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Our Approach: Research

Overview

INI's major theory-building goals are:

  • to define the underlying causes and impact of emotions on parties;
  • to develop strategies that direct emotions toward constructive ends at the interpersonal, group, and institutional levels; and
  • to test these strategies in real-world contexts and to modify them accordingly.

Theory Building Projects

Preventing Violent Conflict Between Communities
Understanding the Emotional Dimension of Human Securtiy
Preventing Identity-Based Conflict
Measuring and Fostering Coexistence
Designing Institutions that Foster Post-Conflict Societal Healing

Advancing International Justice
Advisor to the International Criminal Court
Conflict Map and Instrument Development

High Stakes Negotiations
Hostage Negotiation
Educing information about terrorist activity
President in Residence
Middle East Negotiators

General Theory-Building
Beyond Reason
Relational Identity Framework
Vertigo
Transformative Mythologies