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The following links are related to Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, Mediation and substantive fields of endeavor to which these process skills are particularly important. From time to time some of these links may become broken. If you happen to find a broken link on this page or you want to have your organization included in our list, please contact us.

American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution
www.abanet.org/dispute/home.html
The American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution provides its members and the public with creative leadership in the dispute resolution field by fostering diversity, developing and offering educational programs, providing technical assistance, and producing publications that promote problem-solving and excellence in the provision of dispute resolution services.

Association for Conflict Resolution
www.acrnet.org
The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is the nation's largest professional association for mediators, arbitrators, educators and other conflict resolution practitioners. Its mission is to advance the practice, research, public understanding and teaching of conflict prevention and resolution. With more than 6,500 members, ACR works in a wide range of settings throughout the United States and around the world.

Carter Center
www.cartercenter.org
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering. Led by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn and an independent board of trustees, the Center's staff wage peace, fight disease, and build hope by both engaging with those at the highest levels of government and working side by side with poor and often forgotten people.

Center for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy
www.cepmlp.org
The Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee is the internationally renowned graduate school in the field of international business transactions and natural resources and energy law and policy.

Educators For Social Responsibility
www.esrnational.org
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) helps educators create safe, caring, respectful, and productive learning environments. They also help educators work with young people to develop the social skills, emotional competencies, and qualities of character they need to succeed in school and become contributing members of their communities. ESR's Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) was designated a "select" social and emotional learning program by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning.

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services
www.fmcs.gov
The Agency helps build better relationships through collaborative, joint problem-solving and constructive responses to inevitable conflict. In turn, this improves the ability of organizations to create value for customers, shareholders and employees alike, and substantially benefits the national economy. The Agency concentrates its efforts on assisting employers and employees in coping with the demands of a rapidly changing workplace.

Global Negotiation Project
www.pon.harvard.edu/research/projects/ppw.php3
The Global Negotiation Project (GNP) engages in research and writing, teaching and training, and peacebuilding projects. The principal peacemaking initiatives and projects include "The Abraham Path Initiative" (retracing the path of Abraham as the spiritual forebearer of Jews, Christians, and Muslims; including historical and cultural sites in which pilgrims will be encouraged to ponder Abraham’s messages of respect, justice, peace and hospitality toward all); "The e-Parliament" (linking national members of parliaments and congresses from around the world via the internet and other technological mediums in a virtual forum to address global or transboundary issues); "The Both And Project" (shifting the national conversation away from destructive debate toward creative problem solving by demonstrating a new framework for constructive interaction in the broadcast media); "How to Say NO and STILL Get to Yes!" (focused on how a negotiator can deliver a positive no when necessary to protect one's interests while also preserving the relationship and the deal); and "The Third Side" (a systemic approach to handling conflict seeking to prevent conflict from emerging by addressing latent tensions, resolve overt conflicts that do develop, and contain conflict from destructive levels while being resolved.)

Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative ("HNII")
www.pon.harvard.edu/research/projects/b_drp.php3
In the spring of 2003, the Program on Negotiation launched a new research and educational forum: the Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative ("HNII" or the "Insight Initiative"). HNII is a vehicle for the Program On Negotiation at Harvard Law School to engage the cutting edge conversation between the fields of negotiation and conflict management on the one hand and those of mindfulness and the great wisdom traditions on the other. The Insight Initiative is part of PON's Dispute Resolution Program and is directed by Harvard Law School graduate Erica Ariel Fox.

Harvard Negotiation Project ("HNP")
www.pon.harvard.edu/research/projects/hnp.php3
The Harvard Negotiation Project's mission is to improve the theory, teaching, and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution, so that people can deal more constructively with conflicts ranging from the interpersonal to the international. The Project, or HNP as it is commonly known, was created in 1979 and was one of the founding organizations of the Program on Negotiation consortium. In general, HNP's work can be grouped into four categories — theory building; education and training; real-world intervention; and written materials for practitioners.

Hoffman Institute
www.hoffmaninstitute.org
The Hoffman Institute provides extraordinary experiences for adults who are looking for transformational change in their lives. The Institute is a nonprofit organization that offers The Hoffman Quadrinity Process and other programs. The Process has produced lasting benefits since 1967 to more than 50,000 participants worldwide. Research indicates that emotional learning occurring early life largely shapes our adult experiences. Whether we are aware of it or not, our very sense of self is more strongly influenced by early life conditioning than most of us ever imagine. This includes our capacity to have happy and successful relationships, career, health and spiritual well being. The negative aspects of this conditioning produce unwanted outcomes and self-defeating behaviors in our adult lives. Hoffman Institute programs are designed for participants to release this negative conditioning and access their untapped resources of power, wisdom and creativity. Participants can discover their best self and make the changes they really want.

Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University
www.gmu.edu/departments/ICAR
At the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR), faculty and students are committed to the development of theory, research, and practice that interrupt cycles of violence. ICAR is an innovative academic resource for people and institutions worldwide. It comprises a community of scholars, graduate students, alumni, practitioners, and organizations in the field of peace making and conflict resolution. ICAR is a Commonwealth Center for Excellence, recognized for its leadership in the field and its world-renowned faculty

Mercy Corps
www.mercycorps.org
Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. It pursues its mission through: Emergency relief services that assist people afflicted by conflict or disaster. ?Sustainable economic development that integrates agriculture, health, housing and infrastructure, economic development, education and environment, and local management. Civil society initiatives that promote citizen participation, accountability, conflict management and the rule of law.

Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School ("PON")
www.pon.harvard.edu/main/home/index.php3
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) is a world-renowned interdisciplinary center on negotiation and conflict resolution. Drawing from numerous fields of study, including law, business, government, psychology, economics, anthropology, and education, PON works to connect rigorous research and scholarship with a deep understanding of practice. PON presents lectures, discussions, classes, and conferences in addition to producing publications and teaching materials. Founded and based at Harvard Law School, PON is a consortium of faculty, students, and staff at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, and other Boston-area schools.

United States Institute of Peace
www.usip.org
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent nonpartisan national institution established and funded by Congress. Our mission is to help prevent, manage, and resolve international conflicts by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by our direct involvement in peace building efforts around the world.

United States Universities and Colleges with Programs on Negotiation and/or Conflict Resolution

Graduate and Professional Programs

Undergraduate Programs

University of Colorado Conflict Research Consortium
www.colorado.edu/conflict
The University of Colorado Conflict Research Consortium was founded in 1988 as a multi-disciplinary center for research and teaching about conflict and its transformation. Its primary focus is on difficult and intractable conflicts and it posts extensive versions of CRInfo: The Conflict Resolution Information Source and Beyond Intractability, the website of the Intractable Conflict Knowledge Base Project. These systems, which were constructed with the help of more than 250 experts, offer succinct, executive summary-type articles on almost 400 topics as well as links to recommended sources (Web, print, and audiovisual) of more in-depth information.