What's Happening in Conflict?

New Negotiation & ADR  Books, Talks, Articles & Research

Conflict engagement, activism, and rethinking neutrality: 

Jackie Font-Guzman and Bernie Mayer's new book, The Neutrality Trap, offers a new look at issues long considered axiomatic in the conflict engagement field. 

Eviction and Mediation: In this talk at the Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop, Deanna Parrish of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program discusses best practices for designing solutions to the eviction crisis.

Mediation through the lens of inequity: Prof. Ellen Deason delivered the 2022 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution  at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

Letter to Our Colleagues on the war in Ukraine, by Susanne Terry, Jackie Font-Guzman, and Bernie Mayer: Like many mediators and other conflict professionals we share the desire to weigh in on the invasion of Ukraine and its devastating consequences for the Ukrainian people. At the same time, we are acutely aware of the limitations of what we can do to have an impact on what is happening. Nonetheless, act we must.  Read the full letter on Mediate.com

The Listening Dilemma: How to temper rage with dialog, activism with engagement? In this article, written by Prof. Jen Reynolds of the University of Oregon School of Law before the recent Supreme Court decision leaked, discusses abortion, dialog, when to listen to the other side... and when not to.

When do words speak louder than actions? In a new article, Jennifer Dannals, Eliran Halali, Shirli Kopelman, and Nir Halevy explain how to  balance between the power of words and the power of actions in order to achieve cooperation.

Online Dispute Resolution - Theory and Practice: This book, perhaps the most comprehensive survey of the ODR field to date, has been expanded and updated in a second edition in 2021. Ordering information (with a special discount) can be found here. 

The Human Touch, Online? In this new book chapter, Noam Ebner discusses how to bring the human touch to online mediation and negotiation processes. 

Online Dispute Resolution Bibliography: The National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution has published a comprehensive bibliography for publications in the field of ODR. The bibliography has been updated in March 2022. 

Awards and Scholarships

The AAA-ICDR Foundation has established a Diversity Scholarship Fund. The fund grants diverse law students/professionals up to $2,000 of financial assistance towards participation in a degree program, fellowship, or conference in/on alternative dispute resolution.

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Teaching and Learning Resources 

2021 Resource Share: Check out these new teaching ideas, exercises and resources compiled by Sharon Press and Noam Ebner at the Resource Share session they conducted at the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution's 2021 virtual conference.

The Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution has created a database compiling executive summaries of research articles on conflict resolution, taking a theory-to-practice perspective.  

ADR Video Collections: In this post on Indisputably, John Lande lists a number of video collections for teachers, students, practitioners and practitioners in the field of dispute resolution as well as for disputants and attorneys. Many of them are available free of charge.

The Social Media Victims Law Center provides information about the effects of Cyberbullying and how to fight it.

Washington State's Public Employment Relations Commission offers material on negotiation and conflict resolution in the context of public sector labor relations, including the monthly Percolator podcast.

Job Opportunities

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.