Association for Conflict Resolution
(ACR)
ACR is an international professional organization launched in
January 2001 with the merger of the Academy of Family Mediators (AFM),
the Conflict Resolution Education Network (CREnet), and the Society for
Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR).
The site offers full-text periodicals and articles. Articles are organized under: conflict management systems, conflict resolution education (CRE), courts, diversity, environment and public policy, ethics/standards, general, international, legislative/public policy, research and workplace.
Center for the Study and Prevention
of Violence (CSPV)
CSPV was founded in 1992 at the
University of Colorado at Boulder. The focus was on adolescent violence,
though they are expanding.
Many Fact Sheets are available in html and/or PDF format, covering topics such as gangs, and a variety of specific program/lesson descriptions—many for schools and communities working with youth.
Conflict Management in Higher Education
Resource Center
The goal of this website is to provide information to help people
teach about conflict, and to better manage the conflict found at colleges
and universities. Free registration is required for some sites to provide
usage data (part of the funding requirements).
Educational Technology and Conflict Studies Tools Weblog
Conflict Management in Higher Education Report links to full-text feature articles from the periodical.
Conflict Resolution in Higher Education Articles links to abstracts of articles mentioned in the CMHER, as well as earlier articles and some books relevant to the field from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
FAQs About Conflict Resolution on the Web links to full-text informative articles.
MetaSearch Launchpad will allow searching specially targeted education and conflict resolution-related search engines and online databases for the topic of your choice.
Conflict Resolution Network Canada
CR Network Canada promotes conflict resolution and restorative
justice processes such as negotiation, mediation, consensus-building and
peacemaking circles. They focus on schools, workplaces, communities, criminal
justice settings, environment, media, government, and international settings.
Canadian Research in Conflict Resolution presents full-text versions of research presented at their biennial conference.
Conflict Resolution News Gleaned from Sources Across the Country and Around the World...
CRInfo: The Conflict Resolution Information
Source
This searchable site has over 13,000 Web, print, organizational,
and other conflict resolution-related resources. Powerful tools are available
to help users find information addressing their specific needs on conflict,
the ADR process, the peace process, education, and networking.
Frequently asked Questions About Conflict Resolution links to pertinent full-text articles from various sources.
Eastern Mennonite University's Center
for Justice and Peacebuilding (formerly the Conflict Transformation
Program)
This site includes many online
publications, including:
Full-text articles (written by CJP faculty, staff, associates, alumni, and students)
Beyond September 11 -- Response by Center for Justice and Peacebuilding to events on September 11, 2001, includes articles.
Footpaths --CJP's newsletter, which highlights the work and thoughts of students, alumni, Summer Peacebuilding Institute participants, faculty, and staff.
A Force More Powerful
Developed to support the PBS documentary (six 30-min. episodes available
on DVD), this site shares background information on the six examples of
20th century nonviolent action, plus seven more.
Educational Outreach Materials include a 16-p. study guide with program synopses, background information, pictures, descriptions of nonviolent strategies, maps, timelines, discussion questions, research activities, and additional resources for high school and college (English and Spanish).
A Force More Powerful: The Game of Nonviolent Strategy
Developed by The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, the game simulates nonviolent struggles to win freedom and secure human rights against dictators, occupiers, colonizers, and corrupt regimes. AFMP is a single-player, turn-based game in which the player is chief strategist in a nonviolent movement against the opponent in one of ten pre-packaged scenarios. The adversary is controlled by the game's artificial intelligence. For players aged 14 and up.
INCORE: International Conflict
Research
This site includes many resources on specific country and ethnic
conflicts, as well as themes in conflict resolution.
The searchable Ethnic Conflict Research Digest publishes peer reviews of recently published books, journal articles and research papers on ethnic conflict.
INCORE Internet Thematic Guides provide information about internet resources on 20 different themes associated with conflict and ethnicity. They are eventually replaced by new versions.
INCORE Publications include many articles, research reports, occasional papers and conference papers, some available in full text.
International Center for
Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
ICTJ assists countries pursuing accountability for mass atrocity
or human rights abuse. Various full-text documents are available from
the site.
National Criminal Justice
Reference Service (NCJRS)
Administered by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Dept. of
Justice, this site is wide-ranging, including information on conflict
resolution/transformation among many criminal justice system-related topics.
NCJRS Virtual Library is a searchable collection of 7,000+ full-text publications.
A topic list of full-text articles includes alternatives to incarceration, community justice, conflict resolution, minority overrepresentation, and much more.
RESOLVE: Results through
Consensus
This international public policy dispute resolution organization
enables “alternative dispute resolution" and consensus-building
processes.
United States Institute
of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan
federal institution to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful
resolution of international conflicts. Established in 1984, the institute
has many programs with online documents.
The Jeannette Rankin Library Program. This library supports the research needs in the field of international conflict management.
The Peace Agreements collection contains the full text of agreements signed by the major contending parties ending inter- and intra-state conflicts worldwide since 1989.
The Truth Commissions collection contains descriptions of truth commissions and related bodies and a growing collection of full text documents of establishing decrees and final reports.
Online Research Papers in Peace and Conflict Studies pertaining to conflict prevention, conflict resolution and related topics not produced by the Institute.
Latest Resources and Tools--country and issue reports.
Uppsala Conflict Database
Information on armed conflicts in the world, participants, negotiations,
and peace agreements. Includes 119 armed conflicts since 1989.
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INCORE: International Conflict Research
INCORE guide to Internet sources on Restorative Justice provides full-text access to useful primary documents and academic articles.
International Institute
for Restorative Practices
IIRP is a non-profit organization providing education, consulting
and research in support of the development of restorative practices around
the world.
Restorative Practices Library includes links to many recent articles and search capability..
National Criminal Justice
Reference Service (NCJRS)
Administered by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Dept. of
Justice, this site is wide-ranging, including information on conflict
resolution/transformation among many criminal justice system-related topics.
Restorative Justice Online
The site includes
an RJ Library that searches over 9000 publications on restorative justice.
"Restorative practice and philosophy are used outside the criminal justice system -- in families, communities, schools, workplaces and faith communities. They also have formed an important part of post-conflict transition for countries addressing former oppressive governmental actions or the results of civil war. The following "rooms" capture some of that information: work place, family room, community centre, class room, chapel pew and peace commission".
Victim Offender Mediation Association
(VOMA)
(VOMA), an international membership association, supports and
assists people and communities working at restorative models of justice
through victim-offender mediation, conferencing, circles, and related
restorative justice practices.
Publications are in html and PDF. Full-text publications include: Articles, Restorative Justice FAQ, and the VOMA documents and newsletter.
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Hope in the Cities:
Connecting Communities Through Honest Conversation on Race, Reconciliation
and Responsibility
Hope in the Cities focuses on community programs and dialogue
to heal historical wounds. This site includes pdf documents on national
activities and the process of their program.
Public
Conversations Project: Constructive Conversations that Reach Across Differences
PCP promotes conversations and relationships among people
who have differing values, world views, and perspectives about
divisive public issues.
Resources include articles, dialogue guides/toolbox, projects, and Spanish language resources.
Everyday Democracy
Everyday Democracy enables people to engage in
dialogue and problem solving on critical social and political issues.
User-friendly study guides include topics of racism and race relations,
education reform, crime and violence, immigration, diversity, youth concerns,
growth and sprawl, police-community relations, building strong neighborhoods,
neighborhoods supporting families with children and more.
In addition, many colleges and high schools are organizing circles to engage young people in dialogue and problem solving.
The Resource Room provides descriptions and full-text versions of the Study Circles Resource Center 's most popular publications, including discussion guides, advice on how to organize community-wide study circles and train facilitators, and articles from the quarterly newsletter, Focus on Study Circles.
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Campus Conflict Resolution Resources: Other Library/Bibliography Collections
Conflict Resolution
Network Canada
This extensive site includes annotated titles and book reviews. Their
bookstore has subject access to their titles.
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (formerly the Conflict Transformation Program)
CJP Publications --major books by faculty, staff, associates, alumni, and others associated with CJP (arranged by individual)
United States Institute
of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan
federal institution created by Congress to promote the prevention, management,
and peaceful resolution of international conflicts.
Online Journals
on Peace and Conflict Resolution
These are web links to free online journals on peacebuilding, conflict
prevention, conflict resolution, and related topics not produced by the
Institute. Links are to academic and policy journals which publish research
and analysis of theoretical and practical issues in the field.
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