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...
March 23, 2022 | 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 23, 2022 | 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...
January 23, 2022 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Conflict resolution is being used with increasing frequency to supplement, and, in some cases, supplant traditional decision-making processes at all levels of government. By emphasizing process over partisanship, conflict resolution has enabled advocates of seemingly...
December 23, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
by Linda Stamato 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...
October 23, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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...
June 24, 2021 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
A major development, concerning the management of negotiations to create a trust fund to compensate people made sick by asbestos exposure, brings mediation to the national legislative process. Unable to agree on the terms for creating the trust fund, U.S. Senate...
May 24, 2021 | Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
In the following article, Linda Stamato uses two recent high profile cases involving women executives who attempt to “raise the ceiling” in the workplace–one positive and one negative–and shows how the implementation of ADR programs can encourage positive employment...
February 25, 2021 | 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....
February 25, 2021 | 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...
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...
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