“UN Sanctions and Conflict in Darfur”
with
Mr. Debi Prasad Dash

Coordinator
United Nations Panel of Experts on the Sudan

 
When: Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Time: 12 – 1 p.m.

Where: Wasserstein Hall, Room B015, Harvard Law School Campus
Please bring your lunch. Drinks and desserts provided.
 
About the Presenter:
Mr. Debi Prasad Dash heads the United Nations’  five member International Panel of Experts on … read more »

The problem: You’re not sure which of two common dispute resolution processes, mediation or arbitration, to use to resolve your conflict. Mediation is appealing because it would allow you to reach a collaborative settlement, but you’re worried it could end in impasse. You know that arbitration would wrap up your dispute conclusively, but it wouldn’t give you much say in … read more »

In this video, Professor Robert H. Mnookin, Chair of the Program on Negotiation, reflects on his experience leading a negotiation workshop for high school students in Israel. The key negotiation skills emphasized in the workshop were active listening and the ability to understand the perspective of the other side. As Professor Mnookin states in the video, “I told … read more »

“Religious Fundamentalism in Palestine and Israel
and its Impact on Women”
with

Laila Atshan
Mason Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government
and psychologist in Palestine
and
Dina Kraft
Free lance journalist based in Tel Aviv, Israel and Nieman Fellow 
 
Date: Monday, January 30, 2012
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Knafel Building North, 1737 Cambridge Street, Room N-262 (Bowie Vernon Room).
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Laila Atshan is … read more »

Sometimes asking a simple question can move you from deadlock to deal. Yet negotiators often neglect to ask key questions because it doesn’t occur to them to do so or  because they don’t want to appear weak or uninformed. Even when we do remember to ask the other side questions, we sometimes ask questions that are unlikely to shed much … read more »

Harvard psychologist and PON affiliated faculty member, Daniel L. Shapiro, Ph.D., has been awarded the highly competitive Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI).  SPSSI recently announced the award in recognition of his article, “Relational Identity Theory: A Systematic Approach for Transforming the Emotional Dimension of Conflict,” published in … read more »

Peter Kamminga is Associate Professor of Law at Amsterdam University in the Netherlands and a PON Postdoctoral Research Fellow, specializing in negotiation and contracting of complex infrastructure projects. In his current research Dr. Kamminga examines the influence of legal governance mechanisms on contracting and dispute resolution processes. He has a particular interest in the negotiation and contracting processes of stakeholders … read more »

Paola Cecchi Dimeglio is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at PON. She studies the effects of gender, culture and organizational behavior on international strategic alliances using quantitative and qualitative research methods. Currently, at PON, Dr. Cecchi Dimeglio is focusing on three research projects: 1) the effects of gender and culture on the decision-making, negotiation and conflict management processes in international partnerships … read more »

Alain Lempereur is the Alan B. Slifka Professor at Brandeis University, and the director of the Masters’ Programs in Coexistence and Conflict at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, where he was also a visiting professor. His current research is devoted … read more »

Imagine that after some negative experiences at the bargaining table, you’ve started to worry that you simply don’t have the right personality to be a great negotiator. The other party always seems to get the upper hand, and you can’t manage to come away with a favorable deal. What can you do to improve, or should you leave negotiating to … read more »