Research and Evaluation

Funders, conveners, and participants want to know: Are groups collaborating effectively? Can they improve the way they work together? What will it take to produce better results?

For Students

CBI is committed to helping young people develop their abilities to solve problems without violence, work effectively in teams, take the perspective of others — skills that will serve them well throughout their lives as citizens, workers, and leaders. We also work with schools to help teachers, administrators, and parents collaborate to improve the quality and impact of education.

Workable Peace

Through our innovative high school curriculum and professional development assistance for secondary school classrooms, we integrate the study of intergroup conflict, critical thinking, problem solving, and perspective-taking skills in social studies, history, and humanities contexts.

CBI Publications

As academics and practitioners, CBI staff members are continually involved in research projects, documenting and evaluating the current practice of consensus building both in the United States and elsewhere. Our research on many issues, including how organizations deal with the public during crises and international environmental diplomacy, advances knowledge by combining reflections on practice with theory-building analysis. We have also written several award- winning publications including The Consensus Building Handbook and Dealing with an Angry Public: The Mutual Gains Approach to Resolving Disputes.

CBI staff analysis is frequently captured in articles, book chapters, and working papers. These cover an impressive range of topics, from land use mediation, to teaching consensus building in the high school classroom, to stakeholder and policy dialogues about public policy concerns.

Books

"Breaking Robert's Rules." Lawrence Susskind and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank.
"The Consensus Building Handbook." Lawrence Susskind and Sarah McKearnan, Jennifer Thomas-Larmer.
"Dealing with an Angry Public." Lawrence Susskind and Patrick Field.

Journals and Trade Publications

"Informed Consent in Public Sector Dispute Resolution." Patrick Field. Dispute Resolution Magazine, February, 2008.
"The Negotiator’s Fieldbook: The Virtues and Limits of a Kaleidoscope." David Fairman and Patrick Field and Hal Movius. Negotiation Journal, July, 2007.
"When Negotiation Skills Training is Not Enough." Hal Movius. Negotiation Newsletter, March, 2007.
"Downed Lines – Best Practice for Improving The Way Wireless Telecommunications Disputes are Handled." Merrick Hoben and Kate Harvey and Nick Papadopolous. Consensus Building Institute, November, 2006.
"The Nexus of Corporate, Client, and Community Pubic Engagement – Lessons Learned from the Americas." Merrick Hoben. University of Wisconsin, May, 2006.
"Why Harvard Is So Hard to Lead." Hal Movius and Warren Bennis. Chronicle of Higher Education, March, 2006.
"Consensus Building and Dispute Resolution." Patrick Field and Lawrence Susskind. Planning and Urban Design Guidelines, January, 2006.
"Resolving Public Conflicts in Developing Countries: From Experiments to Institutions." David Fairman. Dispute Resolution Magazine, January, 2006.
"Tailoring the mutual gains approach to negotiation for counterparts in Japan, China, and Korea.." Hal Movius and Matssura, M., Yan, J., and Kim, D-Y. Negotiation Journal, January, 2006.
"Monitoring Change: Citizen Science and International Environmental Treaty-Making." Kate Harvey. Papers on International Environmental Negotiation: Ensuring a Sustainable Future, January, 2006.
"The Integration of Conflict Resolution into the High School Curriculum: The Example of Workable Peace." David Fairman and Stacie Smith. Educating Citizens for Global Awareness, January, 2005.
"Integrating Scientific Information, Stakeholder Interests, and Political Concerns in Resource and Environmental Planning and Man." Patrick Field and Lawrence Susskind and Mieke van der Wansem. Fostering Integration: Concepts and Practices in Resource and Environmental Management, January, 2005.
"Mediating the War of Olives and Pines: Consensus-Based Land-Use Planning in a Multicultural Setting." Hephzibah Levine. Negotiation Journal, January, 2005.

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