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. ~ ~ Affiliated with the Hofstra University School of Law

The Promise Illuminated

Posted Wed, 01/18/2012 - 14:16 by admin

Dr. Joseph Folger, co-author of The Promise of Mediation, a book that literally transformed the mediation process and industry, will be the keynote speaker at The Center for Dispute Settlement's 22nd Annual Awards Luncheon, 11:45am-1:29pm, on Monday, February 27, 2012, at the Rochester Plaza Hotel. Dr. Folger will be speaking at the Luncheon on The Promise Illuminated, which describes the wide adoption of the transformative approach to conflict in the 18 years since co-authoring the landmark classic with Professor Robert A. Bush in 1994.

In addition to this year's luncheon, Dr. Folger will also be conducting an optional Effective Interpersonal Communications workshop, from 7:45 - 11:14a.m.

A book signing of Transformative Mediation: A Sourcebook will be held from 11:15 - 11:45 a.m.

The Optional Workshop, Effective Interpersonal Communication -
Develop the interpersonal communications skills that are essential to managing conflict in the workplace and at home from one of the communications experts, Joseph P. Folger, co-author of the ground breaking book The Promise of Mediation. This unique workshop is suitable for people from all walks of life as well as human resource professionals, social workers. lawyers and others.

February 27th, 2012 Annual Awards Luncheon
Dr. Joseph Folger – Workshop Presenter and Keynote Speaker
Co-Author “The Promise of Mediation”
Workshop – 7:45 a.m. - 11:14 a.m.
Lunch 11:45 a.m. -1:29 p.m.
Call 585-546-5110 for details.

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New Resources

Posted Tue, 11/02/2010 - 00:00 by admin

New Book

Transformative Mediation: A Sourcebook

An accessible volume for practitioners, administrators, and students who need to be up-to-date with the variety of models of practice in the field. Nineteen leading scholars and practitioners bring together the theory and practice of transformative mediation, showcasing the latest applications of the model, reporting on empirical evidence, and pointing to sources for further study.Chapter titles/Authors and Book Reviews

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New Video

What the Parents Know: A Transformative Mediation - A Mediation with Judy Saul - 2011

“What the Parents Know” involves two separated parents who disagree about what is going on with their children and what to do about it. It is set in a community mediation center, where intake has been done by staff and agreements reached by parents can be sent by the center to the local family court. Mediator Judy Saul, a Fellow of the Institute, uses all of the skills of a transformative mediator to help the parents talk through their differences.
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New Video

The Transformative Approach To Mediation: An Interview with Joe Folger in Seville Spain with Blas Hermoso

This sixty minute video is enriching for any mediation practitioner. It can
also be used as an instructional supplement in mediation trainings or in
university courses focusing on mediation and alternative dispute resolution.
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The Promise of Mediation is translated into Slovenian

Posted Mon, 11/21/2011 - 14:25 by admin

The second Edition of The Promise of Mediation was recently translated into Slovenian and was presented at the Transfomative Mediation Conference in Ljubljiana, Slovenia on Saturday Nov. 12th, 2011. This edition was published through the support of the Rakmo Institute in Ljubljiana. The Promise of Mediation has now been translated into six different languages.

New Publication

Posted Tue, 11/08/2011 - 13:58 by admin

The Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation has published a white paper, written by Erik Cleven, entitled: "Who Needs to Talk to Whom About What and How? Transformative Dialogue in Settings of Ethnopolitical Conflict."


This paper explores how the framework which forms the basis of transformative mediation can also be applied to settings of ethno-political conflict in a challenge to the way much "peacebuilding" work today is done. The author writes: "Transformative dialogue focuses on providing opportunities for people to have conversations about their situation with the words they want to use and the frameworks for understanding that they choose, so that they can make decisions about their situation. In some cases these decisions may involve not wanting to continue contact with people from other identity groups. In others it may mean pursuing reconciliation or specific agreements about issues. In short, the transformative mediation framework asks who needs to speak to whom about what and how, without presupposing the answer to any of these questions. In situations where people have become disempowered and where communities have been destroyed by violence, transformative dialogue provides the space to support people in regaining strength, clarity and agency and the ability to connect with others in the way they choose.

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New translations of "The Promise of Mediation"!

Posted Mon, 03/01/2010 - 10:11 by admin

The Promise of Mediation (Bush & Folger, 2nd edition-2005, Jossey-Bass) has been translated into five different languages: Russian, Italian, German, Slovenian and Swedish.

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