Research Projects

Research on negotiation is on-going among PON faculty, and more information can be found on their individual faculty websites. In addition, PON has nine research projects, each of which focuses on negotiation and conflict resolution through a different lens. The projects, listed on the left, are centers for inquiry into theory and practice, the mentoring of advanced students, the construction of educational initiatives, and the development of publications. For a glossary of common Program on Negotiation terms, please reference our Glossary

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Announcing the 2010 PON Summer Fellows

PON Staff   •  06/07/2010   •  Filed in Daily, Summer Fellowship Grants

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 … Read Announcing the 2010 PON Summer Fellows

Bruce Patton on Teaching the Micro-Skills of Negotiation

PON Staff   •  06/05/2010   •  Filed in Daily, Negotiation Skills, Pedagogy at PON

There is often a profound gap – of which we are typically unaware – between what we “know” or “believe” about effective negotiation practice and what we actually do as practitioners under pressure.  Bruce Patton, the founder of Vantage Partners and co-founder of the Harvard Negotiation Project, advocates helping students master key “micro-skills” to enable … Learn More About This Program

New Teaching Notes for Three Values-Based Mediation Simulations

PON Staff   •  06/05/2010   •  Filed in Daily, Mediation, Pedagogy at PON

NP@PON has developed several new Teaching Notes to accompany the three values-based and identity-based simulations described in the last NP@PON Newsletter.  The simulations are available along with an overview Teaching Note, individual teaching notes for each game, and an Annotated Bibliography. The overview Note offers extensive guidance on how to organize discussions about value-based disputes … Learn More About This Program

Making and Using Films to Teach Negotiation

PON Staff   •  06/01/2010   •  Filed in Daily, Negotiation Skills, Pedagogy at PON

Access to multimedia content is rapidly increasing throughout the world, with videos and short clips permeating our daily life – whether in gas stations, on ATMs, cell phones, or mobile entertainment devices.   We are consuming, producing, and interacting with videos more now than ever before: YouTube is the third-most visited website on the Internet, the … Read Making and Using Films to Teach Negotiation

Announcing the 2010-2011 PON Graduate Research Fellows

PON Staff   •  05/28/2010   •  Filed in Daily, Graduate Research Fellowships, PON Graduate Research Fellowships

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 … Learn More About This Program

New Live-Mediation Teaching Video Available for Purchase

PON Staff   •  01/05/2010   •  Filed in Daily, Mediation, Pedagogy at PON

What Makes a Good Mediator?

In preparation for last May’s Mediation Pedagogy Conference at Harvard Law School, NP@PON produced a video of an actual landlord-tenant small claims mediation – from start to finish, including side-bar conversations. It is rare that actual (as opposed to staged or acted) mediations are available for instructional purposes. The mediator in this case is Charles … Learn More About This Program

Insights from a Communication and Negotiation Conference: The Benefits of Not Knowing

PON Staff   •  01/05/2010   •  Filed in Daily, Negotiation Skills, Pedagogy at PON

An Experiment: Exploring Interdisciplinary Linkages between Negotiation and Communication Studies

What would negotiation pedagogy look like if we focused more on the core meanings and practices of communication? How can understanding the underpinnings of communication – the components of conversation and the exchange of meaning – help us understand and improve our negotiations? The weekend of … Learn More About This Program

Summary of Mediation Pedagogy Conference Participant Survey Results

PON Staff   •  01/05/2010   •  Filed in Daily, Mediation, Pedagogy at PON

To better understand the teaching needs of the mediation community, Negotiation Pedagogy at the Program on Negotiation (NP@PON) organized a Mediation Pedagogy Conference in May of 2009. In advance of the conference, an 18-question online survey was sent to the 175 conference presenters and registered participants. The 75% response rate allowed us to illuminate important … Learn More About This Program

PON hosts “world premiere” of Abraham Path Initiative Films

PON Staff   •  12/09/2009   •  Filed in Conflict Resolution, Daily, Events, Harvard Negotiation Project, Negotiation Skills, PON Film Series

The PON Film Series has shown nearly 50 films over the past several years at events that are open to students and the public. On December 8, the PON Film Series had a “world premiere” of several short films about the Abraham Path Initiative, a hiking trail being developed in the Middle … Learn More About This Program

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