November 21, 2022 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
The Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy welcomed guests from the Republic of Korea on November 17, 2022. Dr. Chang Soo Choe of the NGO Capacity Building Program in the Prime Minister’s Office...
January 25, 2021 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Lulu and Nimby are always with us, as resistance to the siting of various land uses occurs, and, now, the latest focus is the proliferation of warehouses. They are popping up all over the landscape. In New Jersey, though, there is a bill pending in the State Senate...
October 28, 2020 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
What guides mediator decisionmaking? Kenneth Kressel and his colleagues used reflective research methods to explore this question in three studies, which he describes in “How Do Mediators Decide What to Do? Implicit Schemas of Practice and Mediator Decisionmaking”...
March 23, 2019 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Children find themselves in precarious situations that often lead to escalated conflict with their peers. Conflicts arise in the classroom, lunchroom, library, school bus, playground, while standing in line, and any place where kids gather. During adolescence into the...
February 25, 2019 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Adopted in December 2018, and signed in August, 2019, with more than 45 signatories, including the U.S. and China, the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements resulting from Mediation, also known as the “Singapore Convention on Mediation” (the...
February 23, 2019 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Two opening observations: First, why this subject, negotiation, for this gathering? Its importance for thinking about future career plans? Sure, that’s so, very specifically so, and seemingly obvious (salary, benefits, lab space, childcare options, career...
February 25, 2018 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
This column argues that providing confidentiality in settlements that involve actions, products or services that jeopardize the well-being of individuals or that harm public safety or health should be banned. Read Article by Linda Stamato and Sanford M....
November 28, 2016 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
In May 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a binding arbitration clause when it heard the case of Kindred Nursing Centers Limited Partnership v. Clark. In Kindred, Beverly Wellner and Janis Clark, the wife and daughter of Joe Wellner and Olive Clark, each held power...
December 28, 2015 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
The invitation to speculate on the impact of the conflict resolution movement is hard to resist, and, given recent developments in the area of public policy–about which more below–the timing couldn’t be better. Accordingly, this essay offers some...
December 23, 2015 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
The field of conflict resolution embraces a range of “restorative justice” practices, and, as interest grows, it is valuable to understand some of its roots and, particularly, the value placed on restorative practices in cooperative, small societies. National Academy...
November 1, 2015 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
The recent outbreaks of violent conflict at Morristown High School raise a number of concerns and issues for the school community. Not the least among them is finding ways to deal effectively with the differences that lead to destructive behavior. A major barrier can...
October 23, 2015 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Conflict resolution has been finding several solid ‘homes’ in the last several years. Here is one example provided by Rosalyn Metzger, a lawyer and mediator, who supports and participates in a program, CIT, that teaches police officers, hospital screeners, and...
September 23, 2015 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
For nearly forty years, George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution has been a leading figure in the field of peace and conflict studies. On July 1, 2020, it will start the next chapter in its leadership with the adoption of a new name: the...
August 23, 2015 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
These two articles, on this page and the next, explore the persistent, divisive national problem that has taken on greater significance with the recent eruption of racial conflicts: the pressing need for “serious investments in conflict resolution in our communities”....
July 24, 2015 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
The conflict resolution field includes work on apology, on reconciliation, on building societies following violent civil strife. This article in the New York Times Magazine, examines the faces and listens to the voices of people in Rwanda, twenty years after...
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