Use this POST DATE ORDERED BLOG for Colleague Activities posts. Individual entries can be drawn from links to information about colleague activities posted elsewhere on the web or from write-ups that we have done and posted on BI (see "MBI Core Content Basic Pages" coded as "Seminar/Discussion: College Activities") NOTE: Entries need to be made for all existing Colleague Activity posts using the same Title and Facebook-Length Summary. 

How Can We Effectively Use Evidence in Peacebuilding Project Design? | ConnexUs Thursday Talk Recording

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This webinar shared findings from research examining the role of evidence in shaping & improving peacebuilding initiatives, and USIP shared what they are doing to integrate the findings into their own programming.

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Contact Theory with No Contact: Facilitating Dialogue Online

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An examination of the degree to which online dialogue can overcome impressions of difference without in-person contact.

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Our divided nation will fall unless we return to American pragmatism

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Our country is disturbingly polarized, and the future of our republic is at stake if we don’t change course ... and soon. This long-time civil servant observes that we are our own worst enemy.

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Equal opportunity rage farming

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Stretching the truth to arouse ire isn't just a tactic of the right; the left does it too. This short article appears toward the end of Better Conflict Bulletin's Feb. 22, 2024 Newsletter.

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Learnings and Insights from Stepping Into Systems

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Introduction to a film series which invites viewers to get started on their systems-learning journey, covering fundamental systems change topics amd (re)awakeing a felt sense of knowing the world as systemic.

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How political contempt helps blow up deals and amplifies gridlock

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 If we think our “enemies” like something, we’ll be predisposed to not like it. And we disincentivize red/blue collaboration because we don't want to "help" our enemies. So we get gridlock.

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Overcoming digital threats to democracy

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A report outlining the ways in which the tools of deliberative democracy could be used to better govern information technologies and help protect the larger society.

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The Plurality Institute

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The Plurality Institute is building an ecosystem to push boundaries to reimagine collaborative frameworks. They serve as a hub for academics, industry researchers, practitioners, and leaders from both civil and governmental sectors

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Ten Take-Aways on Russia’s War and Five Ideas for the Future of Ukraine and Beyond

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To end suffering and destruction, it is necessary to think about pathways to peace. Here are the ten key results of the war and five ideas for a possible way out.

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