Columbia Provost Claude Steel to receive 2010 Morton Deutsch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Social Justice. On April 8, 2010 the ICCCR will honor Provost Steele with an award for his scholarly contributions to the field of Social Justice. Claude M. Steele is the twenty-first Provost of Columbia University, as well as a Professor of Psychology. He is recognized as a leader in the field of social psychology and for his commitment to the systematic application of social science to problems of major societal significance. His research focuses on the psychological experience of the individual and, particularly, on the experience of threats to the self and the consequences of those threats. His early work considered the self-image threat, self-affirmation and its role in self-regulation, the academic under-achievement of minority students, and the role of alcohol and drug use in self-regulation processes and social behavior. While at Stanford University, he further developed the theory of stereotype threat, designating a common process through which people from different groups, being threatened by different stereotypes, can have quite different experiences in the same situation. The theory has also been used to understand group differences in performance ranging from the intellectual to the athletic.
Please click here to learn more about the graduate student paper competition for the 2010 Morton Deutsch Awards for Social Justice. Submissions due February 10th, 2010
Deutsch and Coleman launch book project on the psychology of sustainable peace. This book is concerned with what psychological theory and research can contribute to the promotion of a harmonious, sustainable peace. Underlying this orientation is our belief that promoting the ideas and actions which can lead to a sustainable, harmonious peace not only contribute to the prevention of war but will also lead to more positive, constructive relations among people and nations, but also to a more sustainable planet. Book contributors will include: M. Deutsch, P.T. Coleman, D. Johnson, J. Jost, D. Druckman, A. Gratch, E. Lindner, B. Reardon, R. Vallacher, E. Staub, D. Christie, D. Wagner, J.P. Lederach, and L. Taylor.
Coleman, Vallacher, and Nowak edit special issue of Peace & Conflict on Dynamical Systems and Conflict
This special issue of Peace and Conflict presents a series of articles that approach the study of conflict, conflict resolution and peace from the perspective of dynamical systems theory. This perspective has been employed to conceptualize and investigate complex, dynamic phenomena in many areas of science (Weisbuch, 1992; Johnson, 2001; Strogatz, 2003) from cancerous cellular mutations to catastrophic global climate shifts. This issue includes six papers; an introductory article which provides a brief overview of the dynamical-systems approach to understanding and addressing conflict, and five conceptual papers which employ the metaphors and methods of the perspective to critical issues of conflict and peace.
Articles include:
Dynamical Foundations of Intractable Conflict: Introduction to the Special Issue
Robin R. Vallacher, Peter T. Coleman, Andrzej Nowak & Lan Bui-Wrzosinska
Understanding the Spread of Malignant Conflict: A Dynamical Systems Perspective
Naira Musallam, Peter T. Coleman, & Andrzej Nowak
From Crude Law to Civil Relations: The Dynamics and Potential Resolution of Intractable Conflict
Andrzej Nowak, Morton Deutsch, Wiesław Bartkowski, & Sorin Solomon
Dynamics of Cooperation-Competition Interaction Models
Larry S. Liebovitch, Robin Vallacher, and Jay Michaels
Social Entrepreneurs and Constructive Change: The Wisdom of Circumventing Conflict
Ryszard Praszkier, Andrzej Nowak, & Peter T. Coleman
Peace is in movement: A dynamical-systems perspective on the emergence of peace in Mozambique
Andrea Bartoli, Lan Bui-Wrzosinska, & Andrzej Nowak
**** Call for Student Papers ****
6th Annual Morton Deutsch Awards for Social Justice. The International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) at Teachers College, Columbia University, is sponsoring the sixth annual Morton Deutsch Award for an Outstanding Graduate Student Paper on Social Justice. Morton Deutsch, one of the world’s most eminent psychologists, has made significant contributions over the many years of his career in the areas of conflict resolution and social justice. The Morton Deutsch Award is meant to stimulate and recognize innovation in scholarship and practice in the area of social justice. The trophy award, plus $500.00, will be given to a graduate student within the Columbia University system for an outstanding paper related to social justice.
The paper may address the issue of social justice in any context with a clear conceptual framework, and from any disciplinary perspective. Papers will be evaluated on:
• degree of innovative thinking and sound analysis
• recommendations for remedying identified situations
• contribution to scholarship, practice or policy.
Papers will be judged by a faculty panel with representatives from various schools at Columbia, chaired by Dr. Claudia E. Cohen, the Associate Director of the ICCCR. Student papers should be between 20-30 pages in length (double-spaced with 1 inch margins, using Times New Roman 12 pt. font.)
Papers are due February 10, 2010. Papers should be emailed as an attachment to dewolfe@tc.edu; receipt will be confirmed by February 17, 2010.
The recipient of the student award will attend the presentation and award ceremony and be invited to give a 20-minute presentation on his or her paper. The logistical information is as follows:
Event: Morton Deutsch Awards Ceremony & Presentation
Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010
Time: 5:00-7:00 pm
Location: Grace Dodge Hall, Room 179 (Teachers College)
Followed by a wine and cheese reception….
For further information, contact Juliette de Wolfe at 212-678-3402