Registration is now closed for the NP@PON Mediation Pedagogy Conference.

Professors Lawrence Susskind (MIT) and Michael Wheeler (Harvard Business School) are pleased to announce a Mediation Pedagogy Conference to be held by Negotiation Pedagogy at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (NP@PON). This two-day Conference will be held Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16, 2009, on the campus … read more »

Dan Shapiro was featured in a New York Times article by Steven Kurutz on how to haggle for furniture at New York’s high-end showrooms…

Before I began, I had to overcome a stumbling block: I’d never haggled in any retail store and wasn’t sure how to go about it. Like many people, I don’t relish negotiating, especially when it involves money. … read more »

In his book How to Negotiate with Kids…Even When You Think You Shouldn’t (Viking, 2003), Scott Brown, a co-founder of the Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard Law School, outlines a framework for dealing with your children using the principles of negotiation. He identifies six principles of “persuasive parenting” that will allow you and your child to successfully negotiate durable, creative resolutions … read more »

Negotiating with your children may seem counterintuitive but parents can build stronger relationships with them by implementing a problem-solving approach when trying to resolve family conflicts. In his book How to Negotiate with Kids…Even When You Think You Shouldn’t (Viking, 2003), Scott Brown, a founder of the Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard Law School, outlines a framework for dealing with … read more »

With the sluggish real estate market making home sellers increasingly desperate, the table is set for buyers to negotiate their way to hefty savings. But what are the do’s and don’ts of negotiating home prices? Daniel Shapiro, associate director of the Harvard Negotiation Project and coauthor of Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate, spoke with U.S. News & World … read more »

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Workshop Agenda
Presenter Biographies

Negotiation Pedagogy at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (NP@PON) is pleased to announce a one-day Negotiation Pedagogy Workshop on Saturday, December 8, 2007. The workshop will be held on the Harvard Law School campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and will feature sessions on new and lesser-known negotiation teaching tools as well as on … read more »

Zamir Akram, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
Opening Remarks by Daniel L. Shapiro, Director, Harvard International Negotiation Initiative

Pakistan is at the fault line of many conflicts and contradictions. It also holds the key to some of the 21st century’s most pressing questions. Can moderate Islam coexist with a plural, progressive state? Can Pakistan resolve its complex ethnic … read more »

Can people who represent conflicting ideas find a common process of dialogue, without giving up their core interests? How can people understand, rather than accept, their enemies’ needs? How can the negotiation’s management on both sides influence if not determine the outcome?

Join two leading members of the Israeli Palestinian Negotiating Partners (IPNP), Mrs. Nisreen Abbas, a student at the Kennedy … read more »

Anne Wu is a research fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Jason Qian is a fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Project.

Some in the West have recently begun referring to the 2008 Beijing Olympics as the “Genocide Olympics” because of China’s continued business ties with Sudan and its reluctance to … read more »

Daniel Shapiro, Faculty, Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital

Daniel Shapiro, Ph.D., is on the faculty at Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital. He is the associate director of the Harvard Negotiation Project and the founder and director of the International Negotiation Initiative (INI). INI’s mission is to enhance international security and individual well being through theory-building … read more »