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 Council (UNSC). The research focused on the impact of Security Council...
Francisco Diez has been appointed as a senior advisor with the Mediation Program of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Mediation Program Director Laurie Nathan says the Program will benefit greatly from Diez's extensive mediation experience in Latin America. Diez is currently a member of the United Nations Standby...
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.…
Laurie Nathan, professor of the practice of mediation and Mediation Program director at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, has published an article on post-conflict constitutions (PCCs) in Third World Quarterly. Nathan's research illustrates that when intra-state armed conflicts end through negotiated settlement, conflict parties frequently agree to amend or...
Close to 150 attendees gathered on January 22, 2020, for a panel discussion on reparations and reconciliation at the University of Notre Dame.
Laurie Nathan, Mediation Program Director and Professor of the Practice of Mediation, was working in Nairobi with IGAD on the mediation protocol.
On March 19, the Mediation Program of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies partnered with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to convene a half-day symposium on preventive diplomacy.
In December 2018, Laurie Nathan, Mediation Program Director at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, ran a mediation training workshop for the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC).
The Kroc Institute Mediation Program has been involved in the production of a new policy research report on mediation and power-sharing. Mediation Program Director Laurie Nathan and Visiting Fellow David Lanz have been investigating the role of mediation in the long-term performance of power-sharing arrangements in peace agreements.…
Professor Laurie Nathan, Mediation Program Director and Professor of the Practice of Mediation, has been awarded a contract to develop a Mediation Protocol for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.
In June 2018, Laurie Nathan, Professor of the Practice of Mediation and Director of the Kroc Institute’s new mediation program, was the lead designer and trainer at the United Nations High Level Mediation Course, a program run annually in Montreux, Switzerland. The course is hosted by the UN in partnership...
In July, Laurie Nathan, Director of the Kroc Institute’s new Mediation Program, was a lead facilitator at a workshop for political parties from Macedonia. The event was part of the Track 1.5 Dialogue in Macedonia Project, established in 2016 by the Berghof Foundation and the Southeast European Association with funding...
