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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PON Film Series Event: Mediating Public Disputes on Fracking

PON Staff   •  04/19/2013   •  Filed in Events, MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, PON Film Series

The PON Film Series is pleased to present:
Mediating Public Disputes on Fracking

Thursday, April 25, 2013
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Austin Hall 111, Harvard Law School
Free admission; public welcome.  Pizza and drinks will be served.
About the event:

The Program on Negotiation invites the public to a special PON film series event on the topic of hydraulic fracturing, or … Learn More About This Program

From Intellectual Awareness to Living Craft: A Window into Negotiated Rule-making

PON Staff   •  02/28/2013   •  Filed in Pedagogy at PON

By Bruno Verdini

Dirty Stuff II is a five-party, multi-issue, facilitated negotiation game that explores the theory and practice of negotiated rule-making (a process that public agencies in the United States can use to draft regulations). Accessible to students, activists, managers, scientists, and decision-makers, the exercise explores collaborative approaches to formulating restrictions on the production and … Learn More About This Program

Can Games Really Change the Course of History?

PON Staff   •  02/28/2013   •  Filed in Pedagogy at PON

By Lawrence Susskind

At a recent meeting at Sciences Po in Paris, scholars and practitioners from a number of countries heard about a very elaborate game in which more than 150 students played the parts of climate change negotiators from all over the world. We watched a video highlighting their intense and emotional interactions on the … Read Can Games Really Change the Course of History?

Negotiations by Other Means: Track II, Unilateral Action, Robust Third Party Role and Islands of Coordination in the New Middle East

PON Staff   •  02/22/2013   •  Filed in Events, International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiatives

As direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations appear to have ground to an indefinite halt, attention has shifted to other, less conventional methods for achieving mutually desirable outcomes for the two peoples. Tonight’s panelists will discuss the potential of alternatives including Track II diplomacy, isolated areas of coordination, a pro-active role of the third party and even … Learn More About This Program

Israeli Settlement Withdrawal: Negotiation lessons from the past, and planning for the future

PON Staff   •  02/08/2013   •  Filed in Events, International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiatives

This presentation by Karen Lee Bar-Sinai and Prof. Robert Mnookin is the fourth seminar exploring the role of urban planning in negotiation, co-sponsored by the Middle East Negotiation Initiative (MENI) at the Program on Negotiation and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. … Learn More About This Program

Book Review: Assessing Our Students, Assessing Ourselves

PON Staff   •  01/31/2013   •  Filed in Pedagogy at PON, Reviews of Books

Noam Ebner, James Coben, and Christopher Honeyman, Editors. DRI Press, 2012. 306 pages.

By Todd Schenk

Introduction

Many of us teaching negotiation pride ourselves on the innovative pedagogical tools we employ. Role-play simulation exercises, case studies, videos, and small-group vignettes are just some of the ways in which we actively and effectively engage students in the learning process. Yet we … Learn More About This Program

Announcing the Spring 2013 Next Generation Grant and Graduate Student Grant Awardees

PON Staff   •  01/30/2013   •  Filed in PON Graduate Student Grants, PON Next Generation Grants

Twice yearly the Program on Negotiation runs concurrent grant programs: the Next Generation Grant and Graduate Student Grant. The Next Generation Grant program supports research in negotiation and conflict resolution by non-tenured faculty and doctoral students, and the Graduate Student Grant program encourages supports cutting-edge research at the graduate level.

We wish to announce our latest … Learn More About This Program

PON Film Series Event: My Neighbourhood Screening with Julia Bacha, Just Vision

PON Staff   •  01/18/2013   •  Filed in International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiatives, PON Film Series

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and the Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School are pleased to present a screening of “My Neighborhood,” a new Just Vision documentary. A panel discussion will be held after the screening with Julia Bacha, director/producer of My Neighbourhood. … Learn More About This Program

PON co-sponsors negotiation skills training for Israeli and Palestinian students

PON Staff   •  01/09/2013   •  Filed in Middle East Negotiation Initiatives, Negotiation Skills, Videos

Thanks to leadership from the Middle East Negotiation Initiative (MENI) of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, a series of negotiation skills trainings was recently provided to eleventh grade students from Jewish and Arab schools in Israel.  These two-day workshops, co-sponsored by the Program on Negotiation and the Amal Network and funded by … Learn More About This Program

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