What's Happening in Conflict Resolution is a roundup of the all the ADR news, research, jobs, events and more. Check it out, and view past versions [What's Happening in Conflict Resolution is a roundup of the all the ADR news, research, jobs, events and more. Check it out, and view past versions [HERE]

New Negotiation, Conflict & Mediation Research and Activity

Speaking Truths Panel: This panel explores housing disparities that have allowed for the continuation and proliferation of subpar housing that disproportionally affects minority groups in Omaha. Moderated by Kristin Watt, graduate student at Creighton University's Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program. 

How do parties decide? In this article, winner of the AALS Section on ADR's Best Article of 2018 award, Donna Shestowsky explores how litigants make their decisions as to which dispute resolution process to choose.

New Book - The Bartering Mindset:  Many people find it hard to negotiate integratively because they see negotiations as monetary transactions. In this book, Brian Gunia urges negotiators to redefine negotiations and relate to them as bartering trades instead.

New Book - Nordic Mediation Research: Edited by Anna Nylund, Kaijus Ervasti, and Lin Adrian, this book presents twelve unique studies on mediation from researchers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The book is open access, and can be read in its entirety here. 

Restorative Justice: The new issue of Conflict Resolution Quarterly, the peer-reviewed journal of the  Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), focuses on school-based applications of restorative justice. (The issue is open to read and download for free).  

Jobs, Conferences, Competitions, Research Participation and Grant Opportunities

Competitions:

Conflict Transformation Art Contest: The Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program Art Award invites original works of visual art that reflect on conflict transformation. We are interested in art that speaks to the possibilities of overcoming divides and finding connection. Entries should be directly responsive to themes of community-building, peace-building, and conflict transformation. Submissions due by June 1st. 

Conferences:

Appreciating our Legacy and Engaging the Future: An International Conference for Dispute Resolution Teachers, Scholars, and Leaders: This landmark conference will bring together leading dispute resolution teachers, scholars and leaders of educational programs to compare perspectives on four decades of change in managing and resolving conflict and the challenges and opportunities that we face, now and in the future. The conference will be held on June 18th-19th at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Details and registration information are available here.

The 2019 International Forum on ODR will be hosted by the National Center for State Courts on October 29-30, 2019 in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. See the call for papers here.

The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) will be holding its annual conference on September 18-21, 2019. See the conference's call for proposals here.

Jobs:

The Administrative Office of the Nebraska Courts is accepting applications for a Dispute Resolution Coordinator. 

The Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration is currently recruiting a Deputy Counsel for one of its case management teams for a team dealing principally with common law jurisdictions.

Harvard's Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program seeks a Clinical Fellow. See details here.

The UC Berkeley Staff Ombuds Office is recruiting for an Assistant Ombudsperson. Applications are due May 9th. More information here. 

The International Ombudsman Association (IOA) seeks an Executive Director.

Watch our latest webinar: 

"Asking Better Questions" 

Discuss it [HERE].

ADRHub Webinar: Asking Better Questions from Bryan J Hanson on Vimeo.

The Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program, a part of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Creighton University's Graduate School, provides an interdisciplinary program leading to master's degrees and graduate certificates in negotiation and dispute resolution for students from a variety of fields as well as mid-career professionals.