Conflict Research Consortium

General Conflict Resolution Theory

Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation (SCCN): The Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation is Stanford University's interdisciplinary center for the study of conflict and its resolution. Its primary focus is on theory-building, especially in the identification and analysis of the barriers -- strategic, psychological and institutional -- to conflict resolution, as well as bridges to overcome those barriers.
The Institute of World AECNet: AECNET provides state-of-the-art Internet and private network connectivity and consulting to the premier organizations in the commercial building industry.
ABOUT the APC: Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a collection of networks providing information for organizations and individuals interested in social and economic justice and environmental sustainability. Information about conferences and databases included.
CDR Associates (Communication/Decisions/Results): CDR Associates is a non-profit organization specializing in conflict resolution, decision making assistance, dispute resolution systems design, and much more. Our primary services are facilitation/mediation, training, and consultation in the above mentioned areas.
Community Mediation Center: At Community Mediation Center (CMC) our goal is to help you prevent and resolve conflicts whether through mediation or through training workshops.
UND Conflict Resolution Center: At the Conflict Resolution Center, we believe that we can help people learn new ways to resolve disputes. The primary purpose is to enable fair and just resolution of conflict by engaging appropriate dispute resolution techniques.
Fresno Pacific University Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies: The Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies (PACS) has been established at Fresno Pacific University, PACS is rooted in the Hebrew/Christian vision of Shalom (peace and justice) for the church and world. Fresno Pacific University, sponsored by the Mennonite Brethren Churches of the Pacific region of the U.S., stands in a long, historic peace church tradition which has taken this vision of Shalom seriously.
Institute for Global Communications: Institute for Global Communications (IGC) oversees a number of different Networks, including, ConflictNet, PeaceNet, EcoNet, LaborNet, and WomenNet. .
John B. Stephens Conference
The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict: The mission of the Wisconsin Institute For Peace and Conflict Studies is to encourage and legitimize teaching and research on the roots of violence, on national and global security issues (including ecological security) and on all factors necessary for a just global peace in the post-Cold War world.
Recommended Conflict Resolution Related Web Links: A page of useful web links to conflitct resolution related fields and issues.
Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts: The Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC) is an interdisciplinary center within Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, dedicated to enhancing knowledge about social conflicts -- their nature, course of development, and possible resolution -- through theory building and research, education, and practice.
INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in C“te d'Ivoire: An internet guide to sources on conflict and ethnicity in Cote d'Ivoire
National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes: These rules have been developed for employers and employees who wish to use a private alternative to resolve their disputes, enabling them to have complaints heard by an impartial person with expertise in the employment field. These procedures benefit both the employer and the individual employee by making it possible to resolve disputes without extensive litigation.
Resolving Employment Disputes: This handbook has been prepared by the American Arbitration Association to guide employers in the responsible development of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures to resolve workplace disputes.
INCORE Guides to Internet Sources on Conflict and Ethnicity
Search for Common Ground: Search for Common Ground is an independent, non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to transforming conflict into cooperative action. Our programs are designed to find workable solutions to divisive national and international problems.
Conflict Resolution Consortium Homepage
John's Conflict Resolution Page at ICAR: A number of useful and thoughtfully organized links to resources in the conflict resolution field.
Action Evaluation Research Institute: This webpage provides information about the Action Evaluation Research Institute.
Mediation Training Institute International: Resources for managing conflict in the workplace: HRD, conflict resolution training seminars, licensing consultants, train-the-trainers, human resource development, self-directed programs, workshops, mediation courses, and, conference speakers. Helping people work together.
University of Melbourne, Australia International Conflict Centre: The aim of the Centre is to study the theory and practice of non-violent conflict resolution, with a particular focus on cultural aspects of conflict resolution strategies in the Asia Pacific Region.
Global Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California at Irvine
Conciliation, and Conflict Resolution Journal of Mediation
INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Sierra Leone: Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Sierra Leone.
INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Liberia: An internet guide to sources on conflict and ethnicity in Liberia.
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management: The work of the Berghof Center for Constructive Conflict Management is aimed at identifying constructive procedures and models for dealing with ethnopolitical and socio-cultural conflicts in Europe, and at providing scientific analysis of, and support for, the practical application of such methods.
Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation: Our proposed research plan incorporates elements that will improve schools' ability to focus on the psychological, social, and behavioral needs of all students as well as those with significant emotional and behavioral problems. We plan to improve the professional practice of educators by working collaboratively with them to design a school-based conflict resolution/peer mediation (CR/PM) program with family and community linkages.
Legal Reform, Law Essays, and Wichita Falls, Texas Attorneys and Lawyers. Mediation: Union Square contains substantial on-line materials for alternative dispute resolution and mediation, tutorials on the design of web pages for lawyers, advice for thriving in law school and surviving legal practice, legal information covering a wide range of topics and information about the attorneys at Union Square.
Ethics and Standards for Mediators: The Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes was prepared in 1977 by a joint committee consisting of a special committee of the American Arbitration Association and a special committee of the American Bar Association. It has been approved and recommended by both organizations.
Student Conflict Resolution and Discipline at MIT
Program on Negotiation: Home Page: The Harvard Program on Negotiation maintains this website as a tool for people wishing to order cases and publications, includes order forms and payment information.
Sanda Kaufman Environmental Conflict Page: The web site provides resources on conflict management, theory, mediation, environment, links to other conflict related sites on the Web.
UND Conflict Resolution Center Home Page: The primary purpose is to enable fair and just resolution of conflict by engaging appropriate dispute resolution techniques.
WSU Conflict Resolution Program: This website contains information about the Conflict Resolution Program's services, the program's philosophy, information about the personnel, and information about the seminar, "Culture and Conflict Resolution".
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution: Provides information about the ICAR program at George Mason University for prospective students, as well as links to other conflict resolution programs.
Institute for Dispute Resolution: The UVic Institute for Dispute Resolution (IDR) was founded at the University of Victoria in 1989 as an interdisciplinary, university-based research centre focused on effective dispute resolution and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) theory and practice. The mandate of the Institute is to work toward fair, effective and peaceful dispute resolution locally, nationally and internationally.
Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution: The homepage contains information about the organization, its publications, sectors, chapters, current events and conferences.
The National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution: The National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution dedicates this biannual conference to healing, growth and action. You are encouraged to visit new places, travel new paths, experience new ways of reaching goals and dreams. We are still working to eliminate prejudice, undo isms, and create new models of inclusion and reconciliation.
Union Square: Union Square contains substantial on-line materials for alternative dispute resolution and mediation, tutorials on the design of web pages for lawyers, advice for thriving in law school and surviving legal practice, legal information covering a wide range of topics and information about the attorneys at Union Square.
Glossary of Conflict Related Terms: This paper explores the features of a class of styles that is based on a non-adversarial model, and it outlines the ways in which mediation can be used to reduce the cost of resolving conflicts.
Conference Papers The Conference on Online Dispute Resolution: This site provides papers presented at the Conference on Online Dispute Resolution, convened by the National Center for Automated Information Research (NCAIR). The papers report on a six month pilot project to establish a Virtual Magistrate system, as well as other possible forms of private dispute resolution over the internet.
TFF Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research: After five years of academic research and the publication of comprehensive academic studies, the foundation emphasizes -- since 1991-- exploratory field studies in conflict-mitigation. This experience contributes to new theory formation and educational programs.
American Communication Association WWW: A World Wide Web index on conflict and communication. Hypertext links to a number of different organizations associated with the study of and resolution of conflicts (e.g., Academy of Family Mediators, Global Mediation Arbitration Association, Inc., National Institute for Dispute Resolution, Conflict Resolution Consortium, etc). This index is maintained by American Communication Association (ACA), a national organization of practitioners, scholars, and students in the field of communication studies. More information about ACA can be accessed from the Conflict and Communication Index.

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For more information contact: Guy Burgess, Co-Director, Conflict Research Consortium, Campus Box 327, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0327 Phone: (303)492-1635; Fax: (303)492-2154; E-Mail: crc@colorado.edu