Conflict Resolution

The process of resolving a dispute or a conflict permanently, by providing each sides’ needs, and adequately addressing their interests so that they are satisfied with the outcome. (from http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/glossary.htm

The following items are tagged Conflict Resolution.

Video: Arab and Jewish high school students learn negotiation skills with PON

Posted by & filed under Daily, International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiative.

Dr. Shula Gilad, Senior Fellow at the Program on Negotiation, recently helped launch an innovative new program for high school students in Israel.  With support from the Office of Public Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, the Program on Negotiation co-sponsored three two-day workshops, which brought together a total of 180 Arab and

Announcing the 2011-2012 PON Graduate Research Fellows

Posted by & filed under Daily, PON Graduate Research Fellowships, Students.

The Program on Negotiation Graduate Research Fellowships are designed to encourage young scholars from the social sciences and professional disciplines to pursue theoretical, empirical, and/or applied research in negotiation and dispute resolution. Consistent with the PON goal of fostering the development of the next generation of scholars, this program provides support for one year of dissertation research and writing in negotiation and related topics in alternative dispute resolution, as well as giving fellows an opportunity to immerse themselves in the diverse array of resources available at PON.

We are very excited to have three new fellows join us this fall:

Exhaust the Limits: The Life and Times of a Global Peacemaker

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Exhaust the Limits: The Life and Times of a Global Peacemaker

with
Charles F. “Chic” Dambach
President & CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding

Date: May 16, 2011

Time: 12:00PM to 1:30PM
Where: Hauser Hall, Room 102, Harvard Law School Campus
Chic Dambach will discuss his new memoir, Exhaust the Limits: The Life and Times of a Global

Budrus

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Ayed Morrar, an unlikely community organizer, unites Palestinians from all political factions and Israelis to save his village from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier. Victory seems improbable until his 15-year-old daughter, Iltezam, launches a women’s contingent that quickly moves to the front lines.

Struggling side by side, father and daughter unleash an inspiring, yet little-known movement

Knocking

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At first glance, Knocking is about Jehovah’s Witnesses, the door-to-door proselytizers we like to hide from. But there’s a bigger story as the film asks whether they are a necessary annoyance in a free society. What if you wanted to speak, publish, worship or live as you choose but belonged to the marginalized group of

Patrick Field

Posted by & filed under Greater Boston PON Network.

Patrick Field is Managing Director at the Consensus Building Institute (CBI), Associate Director of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, and Senior Fellow at the University of Montana Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy. As one of the country’s most experienced group facilitators, Mr. Field has helped thousands of stakeholders reach agreement on organizational mergers,

David Fairman

Posted by & filed under Greater Boston PON Network.

David Fairman is Managing Director at the Consensus Building Institute (CBI), Associate Director of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, and Lecturer in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT and a B.A. from Harvard College. At MIT, his academic focus is the application of negotiation and

Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood – Obstacles to Peace in the Middle East or Opportunities?

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“Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood-
Obstacles to Peace in the Middle East or Opportunities?”
with

Robert Pastor
Date: February 15, 2011

Time: 12:00PM to 1:30PM
Where: Pound Hall, Room 202, Harvard Law School Campus
The foreign policy of the United States and its allies have been based on the premise that all three organizations are immutable threats to

Debbie Goldstein

Posted by & filed under Affiliated Faculty, PON Affiliated Faculty.

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Debbie Goldstein is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and a Lecturer at Tufts University School of Medicine. She also teaches executives through the Harvard Negotiation Institute. In the private sector, she is the Managing Director of Triad Consulting, a Cambridge-based consulting firm specializing in the field of conflict resolution.