Lawrence Susskind | |
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| Born | January 12, 1947 New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Columbia University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Mutual Gains Approach, "Breaking Robert's Rules," "Breaking The Impasse," "Dealing With An Angry Public," "Transboundary Environmental Negotiation" |
| Awards | Association of Conflict Resolution’s Pioneer Award * Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Distinguished Educator of the Year award * Global Environmental Award of the International Association of Impact Assessment * Best Book in the Dispute Resolution Field (1997 and 2000). * Peacemaker of the Year Award (2011) from Mediators Beyond Borders |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | alternative dispute resolution, environmental planning, urban studies and planning |
| Doctoral students | Leah Stokes |
| Other notable students | Saleem Ali (academic) |
Lawrence E. Susskind (born January 12, 1947) is a scholar of conflict resolution and consensus-building in urban planning. He is one of the founders of the field of public dispute mediation and is a practicing international mediator through the Consensus Building institute.[1] He has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1971, where he is Ford Professor of Environmental Planning.
In 1993, Susskind founded the Consensus Building Institute (CBI), a Cambridge-based not-for-profit that is now a leading mediation service provider. Through CBI, he has advised the Supreme Courts of Israel, Ireland, and the Philippines; helped to facilitate a variety of international treaty-making efforts; developed the techniques of conflict assessment and joint fact-finding; evaluated collaborative adaptive management efforts; and created new strategies for building organizational negotiating capabilities. In addition to his appointment at MIT, he has been part of the inter-university Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School since 1982.
- ^ "NE-ACR § New England Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution: Pioneer Award Recipient History". Archived from the original on 2010-09-24. Retrieved 2010-07-20.