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Conflicts

January 13, 2009 21:30

An interesting depiction of global conflict, with data from the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research and graphic from Good Magazine.An interesting depiction of global conflict, with data from the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research and graphic from Good...

Nothing to do with conflict resolution

December 30, 2008 03:29

Alright, this has nothing to do with conflict resolution, but it’s research that’s certainly worth a laugh. From the December British Medical Journal. Published 17 December 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a2825 Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a2825 Research Christmas 2008: Music Head and neck injury...

December?

December 26, 2008 04:49

What is it about December and a lack of interest in mediation and conflict resolution? (via Google Trends)What is it about December and a lack of interest in mediation and conflict resolution? (via Google Trends)

Lose-lose

December 24, 2008 17:22

For your holiday entertainment, here’s a physical example of the potential lose-lose outcome in adversarial games.For your holiday entertainment, here’s a physical example of the potential lose-lose outcome in adversarial games.

PON Graduate Research Fellowships

December 02, 2008 02:48

This recently went out from PON consortium: The Program on Negotiation Graduate Research Fellowships are designed to encourage young scholars from the social sciences and professional disciplines to pursue theoretical, empirical, and/or applied research in negotiation and dispute resolution....

Nice Resource

November 24, 2008 17:54

Thanks go out to Barry Edwards, who forwarded his organization’s (Center for Legal Solutions) collection of Practical Research on Alternative Dispute Resolution.Thanks go out to Barry Edwards, who forwarded his organization’s (Center for Legal Solutions) collection of Practical Research...

UN Mediator Position

November 14, 2008 22:40

I recently was forwarded this advert for a UN mediator position: Mediator, P-5 DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 30 Dec 2008 DATE OF ISSUANCE: 31 Oct 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT: Office of the Ombudsman DUTY STATION: New York VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: 08-OMB-OMBUDSMAN -419576-R-NEW YORK (G) Staff...

Voting

November 04, 2008 16:04

I always vote, and being a civil society junkie, I always get a bit misty-eyed in the process. But today’s election was special. It was the first time a candidate I supported in the primaries was there to vote for in the final presidential election. Happy day. I always vote, and being a civil...

An intriguing journal article

July 16, 2008 15:30

From the latest British Journal of Sociology, “Ignorance as an under-identified social problem.”From the latest British Journal of Sociology, “Ignorance as an under-identified social problem.”

Interesting uses of mediaiton

July 10, 2008 04:22

I’ll be continuing my discussion of credentialing shortly, but in the meantime, here’s an interesting insertion of mediation into public-sector dispute resolution: North Carolina’s Senate is considering a bill that would include mediation as a step in disputing public records and...