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Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reconciliation studies (RS) has become increasingly influential in understanding alternative views to ending conflict and dealing with the aftermath. As a discipline or field, however, it is not well defined. The actual usefulness of reconciliation (as a concept), or of RS (as a discipline), is debated, and due to its growing usage, it is ...
Colleen Alena O’Brien
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Mapping the US Bridgebuilding Field: Situating Organizations in the Ecosystem of Social Change
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the ecosystem of bridge‐building initiatives in the United States. Drawing on an original database of 223 organizations, interviews with 7 staff across 6 organizations, and a literature review related to bridge‐building, polarization, and collective action, we first describe the range of existing initiatives and their ...
Gabrielle Mathews, Karen Ross
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From Custom to Court: The Evolution of Mediation in European Legal Systems
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article traces how European mediation has repeatedly rebalanced three variables—(1) the source of mediator authority, (2) the degree of institutionalization, and (3) the operative meaning of voluntariness—from antiquity to the present. Using three periods—Proto‐Mediation (c. 500 BCE–c. 1750), Classical Mediation (c.
Viktoriia Hamaiunova
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article argues that China's 2026 Business Mediation Ordinance represents neither progress toward rule of law nor retreat from it. I propose instead that we are witnessing something I call “calibrated autonomy”—the strategic construction of spaces for private ordering that remain tethered to Party‐State oversight through multiple ...
M. Francis Cao
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In family mediation, emotional discomfort and perceived unsafety may signal deeper relational risks, including postseparation violence. Standard intake procedures in Norwegian family mediation depend on disclosure to a nonclinical administrator before any therapeutic relationship exists, and research documents systematic under‐reporting at ...
Jan Stokkebekk +2 more
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Balancing Impartiality and Advocacy: Observations, Lessons, and Suggestions From a Practicing Ombuds
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Universities increasingly rely on ombuds offices as informal, impartial mechanisms for addressing conflict and strengthening institutional trust. Yet the ombuds role is frequently shaped by tension among impartiality, advocacy, and legal accountability. This paper examines the evolution of the Office of the Ombuds at the University of Maryland,
Brian Godette, Roger Ward, Leandra Cate
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study focuses, in the context of the Israeli‐Palestinian conflict and the Israel‐Hamas war, on a specific pattern of news‐consumption—avoidance of hyper‐partisan right‐ wing news, while examining its consequences for perceptual‐cognitive biases that constitute barriers to conflict resolution.
Inbar Illouz +3 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite the growing emphasis on sustainable finance in today's corporate landscape, its impact on product responsibility remains underexplored, particularly the moderating role of board environmental expertise. This study addresses these gaps by examining non‐financial companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, chosen for the UK's ...
Bright Akwasi Gyamfi +4 more
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A Social Risk‐Based Approach Supporting Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive Framework
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Social sustainability is difficult to measure due to its qualitative and context‐specific nature. However, regulatory pressure and stakeholder expectations increasingly require organisations to disclose robust and verifiable information. In this context, the European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) sets new sustainability ...
Monica Serreli +2 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Blockchain technology has emerged as a potential disruptor in non‐financial reporting practices for firms to publicly report their social and environmental impact with its promise of immutability and decentralization. In this context, this study employs a bibliometric analysis to explore the scientific advancements of blockchain applications ...
Nurgul Aiupova +2 more
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