NCR Program professors (Palma Strand and Jacqueline Font-Guzmán) presented at two different panels at the Law and Society Conference, both on social justice issues: tax inequality & critical race and gender.

One of the panels was with Prof. Nick Mirkay, faculty at William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai’i and another panel with Prof.…

In ODR for All, put out on Mediate.come, David Larson and Lainey Feingold explain the need for Online Dispute Resolution systems to be designed with digital accessibility and disability accommodation in mind, right from the start. 

Check out this workshop, entitled "Eye of the storm: Facilitating complex conversations in the midst of tumult," which will be given on July 16th-20th in Portland, Oregon. Flyer.pdf

Call for Proposals

Graduate Student Research Panels at

Association for Conflict Resolution

2018 Annual Conference…

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 […

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 […

Getting an auto finance car loan with a bad credit score is something that is quite possible these days; one might not finds a dealer in person but if one tries to search through the internet then there are a number of lenders who are ready to…

If you are thinking of buying used private party car loan with bad credit then there are lots of options available that can help you in qualifying the loan. Online loan financing services can assist you in a right way on how you can pre-qualify loan for buying a used car without worrying…

Once you have finished reading the assigned material from Getting to Yes, conduct the 'A Trisolan Map' exercise.

This exercise is designed to help you make the jump from understanding the innovative method you have learned to actually applying it - before you engage in negotiation simulations or in any real-life negotiations you have going on in your life right now.

This exercise has the benefits of being ungraded, and a solo activity (as opposed to the…

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]…

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].…

I am thankful for Dr CJ Larkin and Dr Pam DeVove who organized ethnic mediation council of St Louis MO that has been helping many conflicts resolved in our ethnic communities. The integration of traditional and modern concepts of conflict resolution works best because people are very familiar and open if they approach for any issues based on the culture they know. Conflict is natural and it even exists with in one person as there is a saying in my native Ethiopian, "my left leg some times…

Movements like #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo continue to garner media attention throughout the world and have shaken our moral fiber. What makes people tap into their moral courage and inner strength to stand up for social injustice, inequity, and abuse? What is our social responsibility as members of a Jesuit university to speak up in constructive ways?



This panel…

When I heard the reports last week of senators, meeting in a bipartisan effort to open the government, using a talking stick, my first thought was ‘that’s cute’. My second response was a sense of disquiet, which I didn’t know to pin down. It has nothing to do with the method itself – I’ve used talking objects myself; in fact, I’ve used them in working…

In partnership with the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, the 2018 Sarajevo Symposium will engage participants in contemporary theory and practice of post-conflict political transitions in the Former Yugoslavia and other countries. Join us!

Train with experts to gain a deep…

In partnership with the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, the 2018 Sarajevo Symposium will engage participants in contemporary theory and practice of post-conflict political transitions in the Former Yugoslavia and other countries. Join us!

Train with experts to gain a deep…

This summer, IPSI and American University’s School of International Service (SIS) are cooperating on a very special program: the inaugural DC Symposium on the New Frontiers of Peacebuilding, which  will be held from July 14th – August 4th, 2018.

The occurrence and intensity of existing threats to peace urge us to look for creative answers to face those challenges. The 2018 DC Symposium will expose its participants to the fundamental concepts and practices of…

We all negotiate via text messaging.

Perhaps, for some, this only occurs on the fringes of negotiation: a request to move the venue of a meeting, or to correct a typo on a contract. Others may recognize that they have negotiated the sale of a car or a house, elements of a job offer, or even professional negotiations through this medium. Certainly, many of the family-and-friends -related interactions that texts on negotiations use as examples are now conducted via text.  

One…