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    Environmental Role-Play:

    Global Management of Organochlorines

    Lawrence Susskind, Sarah McKearnan, Mike Gordon, Adil Najam, Joshua Secunda, Granville Sewell, Parag Shah and Andrea Strimling
    Thirteen-person, multi-issue facilitated negotiation among eight country representatives, four NGO representatives, and a working group chairperson must draft a treaty aimed at reducing harmful organochlorines; also known as "Chlorine Game"
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    Employment Negotiation Role-Play:

    Hiring a NewtonianWhere cultural differences present unique HR negotiation challenges

    Robert Smith and Ericka Gray
    Two-party, multi-issue negotiation between a human resources director and a prospective employee over terms of hire that highlight cultural differences
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    Hitana Bay Development Simulation

    International Programme for the Management of Sustainability, with Lawrence Susskind
    Ten-party, multi-issue negotiation among government, development, industry, labor, and preservation interests over port improvements, real-estate development, and environmental protection in a Caribbean island harbor expansion
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    Real Estate Role-Play:

    Hong Kong Property Deal

    Larry Crump, based on a concept developed by Lawrence Susskind
    Two-party potentially integrative negotiation between a property owner and a neighboring business over the sale of two real estate parcels
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    Environmental Role-Play:

    How to Handle the Public Health Impacts of Climate ChangeA Community Role-play Simulation

    Hannah Payne and Genea Foster under the direction of Lawrence Susskind
    A seven-party role-play simulation involving a diverse set of stakeholders who must consider the short-term and long-term public health impacts of climate change while assessing the pros and cons of specific (and conflicting) risk management strategies
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    IndopotamiaNegotiating Boundary-Crossing Water Conflicts

    Catherine M. Ashcraft under the supervision of Professors Lawrence Susskind and Shafiqul Islam
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    Community Dispute Resolution Role-Play:

    Long RiverConfronting the Challenges of Instream Flow

    Catherine Ashcraft and Larry Susskind
    A six-party, seven-person (including the mediator), multi-issue mediation among representatives of governmental, business, environmental, recreational, and tribal interests regarding a dispute over developing an instream flow action plan
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    Cross-Cultural Role-Play:

    Managing Groundwater Beneath the Pablo-Burford Border

    Lawrence Susskind
    Two-team, ten-person, multi-issue, co-chaired negotiation between representatives of two adjacent countries regarding the transboundary management of a severe water shortage crisis
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    Real Estate Role-Play:

    Negotiated Development in Redstone

    Lawrence Susskind and John Forester
    Two-party, two-issue scoreable negotiation between a developer and a neighborhood association representative regarding the development terms of a new condominium project
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    Governmental Role-Play:

    New Crimea Prison Overcrowding Simulation

    Susan Podziba and Lawrence Susskind
    Eight-party, multi-issue negotiation among prison administrators, government leaders, criminal justice advocates, and prisoners' rights advocates to develop recommendations for a comprehensive state policy to alleviate prison overcrowding
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    Environmental Role-Play:

    Offshore Wind Farm Negotiation

    MIT Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, under the supervision of Prof. Lawrence Susskind and Dr. Herman Karl
    8-party nonscorable negotiation among commercial, environmental, and governmental stakeholders over a controversial proposal to develop offshore wind farms
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    International Relations Role-Play:

    Oil Pricing ExerciseBalancing long-term trust and short-term gain

    Roger Fisher
    Two-team, scoreable, multiple round, "prisoner's dilemma"-style negotiation between representatives of two countries over the monthly price for barrels of oil.
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    Business and Commercial Role-Play:

    PowerScreen Problem

    Bruce Patton, Mark Gordon and Andrew Clarkson
    Two-party integrative negotiation between the lawyers for business partners concerning the ownership of a new computer program one of them has developed
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    Employment Negotiation Role-Play:

    Sally Soprano I

    Norbert Jacker and Mark Gordon
    Two-party integrative negotiation between agents for an opera singer and an opera house regarding a possible contract for an upcoming production
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    Environmental Role-Play:

    Siting an Asphalt Plant in the City of Madrona

    Jason Corburn and Lawrence Susskind
    Six-party, multi-issue negotiation among community representatives, elected leaders, environmental and health experts, and asphalt company regarding siting of an asphalt plant in a racially mixed neighborhood
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    The Mercury Negotiation SimulationExplore the consequences of representing scientific uncertainty in a policy context

    Leah C. Stokes, Lawrence Susskind, and Noelle E. Selin
    This mercury game is a role-play simulation aimed at scientists, students and decision makers. Playing the game will help participants explore the consequences of representing scientific uncertainty in various ways in a policy context.