Featured Event: Peace & Conflict Brown Bag Series: Andrea Lari in Conversation with Aldo Civico November 12, 2014 12:00pm to 1:30pm Columbia University, Lewisohn Hall, Room 602 The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall November 11, 2014 12:00pm to 1:00pm International Affairs Building, Room 1219 The Justice Forum: Reimaging Justice:… read more
Public Conversations Project: Who We Are Public Conversations Project (PCP) is a widely respected pioneer and thought leader in the field of dialogue design, facilitation and training. Its practitioners collaborate with groups and organizations to design constructive conversations through which relationships are transformed; healing is promoted where there has been costly conflict, and collaboration… read more
This is an important book that contributes to a new way of thinking and acting in ‚high friction’ contexts. I am convinced its relevance stretches beyond the field of conflict resolution, vast as it is. Anyone who is struggling with ‚wicked problems’, working to introduce radical innovations, building social movements or engaged in transitioning complex… read more
Place your bets everyone. In one corner stands James Risen, the distinguished New York Times investigative reporter with two Pulitzer Prizes under his belt. In the opposite corner stands the Board of the American Psychological Association, ever ready to protect APA’s reputation from assault. What brings these two into the ring is Risen’s new bestseller… read more
October 23 @ 10:00 am – October 24 @ 4:00 pm Recent developments in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain, and elsewhere in the Middle East and South Asia suggest growing sectarian antagonism as a major cause of violence in the region. Are we witnessing a civil war within the Islamic umma? If so, what are the… read more
Request for Proposals Modeling Aspects of Sustainable Human Development The Advanced Consortium for Conflict, Cooperation, and Complexity (AC4) is soliciting proposals from across the Columbia University community to construct statistical, computational, or simulation models that operationalize and test the parameters of sustainable human development (SHD) described below. AC4 will provide seed funding of up to $10,000 to fund graduate students,… read more
Call for Essays THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY PARALLEL PATHS-PALESTINIANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, IRISH Seeking essays for a scholarly catalogue describing a unique art exhibition that explores the relationships and commonalties in Palestinian, Native American, and Irish experiences of invasion, occupation, and colonization – not as novelty or polemic, but as history and current events…. read more
AC4 Featured Event: Conflict Resolution Career Fair (AC4 Event!) October 02, 2014 11:00am to 1:00pm Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium, Broadway between 114th and 115th Streets Notes from the Field: Human Rights Summer Internship Panel September 29, 2014 12:00pm to 1:00pm International Affairs Building, Room 1219 South… read more
1. Background Founded in 2011, PRYDE is a youth peace education organization that envisions a global community in which youths are full, proactive participants in the peaceful development of their communities. PRYDE aims to help communities affected by conflict in all forms facilitate a process of social transformation through youth engagement programs. These programs focus… read more