Kluwer Mediation BlogWe have just reached the end of the annual marking season (grading for North Americans). The verbal joust of examinations is almost over. Students get their blows in...
By Charlie IrvineIndisputably I thought that teaching the Kavanaugh hearings in a careful and respectful manner a few weeks ago would be the biggest teaching challenge of the semester. I was wrong. This...
By Andrea SchneiderInstitute for the Study of Conflict Transformation by Dan SimonTransformative theory describes the phenomenon of conflict escalation (aka interactional degeneration). It acknowledges people’s propensity to fall into a vicious cycle...
By Dan Simon