Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
The Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (CNCR) works in public domains to improve the process of decision-making in order to yield results that satisfy interests and meet public needs. CNCR also works to improve dispute resolution processes. We believe that solutions that work–and last–are more likely to be achieved by constructive negotiation, consensus-building and problem-solving than by force or adversarial argument.
Mission
Created in 1986, the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution’s mission has included education, training, research and direct services in preventing and resolving disputes. We operate as a “think-tank” on a wide range of issues in negotiation and conflict resolution to stimulate and act as a catalyst for research and practical application in policy and planning domains. We work with groups within and outside the state that have a vital interest in improving the way disputes are managed, such as the judiciary, agencies of state government, bar associations and a range of not-for-profit entities such as economic development, planning and policy, advocacy and professional groups.
Areas of Expertise
Collaboration • Peacebuilding • Conflict Resolution • Arbitration • Public Decision-making and Conflict Management • Mediation
Co-Founders
Popular Topics
November 2022
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 led a delegation that met with several professors as well as […]
March 2022
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 developing stages of puberty, many children act out their emotions in the form of teasing, gossip, […]
February 2022
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 trajectories, support services….all these things matter, of course) but how do you go about securing what you want, how do those […]
January 2022
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 irreconcilable political views and conflicting agendas to develop policy and legislation. Agreements have been reached on broad issues such as […]
December 2021
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 Anthropologist Polly Weissner, a member of Rutgers’ CIG@R’s collaboration with Arizona State University, has published a […]
November 2021
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 major barrier can often be the very limited set of responses […]
October 2021
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 others, advocates included, how to respond to members of the public who are in crisis. What […]
September 2021
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 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict […]
August 2021
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”. Both stress the increasingly crucial role of local communities in creating “spaces” to bring people […]
July 2021
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 the country’s genocide, a small collection of those commissioned by Creative Court, an arts organization based in the Hague. […]
June 2021
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 leaders have agreed to enter mediation. A federal judge, Judge Edward Becker of the […]
May 2021
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 practices and eliminate bad ones–especially when it comes to issues involving women. This article has been […]
Resources
- Kluwer Mediation Blog
- Alliance for Peacebuilding | Forum
- CBI Catalyzing Collaboration
- 10 Tips for Improving Online Meetings
- Beyond Intractability
- Global Arbitration Mediation Association
- Ivey Business Journal
- Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
- Kettering Foundation
- Resolve
- State of Play – Conflict Resolution at School & on the Playground
- United States Institute of Peace