Bowles is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School. She conducts research on gender in negotiation and the attainment of leadership positions. She has conducted case research on leadership in crisis and the management of complex multi-party conflicts.
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