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Mediation and Other Methods to Foster Democratic Dialogue A Cross-Cultural Mediation Training offered by Cardozo Law School and the Dispute Resolution Institute at Hamline University School of Law in Budapest, Hungary June 4-15, 2012 3 credits for students (ABA approved) CLE credit pending Taught by preeminent mediation trainers, Joseph Stulberg and Sharon Press, together with [...]

Course Title: Decision-Making and Negotiation (3 pts) (Details are forthcoming.) Course Number: TBD Call Number: TBD Dates/Times: Tuesdays 6-9pm: 7/19, 7/26; and Sat/Sun 9-5pm: 7/21, 7/22, 7/28 If interested, contact: necr@columbia.edu   About the Course This course will familiarize students with concepts from decision science and political psychology and will demonstrate how to use the [...]

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a project of the Columbia Journalism School, today announced the winners of the 2012 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma. The annual Dart Awards recognize outstanding reporting in all media that portrays traumatic events with accuracy, insight and sensitivity while illuminating the effects of violence and [...]

New York, April 3, 2012 — The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) met in Buenos Aires last week with officials of 18 countries from Central and South America to launch the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention. The March 29 and 30 event — organized by AIPR in cooperation with [...]

The James S. McDonnell Foundation is continuing its Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards in Complex Systems Research funding initiative in 2012. More  information available on their website: www.jsmf.org/apply/fellowship/.

Organized by the UMass Boston Graduate Programs in Conflict Resolution, Conflict Studies: The New Generation of Ideas brings together graduate students from a variety of fields to present their work and share ideas. Since 1996, graduate students and recent graduates from universities across the United States, Canada, and numerous other countries have gathered in Boston [...]

We are pleased to announce the creation of Sustainability Research & Policy Network (SRPN). It will provide a worldwide, online community for research in all areas of sustainability and policy, following the model of other subject matter networks within SSRN. We expect SRPN to become a comprehensive online resource for research in sustainability and policy, [...]

The Outward Bound Center for Peacebuilding is pleased to announce that they are accepting applications for the upcoming Practicum on Experiential Peacebuilding. The Practicum on Experiential Peacebuilding is a program that combines a unique outdoor experience with experiential learning techniques in a multi-cultural environment. Participants will spend 7 days backpacking/hiking in Piedras Blancas, a remote [...]

Since 1996 the UMass Boston Graduate Programs in Conflict Resolution have hosted a biennial conference specifically for graduate students studying conflict in a wide range of disciplines. “Conflict Studies: The New Generation of Ideas” is a unique event that provides a forum for graduate students to present their work, receive feedback from, and network with [...]