Past Events

Academic Year 2010-2011

World Leaders Forum presentation by President Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste in collaboration with The Earth Institute, Columbia University

“Systemic Action Research: Finding Sustainable Solutions to Challenging Conflicts” with Danny Burns, PhD, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

Book Launch: “The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts” with Peter T. Coleman, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, in collaboration with The Earth Institute

“What Mathematical Models Can Tell Us about People in Conflict and Psychotherapy” with Larry Liebovitch, PhD, Dean of Division of Math and Natural Sciences at Queens College

“Practice of Choosing Wisely: Co-creating Dialogue and Engagement Processes That Serve Our Communities” with Janice Elliot, PhD, in collaboration with the M.S Program on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (NECR) at Columbia University

“Sport and Beyond: Helping Youth to Rebuild After Conflict” with Sophie Denis, one of the world’s leading extreme mountain climber, in collaboration with the Foundation for Post-Conflict Development

2nd Annual AC4 Graduate Fellowship Research Symposium, AC4 fellows showcase interdisciplinary research, keynote by Dean Tjosvold, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

Academic Year 2011-2012

World Leaders Forum presentation by President Martelly of Haiti in collaboration with The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Sponsorship of The Globemed Hilltop 2011 Conference, “From Philosophy to Practice: Partnership as Paradigm for Health Equity”

Sponsorship of the Peacebuilding Field Work Symposium in collaboration with The Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) at SIPA, Columbia University

Sponsorship of “Comparative Perspectives on Education, Identity and Peace” with Professor Zvi Bekerman, School of Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel in collaboration with The Peace Education Network at Teachers College, Columbia University

Peace, Conflict and Sustainability Information Share, with the AC4 Liaison Committee in collaboration with centers, programs and institutes across Columbia University

“Global Community Discussion Group Series” with Professor Emeritus Morton Deutsch and Professor James Westaby, Teachers College, Columbia University in collaboration with The International Center on Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR)