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The non-credit MOOS seminars merge the free and widely accessible reach of massive open online courses with a seminar's exploration of frontier the field issues.
- Invitation / Quick Introduction
- What's New
- Accessing MOOS Content
- MOOS Authors | Project History
- Detailed Program Description
- Guy's Philosophical Introductory Video
- Heidi's Nuts-and-Bolts Introductory Video
- Using the MOOS Video
The MOOS is designed to speed the development and utilization of strategies for effectively addressing the complexity of destructive, intractable conflicts so that they can be transformed into more constructive situations.
The content and organizational structure of MOOS Seminars and Blogs is designed to meet the needs of five principal audiences:
- Citizens wanting information about more constructive of handling conflict problems.
- Advocates and Activists wanting to limit the destructive conflict dynamics they commonly encounter.
- Students and Educators at the undergraduate graduate level looking for a structured exploration the intractable conflict problem.
- Practitioners in formal & informal conflict roles looking for ways to improve their practice.
- Expert scholars and practitioners with substantial background in intractable conflict-related fields interested in helping to advance the frontier of the field (and improving the MOOS).
The MOOS content can be accessed directly through the specific seminar pages. In addition, as the seminars proceed, MOOS content is posted in two streams on social networks and on the MBI-MOOS page:
- Core Content Blog:
- All Content Blog: (Core Content plus Additional Resources and Colleague Activities):
Additional details on how the various ways to access MOOS content can be found on our Access Page.
Posts are organized in the following annotated syllabi and blogs.
- Conflict Frontiers Seminar - a sustained inquiry into ways of advancing the conflict field,
- Fundamentals Seminars - quick summaries of the field's big and proven ideas,
- Additional Resources - links to informative intractable conflict-related news stories,
- Colleague Activities - highlighting the contributions of our colleagues,
- Brown Bag Seminars.- short, free-standing explorations of intriguing topics:
- Complexity,
- US Political Polarization, and
- Constructive Confrontation for advocates.
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Bridging the Theory/Action Gap: One Key to Improving the Effectiveness of Efforts to Strengthen Democracy
If democracy scholars and democracy actors knew more about each others activities, they could both do more to strengthen democracy.
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Conflict Frontiers Seminar 8b--The 2020 US Election – What Happens When We Have an Election That Both Sides Absolutely Positively Can't Afford to Lose?
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Conflict Frontiers Seminar 8c--The Biden Transition – Saving Democracy and Biden’s Challenge to the Conflict and Peacebuilding Fields
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“Bad-Faith” Actor Tactics
We need to better understand how to see and avoid the many traps (and sinister cons) that are dragging us into ever more destructive conflict.
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Types of "Bad-Faith" Actors
Like the vulnerable US football players, we need better ways to protect ourselves from destructive efforts to undermine our ability to work together.
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“Bad-Faith” Actors--Our Sources of Vulnerability
Like the vulnerable US football players, we need better ways to protect ourselves from destructive efforts to undermine our ability to work together.
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Challenging "Bad-Faith" Actors Who Seek to Amplify and Exploit Our Conflicts
A big part of why democracy is in so much trouble is that "bad faith" actors are actively working to subvert it. We need to understand and learn how to stop them.
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Pragmatic Compassion/Empathy
A "conflict mirror" can help us see ourselves as others see us in ways that often reveal the things we unconsciously do that unnecessarily intensify the conflicts we face.
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Saving Democracy and Biden’s Challenge to the Conflict and Peacebuilding Fields – Part II
Repairing democracy will require both sides to replace today's winner-takes-all / loser-loses-all approach to politics with coexistence, tolerance, and mutual respect.
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Saving Democracy and Biden’s Challenge to the Conflict and Peacebuilding Fields – Part I
An argument that the key to saving democracy is assuring political adversaries that, even in defeat, their interests will be protected.
- Americans Are More Reliant Than Ever on Government Aid --
- Israel Defends Itself—and May Save Western Civilization --
- Trump’s Plan Boosts Budget Deficits by $7.5 Trillion, Double Harris’s Proposal --
- Teach the Conflicts: It’s natural—and right—to foster disagreement in the classroom --
- They Still Won't Say That They're Sorry: deindustrialization's victims and the wonks who won't acknowledge them --
- We Need More Costly Signaling --
- The Censorship Industrial Complex Is US Government Counterpopulist Blowback --
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Rules and Rhythms of Reconciliation
Reconciliation practices need to be practical and effective before they can promote personal enlightenment. For this, shared justice practices are needed.
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History Education and Reconciliation in (Post)Conflict Societies
History education forms narratives of conflicts that can continue tensions or lead to reconciliation, depending on how it is done
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Engaging Extremists in Reconciliation Processes: Limitations and Opportunities
The understanding of extremism as a social phenomenon should guide efforts to reconcile with former and current extremists.
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Reconciliation - Part 2: Making Reconciliation Happen
Pursuing truth, accountability, apology, and structural and policy changes all contribute to reconciliation.
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Reconciliation Part 1: What Is Reconciliation?
Providing an historical and theoretical basis for the concept of reconciliation and beginning to explore ways it can be pursued.
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Update and Current Implications of Chip Hauss's 2003 Essay on Reconciliation