JCULR Special Edition on Conflict Resolution

Posted on 14/08/2013 by Dr Samantha Hardy

The James Cook University Law Review special edition on Conflict Resolution (2012, Volume 9) has recently been released. It contains some great articles from members of the ADR Research Network, including:

Susan Douglas: Neutrality, Self-Determination, Fairness and Differing Models of Mediation
Rachael Field: Mediation Ethics in Australia – A Case for Rethinking the Foundational Paradigm
Samantha Hardy and Olivia Rundle: Applying the Inclusive Model of Ethical Decision Making to Mediation
Bobette Wolski: The ‘New’ Limitations of Fisher and Ury’s Model of Interest-Based Negotiation: Not Necessarily the Ethical Alternative

There are also articles by Judith Herrmann on the Transitional Justice Measures Incorporated by Rwandan Gacaca and Priyanka Saha on Conflict Coaching in Schools.

Avoiding the Slow March to the Middle

Posted on 07/08/2013 by Associate Professor Becky Batagol

A thoughtful plea for lawyers to collaborate rather than compete in mediation by Jerome Weiss. Avoids the well-trodden path of Getting to Yes : http://www.mediate.com/articles/WeissSlow.cfm

Quiet Revolution? A longtitudinal study of dispute resolution in US Fortune 1000 corporations

Posted on 02/05/2013 by Lisa Toohey

Living with ‘ADR’: Evolving Perceptions and Use of Mediation, Arbitration and Conflict Management in Fortune 1,000 Corporations has been published by Thomas Stipanowich, J. Ryan Lamare on SSRN.

It reports on the most recent results of their longitudinal study of the attitudes of corporate counsel of Fortune 1000 companies towards dispute resolution.

What they find is at least moderately encouraging, “many companies today appear to be employing strategies aimed at deliberate, proactive and systematic assessment of conflicts in the early stages— perhaps even the first sixty days — in order to lay the groundwork for business decisions about their forward management.”

The 6th Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Summit, Manila, Dec 9-11 2013

Posted on 02/05/2013 by Lisa Toohey

The 6th Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Summit will be held at De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines from December 9-11, 2013. The Conference theme is “Mediation in a Globalizing World: Challenges to Multi-Culturalism, Peace-Building, and Religious Tolerance.”

According to the conference website:

Topics to be explored through presentations, panel discussions, open forums, and group dialogues during the conference include:

Business and Mediation
Mediation and Conflict Resolution/Transformation of Religious, Ethnic, Ideological, and Resource Management
Mediation and Politics
Mediation and the Media
Mediation and Public Policy
Mediation and Peace and Security
Mediation and Human Rights
Mediation and Education
Mediation, Gender and Development
Family Mediation and Family Violence (Violence Against Women and Children).
Mediation and the Courts
Mediation and Armed Conflicts
Global Trends in Mediation

Prospective delegates of the Summit are invited to submit an abstract no more 500 words, and a short biography of no more than 500 words, on any of the above topics through apmf2013Summit@gmail.com. The deadline for submission is the close of business, May 30, 2013 (Philippine time, GMT+8:00). Accepted abstracts will be announced on June 9, 2013.

Full details can be found online at http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/conferences/apmf/

Welcome to the ADR Research Network

Posted on 01/05/2013 by Lisa Toohey

Welcome to the ADR Research Network Blog. We hope this will be a forum to discuss contemporary issues in dispute resolution, to share information about new research and events, and to expand connections amongst members of the ADR community.