Public Policy Section
When I was twenty-two years old, I did a two-year stint as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Here is a brief account of a dispute resolution meeting with a local governing council called the panchayat. This is an interview with Susan Podziba, where she discusses how her life has been aimed at resolving public policy disputes and finding the virtue in our society. This is a new interview with public policy mediation leader Peter Adler by Robert Benjamin as part of Mediate's new "The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society" video series. Every society, every community, every culture has some or the other form/s of resolving the disputes faced by their constituents. Often, the longer and more prosperous the lineage, the more refined and varied the mechanisms. The need for a “Conflict Revolution” is clear. We have a Negotiation Emergency at the same time as we have a Climate Emergency. Leading national family mediation organizations, including Mediate.com, have abided by common standards for divorce and family mediation for over two decades. Do these standards need to be updated to address issues of online mediation? If so, how? This article discusses this mediator's viewpoint that as a mediation profession need to celebrate our own pride. A quick thought on what we can learn from women's soccer. On Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas agreed to consider whether the San Antonio River Authority must arbitrate a dispute related to the costs associated with a $10 million dam project. Being a mediator brings surprises along the way. It is remarkable that, after years of waiting for Scotland to pick up the mediation baton, we now have two important initiatives underway. Resolving Land and Energy Conflicts is a groundbreaking effort that documents conflicts and strategies for collaboration in today’s U.S. energy sector. The wider Influence of mediation and negotiative thinking beyond practice. For the most part, we have tended to ignore the deeper reality that conflict experiences are processed and regulated by our nervous system. Managing A Force of Nature: ODR and Dispute Resolution Systems Design Standards and Practice: An interview with Susan Yates by Robert Benjamin. The Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM) recently became the first major organization to endorse The National Mediation Policy Act, a seminal national effort to improve the sanity of discourse in our country. It is a privilege to speak here at the Salzburg Global Seminar. I'd like to start with some provocation. Imagine these alternatives to the usual headlines. The world of conflict, negotiation, and public policy mediation has markedly changed since the election of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States. This is a new interview with Doug Yarn, a leading academic in the fields of racial injustice and dispute resolution, by Robert Benjamin as part of Mediate's "The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society" video series. According to brand new 5/22/19 data from Alexa.com, Mediate.com is most visited and most linked mediation website, by far! The APFM, NAFCM, MBB & ACR have joined Mediate.com's groundbreaking efforts to set America on a better path by sponsoring the "National Mediation Policy Act" (NMPA). The Act declares a national policy favoring voluntary mediation over disputes being litigated, remaining unresolved or resulting in violence. A change manager candidly discusses her experience in a company. Mediation should become more prominent than arbitration in the approach to investor-State disputes. Christopher Reeves explains the process, the potential benefits – and how construction companies should prepare for a mediation. Working with the FBI, I had access to the Hostage Barricade Database System (HOBAS) and put out what I believe to be is the most current up-to-date information on law enforcement negotiation statistics. This article by Ken Rasmussen and Milan Slama is the second part to discuss the current political divide.
Public Policy & Environmental Articles
Disputing at a Panchayat Meeting
Susan Podziba Interview - The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society
New Interview with Peter Adler - The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society
ADR In INDIA
A Negotiation Emergency?
Establishing Standards for Online Domestic Relations Mediation
Celebrating Pride – Reflections on Being a Gay Mediator
We Have to Love More, Hate Less. We Got to Listen More and Talk Less.
SCOTX Grants Petition For Review Over Local Government Arbitration Question
Bringing Mediation into the Mainstream
'Resolving Land and Energy Conflicts': Book Review
Ann Gosline Interview: The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society
Bringing Oxytocin into the Room
Interview with Susan Yates: The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society
Ascending the Status of Mediation - Supporting the National Mediation Policy Act
Mediation in a Changing Climate? - From Consensus to Confrontation?
Conflict, Negotiation, and Public Policy Mediation in the Trump Era
New Interview with Douglas Yarn: The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society
Comparing Mediation Websites
APFM, NAFCM, MBB & ACR Sponsor National Mediation Policy Act!
Cognitive Bias' in the Workplace
The Role of Mediation in Investor-State Disputes
Preparing for Mediation: Six Need-to-Knows for UK clients
HOBAS: Understanding the Data Behind U.S. Crisis Hostage Negotiation
The Fault Lines of the Contemporary Political Divide - Part 2