Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution 📍 Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, NY
Joined August 2012
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Welcome to the MD-ICCCR! 🌎
We are an innovative Science-Practice Center located at @TeachersCollege and we look forward to connecting with new faces. ⭐️
Check out our website: icccr.tc.columbia.edu
Across Columbia, initiatives like Listening Tables and facilitated conversations are showing that it’s possible to engage across difference with intention, respect, and care.
Read more here: news.columbia.edu/news/colum…
Why is political polarization so hard to reduce?
It’s not simple. But it is possible. Read more here: apa.org/monitor/2026/03/cole…
Did you know shared goals reduce conflict more effectively than dialogue alone?
Dialogue can build understanding.
But shared goals change incentives.
Morton Deutsch, a pioneering social psychologist whose work helped lay the foundation for modern conflict resolution.
His work reshaped how we understand negotiation, leadership, education, and peacebuilding, and continues to guide research and practice at the MD-ICCCR today.
In a fractured world, the question isn’t how to eliminate conflict, it’s how to live with difference without destruction.
A reflection from Peter Coleman on what can serve as our North Star in uncertain times. Read more here: pc84.medium.com/what-is-our-…
Much of today’s political power is generated by splitting, sharpening moral boundaries and turning disagreement into identity-based conflict? This strategy works quickly, but it leaves behind mistrust, exclusion, and fragile institutions. Read more here: pc84.medium.com/our-politics…
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The Crucible of Contemporary Leadership - Today’s conflicts are often more public, volatile, moralized, and amplified by media that rewards outrage. They don’t show up one at a time. They pile up, interact, metastasize. We call them polycrises - Join us on February 26 to learn how to leverage their energy. Click the link for more details about this exciting new program: lnkd.in/eeUfU-Ht
Empathy has long been treated as the cure for political division. But research suggests empathy alone may actually exhaust us and deepen polarization.
Read more here: pc84.medium.com/weve-been-se…
In an age of deep division, Emile Bruneau’s research offers a powerful reminder: healing doesn’t always start with speaking, it starts with listening, and with being heard.
Read more here: pc84.medium.com/the-radical-…
What can a 1939 experiment teach us about political leadership today?
Read here: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
What if the antidote to polarization has been hiding in plain sight?
Peter Coleman joins the Making Peace Visible podcast to share new insights from his latest research.
Listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=446rnN9i…
Is the U.S. really as peaceful as we think?
Read the full article to learn why measuring peace differently may change how we understand social cohesion in America.
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
Exhausted by division? Research shows that hope, action, and tailored messaging can inspire people to bridge divides, even in the most polarized communities.
Read the full article here: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
“The Courage to Protect and Nurture Dignity in Times of Humiliation”
| Dec 5, 2025 | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST | Columbia University, TC, 179 Grace Dodge Hall, and online
Register by Dec 1, 12 PM ET here:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Roundtable Breakfast: Conflict-Intelligent Leadership – Critical Competencies for a Turbulent World
Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 | 8:00 – 10:00 AM EST | Online via Zoom
Free & open to all – register to receive the Zoom link. Register here: acrgny.org/event-6435049/Reg…
Conflict is inevitable — but your response is what defines your leadership.
🌟 Coming soon to Teachers College, Columbia University.
Join the notification list today to be first to know when registration opens for Summer 2026.
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In his latest op-ed, Peter Coleman explores what we really mean when we call for “dialogue”, and why understanding the difference between debate and true dialogue is essential to restoring our democratic culture.
🔗 Read the full piece: bostonglobe.com/2025/11/10/o…
In the latest compilation episode of The Corrymeela Podcast, host and visiting scholar Pádraig Ó Tuama revisits conversations with guests who reflect on what it means to create conditions where forgiveness and transformation can take root.
Visit publictheologyireland.com/po… to hear
🚨 Reminder: Register Now!
🗓️ Thursday, November 6
⏰ 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
📍 Smith Learning Theater
🔗 Scan QR code or visit bit.ly/4nCl8KV to register now!
Curious about how you respond in challenging mediation situations? The BMA helps you identify your behavioral tendencies when managing conflict.
✨To learn more and take the assessment, visit conflictintelligence.org/ass… -> BMA
