Focus on areas such as court mediation, restorative justice, cross cultural conflict, peacebuilding, organizational and international conflict, and more. Students in UMass Boston's Conflict Resolution Master of Arts MA program examine the causes and characteristics of local and global conflict, and develop skills related to peaceful problem solving and collaborative decision making.
Graduates work in fields as varied as policy, health care, education, peacebuilding, human resources, law, and ministry. We are involved in court mediation, peace education, restorative justice, inter-religious dialogue, bridging the Israeli Palestinian conflict and much more. Part-time study is available.
UMass Boston's Conflict Resolution graduate certificate program provides professionals with the unique skills needed to manage conflict in a variety of settings. Students are trained in a range of approaches to the resolution of conflict, collaborative decision making and problem solving. Courses examine the development, role and management of conflict and encompass the theory, methods, and ethical perspectives of conflict resolution. The certificate program requires 12 credits which can be completed in 1 year of full-time study 18 credit dual specialization available.
Describe one or more specific experiences you have had with conflict. What was your role? What were your rewards and frustrations? It identifies the major schools of thought that influence models in practice and shape research agendas. It examines theories critically, with three aims-uncovering implicit assumptions of practice, testing those assumptions against empirical evidence or other theories, and gleaning insights to assist practitioners.
This course addresses the development of negotiation techniques and fosters student knowledge of the substantial body of negotiation theory that is now available. ODR has been growing steadily over the past twenty years, driven mainly by the expansion of eCommerce, but the pandemic has accelerated this growth markedly as face-to-face options for dispute resolution have evaporated.
In this course, you'll be introduced to ODR, learn about the latest developments in the field, and view ODR technology in action. This class will also address some of the complex challenges raised by the growth of ODR, including ethical and practice dilemmas, as well as outlining emerging best practices and procedural safeguards.
Cross-Cultural Conflict CONRES This course emphasizes the special characteristics of conflict based in religious, ethnic, national, or racial identity-conflicts that the field calls ''intractable.
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The DHE general complaint form should be used by students who are located in:. In the United States, David has been a leader in the development and use of assessment tools for court and community mediators, judges, and engineers. In Israel, he was central in developing policies and practices for the Israeli Ministry of Justice and Supreme Court in integrating mediation into the judicial system. He has also studied approaches to the peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians, worked extensively with Arab and Jewish groups in the U.
Craig Murphy PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College and studies the global politics of economic development, global governance, international political economy, and international relations theory. Development System Project. He has published widely on US policy toward the developing world, the economic debates within the UN, the UN Development Programme, the International Organization for Standardization ISO , and the co-evolution of industrial capitalism and international institutions.
Madhawa Palihapitiya, Lecturer in Conflict Resolution. He has over ten years of experience in the conflict resolution field, with significant work in the areas of violence prevention, program design, and program evaluation. He has been with MOPC since , heading the research and evaluation unit. In this role, Mads oversees research on all major MOPC mediation, collaborative governance, and deliberative democracy programs, projects, and initiatives.
Mads currently teaches a three-credit course on Collaborative Governance for the UMass Boston master's program in Public Administration. Jeff Pugh PhD, Johns Hopkins University studies the role of non-state actors and international institutions influencing governance and peacebuilding in the Global South, especially in migrant-receiving areas of Ecuador. His book manuscript, currently under review, argues that under the informal host-society expectations of economic contributions, combined with their political and social invisibility, migrants often gain access to rights, resources, and protection indirectly through brokered relationships within a governance network of non-state, international, and state organizations.
Under his leadership, CEMPROC has reached over 5, adults and children from more than 20 countries around the globe with its conflict resolution and peacemaking training programs. Karen Ross PhD, Indiana University studies the conceptual and methodological issues at the intersection between education, peacebuilding, and social activism.
She is interested in how we can better understand the impact of grassroots peacebuilding programs, particularly educational ones. As part of this interest, she conducts research on how educational programs are linked to participation in social movements and other forms of social activism.
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