Event Description:
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CUNY Dispute Resolution Center at John Jay College
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Association for Conflict Resolution of Greater NY
The partisan divide in the U.S. has widened to a chasm. Legislators vote along party lines and rarely cross the aisle. Surveys show that Americans have become more fearful and hateful of supporters of the opposing political party and imagine that they hold much more extreme views than they actually do. We have cordoned ourselves off: we prefer to date and marry those with similar opinions and are less willing to spend time with people on the other side. How can we loosen the grip of this toxic polarization and start working on our most pressing problems? The Way Out offers an escape from this morass and explores how conflict resolution and complexity science provide guidance for dealing with seemingly intractable political differences.
DR. PETER T. COLEMAN is Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University. He directs the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, is founding director of the Institute for Psychological Science and Practice, and is executive director of Columbia University’s Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity. Dr. Coleman is a renowned expert on constructive conflict resolution and sustainable peace. His current research focuses on conflict intelligence and systemic wisdom as meta-competencies for navigating conflict constructively across all levels, and includes projects on adaptive negotiation and mediation dynamics, cross-cultural adaptivity, optimality dynamics in conflict, justice and polarization, multicultural conflict, intractable conflict, and sustainable peace.
Dr. Coleman received the Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association, Division 48: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence, and was awarded the Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award by APA and a Marie Curie Fellowship from The European Union. He edited the Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice, his other books include The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts; Conflict, Justice, and Interdependence: The Legacy of Morton Deutsch, Psychological Components of Sustainable Peace, and Attracted to Conflict: Dynamic Foundations of Destructive Social Relations. His book, Making Conflict Work: Navigating Disagreement Up and Down Your Organization. His new book, The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization, focuses on breaking through the intractable polarization plaguing the U.S. and other societies.
Dr. Coleman has also authored well over 100 articles and chapters, is a member of the UN Mediation Support Unit’s Academic Advisory Council, board member of the Gbowee Peace Foundation USA, a NYS certified mediator and experienced consultant. He received the International Association of Conflict Management 2017 Best Conference Theoretical Paper Award, and in 2018 The Emerald Literati Award. He also founded and edits the MD-ICCCR Science-Practice Blog, the WKCR (89.9 FM) monthly radio program Peace and Conflict at Columbia: Conversations at the Leading Edge, and is a frequent blogger on Huffington Post and Psychology Today. His work has also been featured in The NY Times, The Guardian, The Chicago Tribute, Nature, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Wired, Time Magazine, Fox Business, CBS, Fast Company, Chicago Public Radio, and various international outlets.
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