In our News section, as listed below, you will find information about lectures, conferences, events, jobs, and internship positions at Columbia University and other areas in New York and across the globe.
Wanting to stay connected and find events around the Columbia campus related to peacebuilding and conflict resolution?
AC4 Director Josh Fisher led a field project in Papua New Guinea studying the environmental impacts of a gold mine in Porgera and investigating human rights implications. Dr. Fisher along with Professor Sarah Knuckey from the Human Rights Law Clinic led a team of scientists and human rights lawyers worked from December 2015 to January… read more
CMM University Learning Exchange at Clark University in Worcestor, MA April 8th @ 4:00pm to April 10th @ noon Call for Scholar to Scholar Discussions – submit your proposals by March 21st! The CMM Learning Exchange is a small group format that allows researchers an opportunity to present their work to CMM community in a supportive and… read more
Negotiating Humanitarian Space: Experiences from the Field Monday February 8, 2016 6:00 – 8:00 pm Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 West 168th St., Hess Commons The EU, the U.S., and the Crisis in Ukraine Monday, February 8, 2016 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Columbia University Morningside Campus Buell Hall East Gallery Book Talk: The… read more
Diana Engel Gerbase, one the 2015-2016 AC4 Graduate Fellows, is a social entrepreneur, currently in her second-year of the masters program in Public Administration at the School of International & Public Affairs. She has a concentration in Urban and Social Policy and a specialization in Management. For her AC4 sponsored project, she travelled to Brazil,… read more
Religion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy Monday, February 1, 2016 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Columbia University Morningside Campus, Buell Hall East Gallery Serbia: From its Embrace of LGBTI Human Rights to denial of war crimes, a conversation with Goran Miletic Monday, February 1, 2016 6:15 PM – 7:45 PM Columbia University Morningside Campus International… read more
Clinical Psychology Speaker Series @ Teachers College Resistance: A Manifesto on Mental Health and Political Action Steven Reisner, Ph.D. 11:00 am – 12:40 pm Thursday, February 25th 3rd Floor Russell Hall – 306 Teachers College, Columbia University 525 West 120 street, New York NY 10027 Steven Reisner, PhD is a founding member… read more
COP21 Climate Agreement – What Comes Next? Monday, Jan 25, 2016 12:00 – 1:30pm Columbia University, Jerome Greene Hall Room 101 Protecting the Rights of Children in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations Monday, Jan 25, 2016 12:10-1:10pm Columbia University, Jerome Greene Hall Room 546 Does the UN Security Council’s Focus on Sexual Violence… read more
All of us, at some point or another, are asked to break the rules at work. It may be a small action, like rounding up or down in an accounts ledger, or a small inaction, like looking the other way while others do so. It may be a one-time request, like when one of us… read more
Most of what you have learned about conflict resolution is often wrong. Or at least it’s ineffective in the workplace between people with unequal power. We have been conducting conflict resolution workshops for decades and have often had participants ask us, “What if you have a conflict with someone with more power?” Or, “The people… read more
Recently, the British Psychological Society queried psychologists of conflict and peace to respond to the following question: As the UK’s Parliament votes to allow bombing in Syria, we ask – are there evidence-based ways to resolve this conflict? >>READ THE FULL COLLECTION HERE From the dialogue: ‘The last thing we should do is send in… read more