How did you get the job you are currently in, and what do you think helped you most in getting hired for your position? I was finishing a year-long Atlas Corps fellowship in Bogota, Colombia when I came across an announcement for my current job on Columbia’s website through a basic internet search for positions… read more
Re: Call for oral presentation abstracts for the ICCB 2013 meeting (July 21-25 – Baltimore, MD, USA) related to the Symposium Title: – Mobilizing Inter-disciplinary complex systems approaches for the study and management of conservation conflicts. Summary: Environmental, wildlife or other conservation-related conflicts are often complex non-linear phenomena that are frequently composed of many interrelated… read more
Exclusive Preview Film Screening “Sweet Dreams” Friday, October 26, 2012 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Film screening and discussion with Rob Fruchtman, followed by ice cream from Blue Marble General Theological Seminary 440 W. 21st Street New York, NY 10011 Tickets must be purchased in advance at http://sweetdreamsgts.eventbrite.com. Click here to download the flier. Sweet Dreams… read more
Read a new blog by Peter Coleman, posted on Lonesome George & Co I have long believed in the power of ideas to improve our world. I also believe in the critical role science plays in advancing and refining those ideas. Growing up in the 1960s in Chicago and experiencing school desegregation, a violent anti-war… read more
When October 22, 2012 – October 26, 2012 Where United States Institute of Peace 2301 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20037 Information Conflict management practitioners working in conflict zones often engage with groups who are at odds with one another. Many of the strategies these practitioners employ depend heavily on having solid facilitation skills. Conflict… read more
Please join Robert Ricigliano, Director of the Institute of World Affairs at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, as he discusses his book, Making Peace Last: A Toolbox for Sustainable Peacebuilding (Paradigm Publishers, 2011))on Thursday, October 11th. Organized into three sections (“Unlocking the Power of Peacebuilding”; ” Systemic Peacebuilding Analysis and Planning”; and “Catalyzing Systemic Change”),… read more
The Earth Institute, Columbia University presents STATE OF THE PLANET 2012 Join us on October 11, 2012, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Columbia University, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium, 2910 Broadway, New York or On-line via live webcast at www.stateoftheplanet.org Rio +20 invited us to move beyond the Millennium Development Goals to… read more
Date: Monday, October 1 Time: 11:00am-2:00pm Place: SIPA, 420 W. 118th St., New York, Room 1302 (Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies) Hear first-hand accounts of international peace building initiatives. Graduate-students returning from the field will discuss their findings and emerging issues facing today’s practitioners. This is the capstone event of “Applied Peacebuilding:… read more
The Center for International Conflict Resolution is pleased to invite you to the following presentation: Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping: Protecting Civilians WITHOUT Guns Monday, October 1st, 2012 4:30pm-6:00pm International Affairs Building Room 1302 RSVP to Jessica Baen: jrb2178@columbia.edu Unarmed civilian peacekeeping is a relatively new innovation for protecting civilians and reducing violence without the use of… read more
Tuesday, October 2nd 4:15 – 6:00pm Columbia University, International Affairs Building, Room 1510 A Conversation with CICR Scholars: Marta Debolini: Land Management and Land Use Conflict Resolution in Peri-Urban Areas: a Geo-Agronomic Perspective Fiorella Triscritti, More Gold or More Water? Corporate-Community Conflicts in Peru Elizabeth Wishnick: Potential Conflict from Water-Related Risks in China… read more