Affiliated Faculty

A recipient of support from the National Science Foundation, Jared Curhan specializes in the psychology of negotiation and conflict resolution. Notably, he has pioneered a social psychological approach to the study of “subjective value” in negotiation—that is, the social, perceptual, and emotional consequences of a negotiation. Deeply committed to education at all levels, Curhan received … Read Jared Curhan, PON Executive Committee

Max Bazerman is a leader in the fields of decision making, negotiation, and behavioral ethics. He has consulted, taught, and lectured in 30 countries, and is the author, co-author, or co-editor of 20 books and more than 200 research articles and chapters, including Negotiation Genius. … Read Max Bazerman, PON Executive Committee

A behavioral economist who combines insights from economics and psychology, Iris Bohnet explores questions of trust and decision making, often with a gender or cross-cultural perspective. She has been engaged in the teaching, training, and consulting of private- and public-sector leaders in the United States, Europe, India, and the Middle East. … Read Iris Bohnet

An authority on complex negotiations, James Sebenius has advanced the field in the academic realm, in the public and diplomatic sectors, and the business world; outside Harvard, he has worked full-time in the U.S. Commerce and State Departments as well as at the Blackstone Group. … Learn More About This Program

As one of the founders of the Program on Negotiation, Lawrence Susskind has delivered specialized negotiation and mediation training to more than 40,000 executives from around the world. A visiting lecturer at more than 50 universities in 20 countries, including Harvard and Stanford Law Schools, he has published more than 70 teaching simulations and a … Learn More About This Program

Eileen Babbitt is a leading researcher, educator, and practitioner in the fields of mediation, negotiation, and conflict resolution, with specialized expertise in international conflicts. Her practice as a facilitator and trainer has included work in the Middle East and the Balkans, and with U.S. government agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations, and international and local nongovernmental organizations. … Read Eileen Babbitt

Gabriella Blum is a member of the Program on Negotiation Executive Committee, faculty director of the Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, and co-director of the Harvard Law School/Brookings Project on Law and Security. She is widely published in the fields of public international law and the law and morality of war, and is … Read Gabriella Blum, PON Executive Commitee

Hannah Riley Bowles is a leading expert on how gender influences pay negotiations and, more broadly, on negotiation as a micro-mechanism of inequality. She has been actively involved in negotiation and conflict management training, practice, and research for more than 25 years, having worked for the governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, and Germany. Her current research focuses on women’s leadership … Read Hannah Riley Bowles, PON Executive Committee

Lawyer, educator, and former undersecretary of the Air Force, Antonia Handler Chayes teaches courses on civil military relations in postconflict environments, international treaty behavior, and the law and politics of international conflict management. Prior to her appointment at Tufts, she served on the faculty of the Kennedy School of Government and as vice chair and … Read Antonia Handler Chayes

An expert on managing difficult negotiations, Sheila Heen is the Thaddeus R. Beal Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School, Deputy Director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, and a founder of Triad Consulting. Her corporate clients have included Pixar, Hugo Boss, the NBA, the Federal Reserve Bank, to name a few. She often partners with … Read Sheila Heen, PON Executive Committee