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Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Presented by: Dr. Sara Cobb, Director, and Ms. Kathy Clark, Visitor. History and Introduction:.

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Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

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  1. Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution Presented by:Dr. Sara Cobb, Director, and Ms. Kathy Clark, Visitor

  2. History and Introduction: • In 1981, Dr. Bryant Wedge, a psychiatrist, and Henry Barringer, a retired U. S. diplomat, founded the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) at George Mason University. • Both men were involved in the National Peace Academy Campaign (which led eventually to the creation of the U. S. Institute of Peace). CCR offered a master's level curriculum in conflict studies and promoted original research in the newly emerging field of conflict analysis. Wedge and Barringer were succeeded as directors by Dr. John Burton, a pioneer in the field of conflict studies. • The Center received early Hewlett Foundation support as one of the first "Hewlett Theory Centers." In 1987, under director Joseph Scimecca, CCR became the Center for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and expanded its program by hiring four senior full-time faculty. • In fall 1988, CCR founded the first doctoral program in Conflict Analysis and Resolution in the United States. In 1991 the Center became the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR). ICAR now has approximately 250 graduate students. • In Fall 2004, ICAR launched an undergraduate program, BS and BA, in Conflict Analysis andResolution, the first in the nation.

  3. ICAR is committed to • Advancing the understanding of deeply rooted conflicts between individuals, groups, organizations, and communities in the United States and all over the world through research, teaching, practice, and outreach. • Carrying on a systematic and ongoing study of the nature, origins, and types of social conflicts. • Developing the requisite processes and conditions for the productive resolution of conflicts. Rwanda Conference CRDC

  4. ICAR Funding in 2006: State Funds: Salaries - $ 1,814,812Benefits - $ 451,416Operating Costs - $ 164,530

  5. ICAR faculty have: • Published some of the leading texts in the field • Developed curricula and courses at ten foreign universities • Served as mediators/consultants in conflict resolving processes in Northern Ireland, Spain, Liberia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Horn of Africa, Georgia/Abkhazia, Israel/Palestine, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Columbia and throughout the United States

  6. ICAR Advisory Board: Dr. K. C. Soares, international management and organization development, worked in over 40 countries, published in 11 countries.Dr. Alan Gropman, Distinguished Professor, National Defense University, has written 200 publications on conflict.Major General Charles D. Link, USAF (Ret) is President and CEO, National Defense University Foundation.Carmen MacDougall, formerly Vice President for Communications at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has worked in the private, government, and nonprofit sectors.Ambassador John W. McDonald, diplomat, lawyer, international civil servant, development expert, professor, author, and Peacebuilder; Chairman and C.E.O., Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy James M. Scott, Virginia House of Delegates and former member, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. • To advise and support the Institute • To serve as liaison between the Institute and the extended community • To raise funds here and abroad beyond those provided by the University and legislature or academic project support grants

  7. ICAR Goals and Directions: 1. Excellence in Teaching/Education Programs in Conflict Analysis and Resolution

  8. Academic Programs: • The Undergraduate Program in Conflict Analysis and Resolution • The Master of Science in Conflict Analysis and Resolution • The Doctor of Philosophy in Conflict Analysis and Resolution • Graduate Certificates in Conflict Analysis and Resolution

  9. ICAR Graduate Certificates:Graduate Education for Mid Career Professionals Each of these one year 15 credit programs is specifically tailored to provide students with practical knowledge of Conflict Analysis and Resolution relevant to their focused areas of work. • Conflict Analysis and Resolution Advanced Skills • Conflict Analysis and Resolution Collaborative Leadership in Community Planning • Conflict Analysis and Resolution for Prevention, Reconstruction and Stabilization Contexts • World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution

  10. ICAR Goals and Directions: 2.Production of relevant research and innovations in practice, contributing to the advancement of the field of conflict analysis and resolution

  11. MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS • Globalization and Conflict • Religion and Conflict • Dynamics of Change in Conflict • Reflective Practice

  12. CRDC The goal of the CRDC is to present a new approach to reducing global religious violence by incorporating the best moral practices of religious traditions and communities into forward-thinking strategies of diplomacy, civil society building and democracy. • Research: • purification and desecration in religious conflicts; • religion and the state; • coexistence in multi-religious states; religious extremism; • positive models of religious moderates; • history, memory and religion

  13. International Criminal Court Research Project • Conflict Analysis: Sources and the dynamics of Northern Uganda Conflict, East Africa • Peace Process • Justice Systems: ICC/International Justice, Traditional Human Rights, Reconciliation and Truth Commissions • Security and Development ICC Project Newsletters are available at http://www.gmu.edu/departments/icar/ICC/index.htm

  14. ICAR Goals and Directions: 3.Promotion of Training, Consultation, and Intervention Practice

  15. Point-of-View: Retreat and Conference Center ...a place for creativity/inspiration/reflection ...a safe place for people in conflict to explore and resolve differences ...a secluded setting of extreme beauty ...a facility for meetings and retreats ...a place that promotes dialogue and collaboration

  16. Use of Facilities:

  17. ICAR POV Ideas Competition: from the fifty entries, three winners and 2 honorable mentions were chosen. Each received a $2,500 prize and two honorable mentions receiving $250. • 10 companies have submitted proposals in response to the RFP. • Director of Development has been hired and $2,000,000 in proposals has been submitted • Master plan and fundraising strategy are being developed.

  18. ICAR Goals and Directions re ICAR Students • Student Placement/ Alumni Relations

  19. Student Enrollment:the largest pool in ICAR history

  20. Student Demographics - 2005 ICAR Students Total - 309 Masters 130/ Doctoral 99/ Not Degree Seeking 23/ Undergrad. 57

  21. ICAR Alumni: Shaping the Field(information provided by ICAR’s new outreach coordinator, Julie Shedd) Hussein Halane –Country Director for Save the Children in Sudan Karen Wiebelhaus - Department of State, Foreign Service, General Services Officer Lee Briggs (M.S. ’99) - Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) in Sri Lanka Gary Willoughby (M.S. ’05) -Director of Justice & Sustainability Associates Penas Thad - WHO, Geneva Rorick Eurydice -USAID, Peru Charles Barringer - UN, Monrovia, Liberia Jaco Cillers - CRS, Zimbabwe

  22. You are invited to learn more about ICAR: • Please visit our website: icar.gmu.edu • Please attend one of our brown bags held every Thursday in Arlington • Annual Lynch Lecture at the Press Club • Annual Spring Lecture in Fairfax • Upcoming Fundraising Event (Spring of 2007) • APT teams events and workshops • POV Seminars ICAR’s calendar of events is available at icar.gmu.eduSend a request to jshedd@gmu.edu to receive ICAR event invitations by email

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