Deutsch Honored With International Society for Justice Research Lifetime Achievement Award  
Congratulations to Morton Deutsch, who has been chosen to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award by the ISJR.  The award will be officially presented at the 2008 ISJR Research Conference in Adelaide, Australia this August.

Fall registration for ICCCR courses now open
Click here for more information about courses or call 212-678-3289.
Our fall 2008 course offerings include:
Basic Practicum in Conflict Resolution & Mediation (ORLJ 5340)
Managing Conflict in Organizations (ORLJ 5148.001)
Fundamentals of Cooperation, Conflict Resolution, and Mediation in Different Institutional Settings (ORLJ 6040.001)
Advanced Practicum in Conflict Resolution, Part ONE: Intergroup Conflict and Third-Party Intervention (ORLJ 6350.002)
Organizational Internship: Community Mediation (ORLJ 5012.003)
Healing and Reconciling Relationships in Conflict (ORLJ 5016.004)

ICCCR Scholar-Practitioners Present at 2008 International Association of Conflict Management Conference in Chicago 
This years offerings include a symposium on Complexity, Change and Conflict: Practical Applications of Dynamical Systems Theory to Difficult Conflicts - which will include papers from Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Naira Musallam, Trisaa Jones, Jessica Katz Jameson, Andrea Bartoli, and be chaired by Peter Coleman. We will also present two papers on the dynamics of power and conflict: A theoretical paper entitled: Toward a Dynamical Model of Power and Conflict, by Coleman, Bui-Wrzosinska and Nowak, and a series of empirical studies by Coleman, Kugler, Musallam, Mitchinson, and Chung entitled, The View from Above and Below: The Effects of Power Asymmetries and Interdependence on Conflict Dynamics and Outcomes

ICCCR Research Team Publishes 2-paper Practice-to-Theory Series in Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Summer 2008
What moves people to work with each other rather than against each other when locked-into destructive, long-term conflicts? This two-part series, part of our ongoing practice-to-theory project, presents the findings from a study that explored various methods of eliciting constructive engagement from stakeholders - through interviews with 17 expert scholar-practitioners working with protracted conflicts. A grounded-theory analysis was applied to the interviews to allow new insights into constructive conflict engagement to emerge from the data. Our objective was to enhance our understanding of the phenomenon of constructive engagement in settings of protracted conflict for the purposes of developing more robust theories and practices.

Coleman and University of Maryland Team Receive Grant to Study The Effects of Culture on Negotiation and Collaboration in The Middle East
A multidisciplinary team of scholars from 5 Universities have received a 3-year Multiple University Research Initiative (MURI) grant from the US Department of Defense to study the effects of culture on negotiation and collaboration processes in Middle Eastern cultures. The project will employ qualitative and experimental methodologies and dynamical modeling to investigate this relatively unexplored area of scholarship - in 10 Middle Eastern countries.

2008 Deutsch Awards video now online!
Click here to view the Quicktime movie(.mov, 73.8 mb)

Grzelak and Reykowski presentation slides now available!
The slide presentation given by distinguished scholar practitioner recipients Janusz Reykowski and Janusz Grzelak at the April 3rd Deutsch Awards for Social Justice ceremony is now available for download.
Click here to download the PowerPoint presentation (ppt, 8.33 mb)

Morton Deutsch's book now available for download!
Distributive Justice: A Social Psychological Perspecitve (PDF, 4.5mb)

Spring registration for ICCCR courses now open
Registration has begun!  Click here for more information about the courses or call Mekayla Castro (212-678-3289) for registration.
Our spring 2008 courses offered include:
Basic Practicum in Conflict Resolution & Mediation (ORLJ 5340 Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4),
Managing Conflict in Organizations (ORLJ 5148.001),
Advanced Practicum in Conflict Resolution, Part TWO: Designing Conflict Management Systems (ORLJ 6350.002),
Organizational Internship: Community Mediation (ORLJ 5012.002),
Creativity and Negotiation (ORLJ 5016.005)
Conflict and Complexity (ORLJ 5016.005)  

Call for Student Papers!
2008 Morton Deutsch Awards for Social Justice
The paper may address the issue of social justice in any context with a clear conceptual framework, and from any disciplinary perspective. Papers will be evaluated on:
* their degree of innovative thinking and sound analysis
*recommendations for remedying identified situations
*contributions to scholarship, practice or policy
Papers are due February 1, 2008
For further information, click here.

Congratulations to the 2007-2008 “Conflict and Dynamical Systems” Fellowship Recipients!!
This fellowship is being sponsored by the ICCCR and is funded by the Community Foundation to support research in the area of Dynamical Systems Theory and Intractable Conflicts. This year’s four recipients are: Naira Musallam, a doctoral student in the Social-Organizational Psychology program at Teachers College will be joining the International Center for Complexity and Conflict at the University of Warsaw for the Fall semester of 2007; Lukasz Jochemczyk and Wouter de Raad, both doctoral students in Psychology at the University of Warsaw will be joining the ICCCR for the Fall semester of 2007; Kathrin Kugler , a doctoral student at the University of Munich will be joining the ICCCR for the academic year of 2007-2008 to start working on her dissertation in the area of Dynamical systems theory and conflict in organizations.  

ICCCR Team presented at IACM conference in Budapest
With funding from The Community Foundation of Boulder, Colorado, our team convened a 1/2-day meeting in June in Budapest, Hungary, in association with the International Association of Conflict Management conference. 50 scholars and students attended. The emphasis of this meeting was to present empirical methodologies for conducting dynamical reserach on conflict, and to establish forums for collaborative research projects.

ICCCR involved in design and facilitation of the Genocide Prevention Institute
Dr. Coleman co-designed and facilitated a new Institute for Genocide Prevention at Columbia University with Dr. Andrea Bartoli (SIPA). This is a fice-year-long advanced education and training program on the prevention of genocide for mid-level government career personnel who have exhibited leadership potential from within the 192 UN member states. The program aims to inspire dedicated government leaders from around the world and equip them with the knowledge and skills to be effective agents for the prevention of genocide. The first of its kind, the program brings together diverse young leaders--diplomats, intelligence, military, and human rights officers--for intensive, participatory training through week-long workshops in New York City, followed by confidential, interactive sessions. The initial cohort was an extraordinary group of professionals, and a very successful first endeavor. A second cohort is scheduled to begin in October, 2007.

IT'S OUT! Coleman, Gray, and Putnam Edit Special Issue of
American Behavioral Scientist on Intractable Conflict
Peter Coleman, Barbara Gray of Pennsylvania State University, and Linda Putnam of Texas A&M University have edited a new special issue of the American Behavioral Scientist on intractable conflict. Intractable conflicts are characterized by intransigence, longevity, complexity, and serious trauma for the disputants and often for bystanders as well. In this special usse we explore the nature of intractable conflicts, their root causes, and innovation approaches for reversing or ameliorating them.

Deutsch Honored with APS 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to Morton Deutsch, who has been chosen to receive the Association for Psychological Science's, James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award! The award recognizes APS Members for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the area of applied psychological research. Recipients must be APS Members whose research addresses a critical problem in society at large. Honorees are recognized annually at the APS Convention, which was held in Washington, DC May 2007. click here for photo and speech

2007 Morton Deutsch Awards Ceremony
The ceremony for the 3rd annual Morton Deutsch Awards for Social Justice was held Thursday, April 5th at Teachers College, Columbia University. The successful event was attended by students and faculty from several universities as well as scholars and practitioners in the field of social justice. A wine and cheese reception followed the ceremony. click here for photos and presentations from the event

2007 Recipients
Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Recipient
John T. Jost
Department of Psychology, New York University
“System Justification: How do we know it’s motivated?”
click here for slide presentation

Student Recipients
Jeremy Beard, Carrie Dattilo, Jessica Madden-Fuoco,
Rory McCourt, Martha Zornow
Summer Principals Academy, Teachers College
“Proposal to Establish the Keith Haring Academy of Vision & Empowerment”
click here for slide presentation

Honorable Mentions
Audrey Sasson
School of International and Public Affairs
“The Coalition of Immokalee Workers vs. Taco Bell:
The Role of Skillful Framing in Creating Social Change”
click here for a PDF

Julia Maskivker
Political Science
“Gender Matters: Towards One Possible
Explanation of Female Suicide Bombings”

Morton Deutsch gave speech at NYU
Dr. Morton Deutsch presented a speech at the NYU Psychology and Social Justice (PASJ) conference on April 21st, 2007. The conference was a research-oriented gathering of faculty and graduate students whose work focuses on social justice issues, including racial and ethnic prejudice and stereotyping, social conflict, low status and minority group membership, the immigrant experience, procedural and outcome justice, morality, and economic and social inequity. Moreover, the conference aimed at presenting findings that can have direct and broad implications for socially pressing issues and is relevant to practitioners in the field of social justice.
Click here for copy of the speech

Deutsch's Crude Law Seminar
Dr. Morton Deutsch has gathered colleagues and graduate students to participate in an informal seminar on “Deutsch’s Crude Law of Social Relations.” His interest in the Crude Law was rekindled by an exciting presentation made by Andrzej Nowak at a recent conference in Poland. Nowak presented a generalized, dynamic model of the Crude Law.

Reading & Math Buddies
Since January 2006, the ICCCR has been involved in a project related to reducing violence in urban public schools, thanks to a grant from the Kurr Foundation. As part of the project, we have started collaborating with TC EdZone in an effort to build partnerships within TC when working with schools and other community based organizations. On March 22nd, Mekayla Castro, Kathryn Crawford and Ines Ariceta facilitated a workshop in conflict resolution to TC students who are working in a local public school as reading and math Buddies. click to be transferred to the TC EdZone

Special Issue of Peace and Conflict
Featuring Pioneering Work of Morton Deutsch Honored
The career of Morton Deutsch, Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of ICCCR, is being honored this Fall in a special issue of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. The issue contains a biographical article on the decades of prominent work by Deutsch on conflict, cooperation, and social justice. It also includes articles by several of his former students, including Kenneth Kressel, Susan Opotow, and Peter T. Coleman. 

Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice (2nd Edition)
The second edition of the Handbook of Conflict Resolution, edited by Morton Deutsch, Peter T. Coleman, and Eric C. Marcus, is now available. The first edition won the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution's Book Prize for Excellence in 2000. The second edition, published again by Jossey-Bass, is an update and extension of the first edition, and reflects current research, theory and practice. The new edition contains an additional 12 chapters on such topics as religion and conflict, human rights, organizational conflict, and emotions.

Coleman and International Team Awarded
3-Year McDonnell Grant to Study Conflict in Complex Systems
Beginning in September, 2006, ICCCR's Director, Peter T. Coleman, and an international team of scholar-practitioners will receive a 3-year grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation to develop a theory of enduring conflicts from the perspective of complex systems. The project applies the principles and methods of dynamical systems theory to what is arguably the most complex and dynamic of all social phenomena: protracted social conflict. Such conflicts are quite common and can undermine the security and well being of societies worldwide. The project will be implemented by a multidisciplinary research team consisting of 1) a specialist in the study of intractable conflict (Peter T. Coleman); 2) two social psychologists with expertise in the application of dynamical systems to cognitive, interpersonal, group, and societal phenomena (Andrzej Nowak and Robin Vallacher); 3) a physicist with expertise in formal descriptions and the modeling of system dynamics (Larry Liebovitch); and 4) a social anthropologist (and practitioner) who specializes in international conflict and genocide prevention (Andrea Bartoli). The grant has been awarded to test, validate, and revise a theoretical framework of dynamical system theory from the results of case studies, laboratory experiments, and computer simulations. For more information, visit the James S. McDonnell Foundation website: http://www.jsmf.org/grants/cs/essays/2006/coleman.htm.

Fisher-Yoshida and ICCCR Team Awarded
Kurr Grant to Address Public School Violence
This research project is a four-year intervention to develop a model that will lessen violence in the New York City public schools. We began in January 2006 working in a parallel process, by working with a community-based organization (CBO) and a public school in Region 10 where TC is situated. The CBO's mission is to rehabilitate men and women who have been convicted and perhaps incarcerated. They have a zero tolerance for violence policy that we want to learn from, in addition to developing their reserach and other skills. The school is a local elementary school. Our methodology is Appreciative Participatory Action Reserch (A-PAR), which is a systemic approach grounded in the experience of the participants in which we jointly investigate the situation and make improvements based on what has already been working well. The goal is to roll out this model to other schools so that non-violence in public schools will become more of a reality.

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