Now under way:
A major multinational investigation of the relationship between "grey zone conflict" and international negotiation --- Project Seshat. Convenor's Chris Honeyman serves as a member of its steering committee and is also Principal Investigator.
CONVENOR works in conflict management and in community environmental decision-making.

​Our practice is distinct from most other firms working in these areas. We focus primarily on issues which affect conflict handling and participatory adult education systems, on a large scale.

In conflict management, we are best known for our work on 
  • gaps between theory and practice and between different specialties; 
  • issues related to mediators' ethics and qualifications; 
  • new strategies for teaching about negotiation;
  • infrastructure issues, and 
  • organizations' widespread failure to plan ahead for inevitable disputes. 

In community-based education about the environment, we are best known for:
  • strategies for engaging individuals and groups on priority environmental topics;
  • Best Education Practices (BEPs) for natural resources education;
  • models for youth water education.

Other highlights:
The American Bar Association published Negotiation Essentials for Lawyers, from the same editors as the Negotiator's Desk Reference (NDR). Essentials contains 53 chapters, each adapted from the NDR for the needs of time-pressed lawyers. ABA flyer. Interview with the editors (from Your ABA, October 2019).

The Negotiator's Desk Reference (DRI Press 2017) is edited by Chris Honeyman and Andrea Kupfer Schneider. With 106 other contributors, the NDR supersedes the same editors' Negotiator's Fieldbook (ABA 2006) as the most comprehensive book available about negotiation.

More:
Methods:
  • For conflict resolution projects, see the Methods page for an in-depth look at research approaches.
  • For environmental education topics, see Community & Environment links and PDFs for specific projects

Publications: