The mission of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation is to study and promote the understanding of conflict processes and intervention from the transformative framework.

ISCT and Transformative Workshops will be at ACR 2010!

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The ISCT will present a mini-plenary on themes discussed in the upcoming book, Transformative Mediation: A Sourcebook for Conflict Intervention Practitioners and Programs on September 2, 2010. Baruch Bush, Joe Folger, Bernard Le Roux and other contributors to the book will present key ideas from the volume.

Details

New Publication, out this FALL 2010!

Transformative Mediation: A Sourcebook - Resources for Conflict Intervention Practitioners and Programs (Folger, Bush, and DellaNoce, eds.) will be published in Fall 2010. This edited volume includes over twenty articles on transformative theory and transformative practice by experienced practitioners and researchers.

Training – Close to Home and Down Under

Family Mediation Centre, Melbourne Australia. Judy Saul is leading a Transformative Mediation Training, an advanced training on Mediating with High Conflict Couples and a one-day workshop on coaching transformative mediators from October 11-16 in Melbourne. Sandra Fenton, a Melbourne resident and certified transformative mediator, will be co-training with Judy.

International Initiative Update - Joe Folger

Mediators of São Paulo Brazil

Joe Folger met with over thirty mediators and conflict practitioners in at an evening fireside chat in São Paulo on July 14th. Folger discussed the transformative model of practice and its applications and answered questions about the development of mediation practice in the U.S.

VI World Mediation Congress, Salta Argentina

Keynote Presentation by Baruch Bush

In June, Baruch Bush delivered the Keynote Address at the Annual Conference of the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, in Baltimore, Maryland, on the topic “Social Justice and Transformation in Conflict Resolution,”

Baruch Bush co-presented a workshop on “Ethics and Diversity” at an special “Institute on Diversity, Ethics and Practice,” in Baltimore, Maryland, in June.

Training workshop in Canada

Joe Folger conducted a two day workshop on "Purpose Drives Practice: The Ideological Foundations of Conflict Intervention Practice" in Sakatoon, Saskatchewan on May 12 & 13, 2010.

ISCT work in Sweden

Bernard Le Roux, Joseph Folger and Winnie Backlund have designed a two staged symposium on community conflict intervention work guided by the transformative framework. The first meeting was held in Gothenburg on April 16, 2010.

While in Sweden for the symposium, Joseph Folger presented a lecture at Gothenburg University, on the "Ideaological Foundations of Third Party Practice," for masters students in conflict resolution at the University on April 13 & 14 2010.

New translations of "The Promise of Mediation"!

The Promise of Mediation (Bush & Folger, 2nd edition-2005, Jossey-Bass) will be translated into Swedish in the Spring of 2010. This follows the recent publication of this book into Russian, Italian, German and Slovenian.

Please check back soon for updated pictures of the translated book: The Promise of Mediation.

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