From Classrooms to Conflict in Rwanda A Book Talk by Elisabeth King Date: October 1, 2013 – 6:30pm – 8:30pm Location: 208 Knox Hall From Classrooms to Conflict in Rwanda (Cambridge University Press, 2013) questions the conventional wisdom that education builds peace by exploring the ways in which ordinary schooling can contribute to intergroup conflict…. read more

The Columbia Aikido Club meets in the Dodge Fitness Center Wrestling Room: Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Classes are currently in session. For more information, email cgs2133@columbia.edu. Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art that teaches coordination of mind and body to… read more

Columbia Seminar on Defense and Security Organizational Meeting October 1, 2013 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building Saltzman Seminar Room 1302   Stormy Seas: Japans Disputes over History and Territory and the US-Japan Alliance October 1, 2013 – 12:00pm – 1:30pm Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 918… read more

Experimenting with Conflicts Constructively: In Search of Identity for the Field of Conflict Resolution A brown bag discussion with Professor Michal Alberstein Thursday October 3, 2013 at 1:30pm to be presented by an AC4 Visiting Scholar, Professor Michal Alberstein, head of the conflict management and negotiation interdisciplinary program, Bar-Ilan University and Visiting Professor, Fordham Law… read more

September 10, 2013 Options for Action in Syria: A Statement by Conflict Resolution Professionals    Originally published on Facilitating Peace President Obama’s proposed course of limited military airstrikes is intended to “punish” Syrian President Assad for allegedly using chemical weapons. (The UN inspectors’ report verifying whether chemical weapons were used is not yet out.)  This is… read more

Paid internship opportunity Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity at The Earth Institute, Columbia University Problem-solving in the Arab World: Constructive Engagement and Action As part of a series of initiatives intended to share ideas, perspectives, approaches and challenges to building prosperous societies in the Arab world and beyond, the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation… read more

AC4, the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity is seeking volunteers for the Second Annual Sustainable Peace Conference on October 24, 2013 at Teachers College.  More information can be found here. We are seeking 8-10 students to help with the following: -Registration: checking people in and directing them to the appropriate rooms -Guides: helping students… read more

The Department of Psychology invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) to begin in August 2014. Clark University offers the advantages of both a distinguished research university and a small liberal arts college (see http://www.clarku.edu/~psydept). The Psychology Department has Ph.D. programs in Social, Clinical, and Developmental Psychology. We seek a social psychologist (holding… read more

AS temperatures rise, tempers flare. Anyone who has experienced the hostility of a swelteringly hot summer day in the city can attest to that. But researchers are now quantifying the causal relationship between extreme climate and human conflict… [Read the article here]

When people ask me what I do for a living I tell them that I teach sustainability management at Columbia University and that I’m Executive Director of the university’s Earth Institute. Often, that’s the end of it, except for the more curious who have the courage to ask: “What’s the Earth Institute?” Unfortunately, the answer… read more