Announcement: 14th Roundtable at RMIT in Melbourne

Posted on 12/03/2026 by Dr Kathy Douglas

I am pleased to announce the details of the 14th Australian Dispute Resolution Research Network roundtable. It will be held at RMIT University on the 18th and 19th November 2026 at our city campus. Thanks again for the hard work of the organizers for the 13th roundtable which was a big success!

RMIT last hosted our community of ADR scholars in 2014, and after many years, I am so pleased to have the opportunity to again host ADR researchers. In 2012, Professor Rachael Field and I co-organized an important ADR forum at RMIT where we welcomed presentations relating to ADR in Legal Education and Promoting Student Well-Being (see attached agenda). While of course supporting all current ADR research for our 2026 gathering, I would like to devote a section of the roundtable (an afternoon) to the evolving story of ADR in Legal Education. Current links between ADR and Student Well-Being would also be valuable to explore.

Please book a placeholder in your diaries for our annual event.

Best
Kathy.

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Reminder: Registration and Call for Papers for Australian Dispute Resolution Research Network Roundtable

Posted on 09/10/2025 by Milan A Nitopi

The Australasian Dispute Resolution Research Network is pleased to be hosting its 13th research roundtable on 27-28 November 2025 at Monash University Clayton campus, Melbourne. The roundtable is supported by the Faculty of Law at Monash University and the Australian Centre for Justice Innovation.

We are accepting paper proposal’s for the Roundtable. We welcome proposals that consider dispute resolution from a scholarly, critical and/or empirical perspective. Topics can be addressed for any disciplinary perspective and we are especially interested in interdisciplinary approaches to dispute resolution. We particularly encourage submissions from postgraduate students and early career researchers. All proposals will be considered. Papers must not have been published or submitted for publication, as the focus is work in progress.

Participation is on a self-funded basis.

Submit papers at this weblink: https://forms.gle/sNfifQPx8TrJG8cD9

A programme of events will be distributed in advance.

Please do not hesitate to come back to us for any further questions you may have, email to: adrresearchnetwork@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you at the Roundtable.

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Collaboration and ADR Community – a great new experience

Posted on 10/12/2013 by Dr Rosemary Howell

Despite committing to a field which scrutinises, develops and enhances the resolution of disputes, our ADR community seems to attract more than its own fair share of conflict.

The best thing about the meeting of the ADR Network in Brisbane last week was the wonderful spirit of collaboration. What a pleasure to see outstanding ADR academics and professionals from around the country working together harmoniously to share ideas and critique each other’s ideas constructively. It was a big lesson about what we can accomplish when we model the behaviour we encourage in our writing. As a result, the publication we are planning has a theme – Challenging Professional Identities in Dispute Resolution – and a cohesion not possible without this kind of engagement.

Well done @BeckyBatagol and @rachaelfield68 for terrific organisation and leadership and thank you to all the group members for encouragement and wisdom.