Vision

To transform the way people around the world understand and deal with the emotional and identity-based dimensions of conflict and negotiation.

Goals

• Developing teaching materials
  
  • Writing curricula (for trainings in professional schools and organizations
  • Developing case simulations and case studies (from regions around the world)

• Offering university course
  
  • Teaching undergraduates at Harvard University
  • Teaching students at graduate schools across Harvard (HLS, HMS, etc.)

• Convening academic and public conferences
  
  • Convening a monthly "INP Distinguished Speaker Series," where scholars, political leaders, and practitioners offer insights into the emotional dimensions of conflict management
  • Convening a "Mass Violence Seminar" to be attended by scholars and practitioners; seminar in conjunction with INP's Dr. Robert Jay Lifton
  • Holding occasional academic conferences on how to deal with aspects of the emotional and identity-based dimensions of large-scale conflict (e.g., "Negotiating the Sacred")

• Providing trainings at the local, regional, and global level
  
  • Training government officials, conflict management practitioners, and business, religious, and community leaders
  • Offering senior executive seminars, such as "Negotiation: Dealing with Emotions"

• Establishing global partnerships with academic institutions in key global locations
  
  • Spreading new research and practical frameworks to key partners around the world
  • Encouraging partners to further spread key ideas locally and regionally

Major Outputs

• Publication of curricula, journal articles, case simulations, case studies, and working papers
• Biannual newsletter with research and education updates
• Research and education updates on INP website
• Spread of ideas locally, regionally, and globally