RESEARCH,
PUBLICATIONS, AND SERVICE
Dr. Lieberfeld's research addresses the question
of why adversaries in long-standing conflicts
decide to negotiate. His related research
interests include mediation and third-party
intervention, identity and culture in conflict,
and the role of leadership in peacemaking.
He is the author of the book, Talking
with the Enemy: Negotiation and Threat
Perception in South Africa and Israel/Palestine (Praeger,
1999) and articles in journals including
the Journal of Peace Research, Middle
East Policy, The American Behavioral Scientist, Peace
Review, The International Journal
of Peace Studies, Logos, Negotiation
Journal, Politikon, Mediation
Quarterly, and The American Scholar.
He contributed a book chapter on the role
of unofficial diplomacy in the South African
conflict to Ronald Fisher, ed., Paving
the Way: Contributions of Interactive Conflict
Resolution to Peacemaking in Protracted
Ethnopolitical Conflicts (Lexington
Books, 2004).
His work as a mediator includes
10 years with Urban Community Mediators
in Boston. His chapter on semi-official negotiation
will appear in Negotiation and World
Transformations: Ten Challenges to Meet,
Ten Opportunities to Seize, Christophe
Dupont, ed. (Publibook, 2007).
Dr. Lieberfeld
founded and co-directs the minor program
in Peace, Justice, and Conflict
Resolution. |
