"Facing Kate" - New Primetime Mediation Drama will air in January

USA Networks has announced their new programming lineup and Facing Kate, the new drama featuring Sarah Shahi that has family mediation as...

2010 ADR Research Forum papers posted

The Australian NADRAC hosted an ADR research forum in July and the papers presented there are now available online. See Research Forum Summary Papers. An interesting variety of topics were covered, as this list of Session Themes indicates. Family dispute resolution � Issues, processes and future practice Mediation, ethics, theory and practice ADR...

An Interactive Review of Limited World Resources: What's Left?

This interactive review of limited resources on the earth from Scientific American might interest conflict studies folks with respect to possible conflict zones of the future.

Two Resources on Conflict in Congregations - A Report and a Workshop Guide

Conflict happens in religious congregations just like it does in any organization. This post points to two useful resources for making the most of internal conflicts and working together to support peacemaking on a broader scale.

Talking to the Enemy - BBC radio story series on negotiation

This audio program on Talking to the Enemy explores how negotiators bring groups classified as terrorists to the negotiating table. It features Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's Chief of Staff, who took part in the negotiations which led to the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. It is available for listening on the BBC iPlayer. It is the first of a three-part series. See the related news story...

Colin Rule to Speak at WSU in late October

I'm pleased to announce that Wayne State will be hosting a talk by Colin Rule, Director of Online Dispute Resolution for Ebay and Paypal, as this year's guest speaker in our Stanley "Hank" Marx Annual Lecture Series in Dispute Resolution. The details follow. If we get a streaming video link set up I'll post information on that as well.

Speaker: Colin Rule
Title: Director of Online Dispute...

Video Interviews with Peacemaking Women - Quest for Peace

The Quest For Peace Series captured the thoughts of many inspired peacemakers, and in particular, a number of women that we have not heard enough from. Of special interest is the interview with Elise Boulding who sadly has just recently passed away after a long and full career as a peacemaker. The Quest for Peace series of...

Seven Years and Counting

July 24th marks seven years of blogging here at the Campus-adr Tech Blog. In web years, that's a long time!

Detroit Can Do Camp - July 29 (featuring Tim O'Reilly)

Almost missed this one - as a lead-up to the DIY funfest Maker Faire Detroit happening at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn July 31-Aug 1, a special...

2010-2011 CRE Teachers Calendar released

I'm pleased to announce the release of the 2nd Edition of the CRE Teacher's Calendar. The 2010-2011 calendar, a cooperative project of ACR's CR Day Committee, ACR's Education Section and

PLO Negotiations Affairs Department Negotiations Primer

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Negotiation Affairs Department has produced a magazine-style primer exploring some of the history of Palestinian - Israeli negotiations and providing an overview of the issues that concern them in Permanent Status negotiations. While I've just discovered it, I believe the 50-page document, available as a pdf, was produced in 2008. The document is nicely laid out...

Peace One Day Education Resources

Peace One Day (POD) is an organization that celebrates an international ceasefire on the International Day of Peace, September 21. They have developed a Global Education Resource Pack that is now available in the six...

Learning Module: Conflict Resolution for Special Education

This audio and video-enhanced learning module is aimed at teachers working with students with disabilities, and is particularly appropriate for special education teachers. It provides an overview of some of the kinds of conflicts that come up between parents of children with disabilities and the schools that serve them and provides ideas on how to enhance the collaboration between these two...

Water and Conflict: Incorporating Peacebuilding into Water Development

A 2009 report published by Catholic Relief Services thoughtfully explores the application of peacebuilding concepts and mediation techniques to conflicts over water. The 149-page report entitled Water and Conflict: Incorporating Peacebuilding into Water Development was written by Jason Gehrig with Mark M. Rogers. A CRS symposium was held to review and discuss the report findings and summary...

Guide to Negotiation with Healthcare Providers

Back in 2003-2004 the Kellogg and Annie E. Casey Foundations provided support to an organization called Community Catalyst to develop materials designed to help advocates negotiate more effectively with healthcare providers. The result was a nice guide entitled The ABC's of Negotiation: An Advocate's Guide to Negotiating with Providers to Improve Access to Health...

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