Juliana Birkhoff
On Video:
Mediation is a Field: Shared Ideological Framework of Power
(1:10) Birkhoff explains how her dissertation demonstrates mediation is in fact a field and that what is uniting among experienced mediators is the concept of power.
Training Lacks Teaching of Complex Knowledge Processing
(2:01) Birkhoff explains mediators' mental process when they're in the room and says that the type of knowledge processing that occurs there can only be learned from mediating cases - not through a training course.
Trust in Democratic Process of Mediation
(0:27) Birkhoff describes how a mediation can be an example of an ideal democratic process.
Advice to Policy Makers When Obtaining Recommendations
(0:33) Birkhoff explains how she advises policy makers not to get recommendations from people involved unless they plan on implementing those recommendations.
Being Satisfied with Making Incremental Progress Toward Peace
(0:32) Birkhoff describes a shift in her goal of making peace in the world to her satisfaction with making more incremental progress.
Example of Public Policy Mediation Process
(2:14) Birkhoff explains parts of her process and the dialogue she uses when she is conducting a mediation.
Experience Leads to Deeper Understanding, Less Judgement
(2:11) Birkhoff explains that the more she mediates, the more understanding she gains about parties' motives, which helps her overcome thoughts of it being a 'black and white' issue.
Mediators Can Not Directly Apply Research to Practice
(1:02) Birkhoff describes how research should and should not be applied to the practice of mediation.
Need of Clarity and Organization Before Mediating with Multiple Parties
(0:55) Birkhoff talks about convening with political decision makers, asking them what they want from parties who will be affected by an outcome before they bring those parties to the table for a mediation.
Term 'Neutral' Does Not Capture Complexity of Mediation
(1:19) Birkhoff explains why she does not call herself a neutral and believes the term is too simplistic for the work mediators do.
Working With Public Policy Disputes
(1:51) Birkhoff shares why environmental and public policy disputes are so complex and how she offers the promise of an outcome for the parties, as well as a mechanism that will help them to continue decision-making.
Working With Uninformed or Ill-Willed Parties
(0:53) Birkhoff talks about working with parties who have bad motives or are uninformed. When this happens, she adapts her process so the outcome will not be heavily impacted by these participants' motives or lack of information.
Belief that Parties Always Rational in Environmental Public Policy Disputes
(0:56) Birkhoff believes the parties she works with in environmental public policy disputes are always acting rationally by having motives behind what they decide.
Bias for Environmental Public Policy Mediators: Sustainability
(1:17) Birkhoff talks about a bias that many environmental public policy mediators share, which is sustainability. However, she feels that the bias is not a hindrance to the mediation because of the issues' complexity, leading to gained understanding by the mediator.
Instant, Gratifying Results in Field
(1:16) Birkhoff explains how her activism at Syracuse did not produce the rapid, peace-making results that she now gets working at Resolove.
Politics Don't Have to Cloud Decision-Making
(1:09) Birkhoff shares an example of how people under political influences often have good ideas without the political factors clouding their judgement. Articles:My role in this panel is to advocate for conflict resolution as a field. Peter Adler and I have debated this question for many years. Many years ago, Peter and I organized a little meeting of colleagues. We asked everyone to bring to dinner his or her map of the field. Our colleagues brought pictures, written descriptions, and a coat hanger and tennis ball model of the field. They did not disagree that there was a field and they agreed on a very small set of activities and principles that was core. However, there was wide disparity among the participants on what was in and out, and how to portray the field.  Video
Mentoring and Coaching This article will outline a training I developed at RESOLVE for mediators who mentor and coach stakeholders in collaborative processes. I will explain why we chose to focus on strengthening mediators capacities to mentor collaborative team leaders, what a mentor and coach is in this context, and what is included in the training. Managing Scientific and Technical Information In Environmental Cases: Principles and Practices for Mediators and Facilitators This effort represents ideas gathered from more than a hundred individuals as well as a review of some, though certainly not all, of the relevant literature. The document is an initial attempt to distill and disseminate those key principles and practices that are relevant to managing scientific and technical information in environmental conflicts. The authors hope to advance both the practice and theory of environmental mediation and to launch further thinking and discussion on the issues raised. Gender, Conflict and Conflict Resolution Gender affects and indeed permeates, conflict dynamics at the societal and individual level. Understanding the role of gender in conflict is best accomplished through an analysis of individual levels, interactional levels and the societal level. 21 Comments Products: |
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