Hello from Dili, Timor-Leste! The Southeast Asian nation is home to just over 1 million people, and faced decades of conflict during the Indonesian occupation before its Independence in 2002. As in many post-conflict environments, gender is an important factor that impacts and shapes the lives and opportunities available to survivors of violence. Academic publications… read more

August 2015 How Do You Feel? …This is the question that our conversations with people in Baroda, India begin with. Project Ankur has brought us both to a new environment: for Srishti, a new city, and for Marina, a new country. Project Ankur is attempting to explore and better understand the mental health needs and… read more

July 18, 2015 Greetings from Guwahati, Assam, India!  I have just returned to Assam from two weeks in Nagaland, a region with a scattered, off-and-on insurgency since World War II.  I am here investigating why some armed factions are able to maintain peaceful cooperation with each other and with the government. In the first question… read more

At the end of June, the 28th Annual International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) Conference took place in Clearwater Beach, Florida. This year’s conference brought together over 200 practitioners, university faculty and graduate students from around the world, including many from Columbia University and AC4. The conference spanned three days and focused on conflict management at individual, family,… read more