Highlighting the work of AC4’s Director, Josh Fisher: The Cost of Gold: The impact of mining on human rights Monday, April 27, 2015 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM Columbia Law School, JG 102A   From our partner at the School of Continuing Education: MS Program in Negotiation & Conflict Resolution Capstone Thesis Presentations –… read more

On Monday, April 13, 2015 AC4 and the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program (NECR) hosted Dr. Louis Kriesberg at Columbia University. Dr. Kriesberg is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Maxwell Professor Emeritus of Social Conflict Studies, and founding director of the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC) at Syracuse University. At Columbia… read more

  Film Screening: The Hunting Ground April 20, 2015 – 6:30pm – 8:30pm Columbia University Morningside Campus Uris Hall Room 301   The Geometry of Innocence and Mass Incarceration: Science, Junk Science, and Public Health Tuesday, April 21, 2015 11:30 am – 12:45 pm Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 West 168th St.  Room: ARB 532B  … read more

AC4 & Affiliate Events: Conversation with Louis Kriesberg: Realizing Peace: A Constructive Conflict Approach Monday, April 13 12:00pm – 2:00pm Columbia University, Fairchild, Room 601 11th Annual Morton Deutsch Awards: The Fortune Society April 16, 2015 6:00pm to 8:00pm Teachers College, Columbia University, Grace Dodge Hall 179   Columbia Events: Workshop with Tianna Paschel: “Contaminating… read more

Peace & Conflict Discussion Series Conversation with Louis Kriesberg Author of REALIZING PEACE A CONSTRUCTIVE CONFLICT APPROACH   Monday, April 13 12noon – 2:00pm Fairchild, Room 601   Louis Kriesberg is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Maxwell Professor Emeritus of Social Conflict Studies, and founding director of the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts… read more

The Situation in Burundi and the Forthcoming Elections April 06, 2015 6:00pm to 8:00pm International Affairs Building, Room 802   The ‘New Path’ to Peace: Cultivating ‘Good Muslim’ Masculinities in Southern Thai Counterinsurgency April 07, 2015 4:00pm to 6:00pm Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building Room 918   The State of Sustainability Policy: Progress… read more

The International Conflict Resolution Specialization at SIPA is hosting a mediation simulation on April 10-11th. This is a unique opportunity to gain practical international mediation skills under the guidance of mediation experts and professional trainers – details below! The Darian Dialogue: Conflict Mediation Simulation From Bosnia to Syria, the mediation of civil conflict has taxed… read more

  “Broken Windows, Again? The Problem of Race and Policing in NYC Monday, March 30, 2015 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM Jerome Greene Hall, Room 102A   Applied Geography for a Better World March 30, 2015, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Buell Hall, East Gallery @AlexFisher   Roundtable Discussion on the… read more

Expanding the Horizon of Our Perspective Taking (Psychology Today) Ever feel stuck in a negative spiral? Here are some tips from NECR’s Beth Fisher-Yoshida on how to expand your perspective when you’re in a conflict rut. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/we-are-what-we-make/201502/expanding-the-horizon-our-perspective-taking Tips on Identifying Critical Moments in Intercultural Dialogue by Dr. Beth Fisher-Yoshida http://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/2015/03/09/key-concept-54-critical-moments-by-beth-fisher-yoshida/ Family vs. work? How to… read more

On Friday, March 9, 2015, AC4 came together with the Agirre Lehendakaria Center (ALC) and our collaborators to host a public seminar at Columbia University. For several years, AC4, ALC, and our partners at Seton Hall University, George Washington University, and Scensei LLC have been engaged in an investigation of the Basque Case of Sustainable… read more