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Murals and Peacemaking "The Art of Conflict Transformation in the North of Ireland/Northern Ireland"

The Art of Conflict Transformation Event Series brings artists, academics, and conflict resolvers to UMASS for public mural painting, lectures, and discussions on the transition to peace in Northern Ireland/the north of Ireland. This transatlantic event series is sponsored by UMASS Amherst in conjunction with partners in Belfast during Spring 2009 and the 2009-2010 academic year.

The first set of events took place April 26 - 30, 2009 and included virtual and
in-person class visits, panel discussions on the relationship between truth
recovery, reconciliation, and public space with renowned academics and artists,
and cross community mural painting.

For more details visit HERE or contact Leah Wing

7th International Forum on ODR - Victoria, British Columbia, 2008

The 7th Forum consisted of two days of plenary sessions and breakout sessions. The Forum assembled the world's leading practitioners, academics, students, and civil society to discuss the resolution of disputes using online technologies. These disputes may range from b2c (Business to consumer) to the prevention of human rights violations in conflict regions, to reconciliation of opposing groups in armed conflict, to disputes over intellectual property on the internet. It also included the leading technology developers who design conflict resolution platforms for use legal, commercial, or insurance related disputes (i.e. PayPal).

Painting from the Same Palette

On Monday, April 28, 2008 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst an historic event took place, the unveiling of a mural from Belfast, Northern Ireland/the north of Ireland. Recently completed, this mural was painted by two artists whose communities were previously at war: Danny Devenny, former Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner, and Mark Ervine, son of David Ervine, former Progressive Unionist Party leader and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) member. For more details please click HERE.

Sixth International ODR Forum - Hong Kong, December 2007

The Sixth International ODR Forum on Online Dispute Resolution was held December 3-5, 2007. The Hong Kong forum followed successful gatherings in Liverpool, Cairo, and Geneva in the past several years.

ODR Cyberweek 2007 - 10th Anniversary

ODR Cyberweek, our annual all online free ODR conference, was held October 15 through 19, 2007. We had over 300 participants from all over the world who sampled a variety of real-time and asynchronous content. Please check out the Cyberweek site as much content is still up and available. Can't find what you're looking for? Please just email us here at the Center (katsh@legal.umass.edu or gaitenby@disputes.net).

NCTDR and Societal Dimensions of Nanotechnology

NCTDR continues its collaboration w/ the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing and the Center for Public Policy in the Societal Dimensions of NanoTechnology NSF project.

The first societal dimensions of nanotechnology workshop was held on Thursday, May 17, 2007. Presentations and hand outs can be viewed HERE.

In 2005, a five-year $16 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and an additional $7 million in university and state funding established the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing (CHM) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The Science, Technology and Society (STS) Initiative, a multi-disciplinary research effort and strategic priority of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS), shares in this award and is an active partner in the CHM.

Upcoming Events

2009 WORKSHOP ON ADR/ODR BARCELONA, SPAIN, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in conjunction with the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute is pleased to invite you to participate in this workshop to be held in Barcelona on September 15, 2009. This full day workshop will take place at the Department of Law, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Avda Tibidabo, 39-43, 08035 Barcelona. Telf. (0034) 93.253.23.00.

This workshop is part of a legal studies program undertaken at the UOC at the national and international level in ADR/ODR, with the aim of making progress on building "bridges" that will allow interoperability between the current two existing pathways of justice administration (i.e., deliberative and adversarial justice). As it is known, ADR and ODR embody methods or processes that have emerged spontaneously due to challenges to courts, and are becoming catalysts of the two traditional systems of conflict resolution.

For more information and registration please visit the CONFERENCE HOME.

Recent Events

International Forum on ODR "Disputes, Technology and Law: Expanding the Boundaries of Online Dispute Resolution" June 3-4, 2009

The 2009 International ODR Forum was hosted by the University of Haifa School of Law and the school's Center for Law and Technology. Since 2002, a group of academics, practitioners, and policymakers have been meeting on an annual basis to discuss developments in the field.

This conference brought together a diverse group from various countries and a wide range of disciplines to study these developments and reflect on future trends. Further information about the conference can be obtained HERE or from Orna Rabinovich-Einy

Murals and Peacemaking "The Art of Conflict Transformation in the North of Ireland/Northern Ireland"

For more details visit HERE or contact Leah Wing

YouTube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States

YouTube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States - An interdisciplinary conference hosted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst
April 16&17, 2009 | Amherst, MA.

5th International Workshop on Online Dispute Resolution - Florence, Italy 12/13/08

As in the previous four editions of the Workshop, the 5th International ODR Workshop aims at offered a forum for the exchange of ideas and projects between people with different backgrounds, such as providers of ODR-services, researchers in the field of ADR/ODR, law, argumentation, negotiation, and AI & Law, practitioners, justice experts, etc. The Workshop was in conjunction with JURIX 2008 and was held at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy).

2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

The Second International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance took place in Cairo, Egypt during 1 - 4
December 2008, co-organized by United Nations University (UNU), United
Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), and German
University in Cairo (GUC). The conference continued pursuing the
goal of building a global community of practice for Electronic
Governance.

Cyberweek 2008 - Week of October 13

The Center's 11th ODR Cyberweek was held October 13 - 17, 2008. Cyberweek presented a unique opportunity for individuals and organizations from all over the world to come together online for a week of ODR simulations, demonstrations, presentations, discussions, experiments, and resource sharing.
Questions? Please email us here at the Center.

2008 International Forum on ODR - Victoria, British Columbia, June 18-19, 2008

The Forum consisted of two days of plenary sessions and breakout sessions. The Forum assembled the world's leading practitioners, academics, students, and civil society to discuss the resolution of disputes using online technologies. These disputes may range from b2c (Business to consumer) to the prevention of human rights violations in conflict regions, to reconciliation of opposing groups in armed conflict, to disputes over intellectual property on the internet. It also included the leading technology developers who design conflict resolution platforms for use legal, commercial, or insurance related disputes (i.e. PayPal).

The Forum in Victoria built on the research, applications and field development discussed at other international ODR meetings and workshops that were held in Geneva (2002 and 2003), Edinburgh (2003), Melbourne (2004), Bologna (2005), Brussels (2005), Cairo (2006), and Palo Alto (2007), Liverpool (2007) and Hong Kong (2007).

USIP celebrates its 25th anniversary

Posted Mon, 10/19/2009 - 17:23 by crule

“(Washington, D.C.) - On October 19, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the United States Institute of Peace Act (USIP) establishing an Institute that today, October 19, 2009, marks its 25th anniversary and evaluates its progress in fulfilling its congressional mandate.

Welcome to the new ODR.INFO

Posted Wed, 09/30/2009 - 08:26 by ethan

The old ODR.INFO can still be accessed at odr.info/old Why are we changing a site that has brought us a great many compliments over the years? Very simply, its functionality did not match its looks. This new site, using the Drupal platform allows us a great deal more flexibility in providing information and interacting with you. We will announce how this will work over the next few weeks but in the meantime, we ask your help in identifying the inevitable problems. We also ask for your patience.