*IN-PERSON!* ROUNDTABLE BREAKFAST: Peace, Conflict and the Everyday

ACR-GNY & CUNY Dispute Resolution Center at John Jay College present

Peace, Conflict and the Everyday

This in-person talk will draw from research that focuses on understanding how people affected by violence experience and define peace and conflict in their daily lives—and what makes these everyday understandings more or less relevant for broader policy processes. It will also address methodological and ethical questions about how to center affected and researched communities so that the research process can be less extractive and more productive for those involved.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

While our Roundtable Breakfasts have been virtual since April 2020, we are pleased that this is our first in-person Roundtable since the COVID-19 pandemic! Join us at 8:00am for breakfast and networking; the presentation and discussion will begin at 8:30am. Details will be sent via email upon registration. This event will NOT be accessible via Zoom, though it will be recorded and posted to both the ACR-GNY and CUNY DRC websites.

Since this is an in-person event, there is limited space available. Registration this month is only for in-person attendees.

DR. PETER DIXON

Peter Dixon is an Associate Professor of Practice in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the School of Professional Studies at Columbia University. He received his PhD in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2015. In his research, Dr. Dixon uses mixed methodologies to understand how local knowledge can influence transformative solutions toward peace and justice in conflict-affected communities.

Currently, he is researching community-based transitional justice in Colombia and bottom-up approaches to public safety and restorative justice in urban America. He has received support for this work from foundations including the National Science Foundation, United States Institute of Peace, Inter-American Foundation, and Humanity United. His writing has been published in journals including the International Journal of Transitional Justice, the Journal of Human Rights Practice, and Law and Social Inquiry, and in a number of edited volumes.

Dr. Dixon collaborates with diverse organizations in his work, always with the goal of making his research useful for addressing social problems and respectful of the communities who these problems ultimately affect. As a former evaluation specialist at the United Nations in New York and at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, he also continues to support international organizations on monitoring, evaluation and strategy. He serves on the Boards of the NGO Everyday Peace Indicators and the Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation at Middlebury College. He is also a Faculty Affiliate at the University of California Berkeley Possibility Lab and fellow of the Salzburg Seminar.

About the Roundtable Breakfasts The Roundtable Breakfasts are organized by ACR-GNY and the CUNY Dispute Resolution Center at John Jay College. They take place the first Thursday of the month and are ongoing since 2001. This program is supported by ACR-GNY's 365 Sponsors: