Laurie Nathan, director of the Mediation Program housed within the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, co-authored the op-ed below, "Religious and secular mediators need each other." The piece first ran Oct. 16 on Peace…
Connection, listening, empathy, voice, resolution, understanding – these are words that aptly describe the center of Laurie Nathan’s work as a mediator and as the director of the Kroc Institute’s Mediation Program. His professional focus is aimed at…
Mediation Program Director Laurie Nathan will represent the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, at the 2025 Geneva Peace Week conference, to be held Oct. 13-17 in Switzerland. Nathan is…
Taking the “summer off” isn’t quite the right phrase to describe the Mediation Program at the Kroc Institute, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs. Rather, the break from teaching commitments from June to August at the University of Notre Dame allowed Laurie Nathan, director of the Mediation…
More than 60 participants from around the world visited the University of Notre Dame in late May as part of the Strategic Peacebuilding Academy hosted by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the …
Join African Liberty for its upcoming webinar, "The International Community's Role in the DR Congo: Progress or Failure?" on April 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT. This webinar, featuring panelists Laurie…
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) have announced the call for applications for their annual summer Ph.D. course on international mediation. “International Mediation: Theory, Cases and Skills” will take place in person…
One of the world’s leading social science organizations has invited a representative from the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies to have a seat at the table. Laurie Nathan, director of the Mediation Program at the…
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) have announced the call for applications for their annual summer Ph.D. course on international mediation. “International Mediation: Theory, Cases and Skills,” will take place in…
When Professor Laurie Nathan, director of the Kroc Institute Mediation Program, was a South African graduate student, he was engaged in the anti-apartheid struggle – and fiercely opposed to mediation. He believed that mediators should…
For the Kroc Institute’s faculty and staff, the end of the academic year isn’t just a time to relax and enjoy the warm weather. For many, summer brings the ability to travel, conduct research and attend or present at conferences. “Returning from a year of leave at Tantur, Jerusalem, and...
What began as a professional friendship nearly 30 years ago has blossomed into a full-fledged academic partnership that spans the globe, many time zones, and several institutions.…
Laurie Nathan, Mediation Program director and professor of the practice of mediation at the Kroc Institute, led seminars on "the art and science of mediation policy research" in November. Nathan presented seminars at the Peace Research Institute…
From May 30-June 3, the Mediation Program of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, together with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Research School on Peace and Conflict, hosted doctoral candidates for a Ph.D.-level course on international mediation at the PRIO campus in Oslo.…
While the University of Notre Dame was away for spring break, Laurie Nathan, Mediation Program director at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,…
The call for applications is now open for the annual Ph.D.-level course on “International Mediation: Theory, Cases and Skills,” organized by the Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) in collaboration with the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and its Mediation Program. The course…
The Kroc Institute's Mediation Program recently presented the first Ph.D. course on international mediation. The course was hosted by the Research School on Peace and Conflict in Oslo. The School comprises the University of Oslo, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
In May, Accomplice, a student-led website and multimedia hub launched in an effort to elevate decolonial scholarship, conversations, and activism related to the University of Notre Dame. The project was supported by the Mediation…
Laurie Nathan, Mediation Program director and professor of the practice of mediation at the Kroc Institute, has co-authored an article on ceasefires in International Peacekeeping. The article, "Ceasefire Success: A Conceptual Framework," was co-authored with Govinda Clayton and Claudia…
In the latest episode of The Kroc Cast podcast, Laurie Nathan, Mediation Program director and professor of the practice of mediation, talks with Nicholas Haysom about his role as a mediator and lessons he's…
On October 15, Laurie Nathan, professor of the practice of mediation and Mediation Program director at the Kroc Institute, was the keynote speaker at the 29th Annual Africa and Diaspora International Conference, hosted by the Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution at California State University,…
On October 9, 2020, Laurie Nathan, professor of the practice of mediation and director of the Mediation Program at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, presented a research report to the United Nations Security…
Kroc Institute Mediation Program Director Laurie Nathan is pleased to announce that Fiana (Syeda) Arbab has been appointed as a student associate with the Mediation Program. This appointment will strengthen the Program's efforts to promote social justice at Notre Dame and in the South Bend community.…
