Ian Macduff's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

I have a long term professional and academic involvement in comparative dispute resolution, and as a practitioner & trainer in mediation and negotiation. There's also a personal and family interest in post-war reconciliation process!

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

I've been a mediation practitioner for over 25 years; and university teacher (in Law) for even longer! Most of that time has been in New Zealand, with periods spent also in Italy, Australia and Germany. I'm now based in Singapore.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Region: South East Asia & Pacific
Country: Sri Lanka

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

Singapore

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Director, Singapore Management University Centre for Dispute Resolution

What is your personal or organizational website?

http:///www.law.smu.edu.sg/centre/cdr/

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Culture, Dialogue

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Capacity Building, Information Technology, Training

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

1. Online dispute resolution;
2. Mediating issues of diversity and pluralism in multi-ethnic states;
3. Cultural issues in mediation and negotiation

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

“Contradiction and Conflict - High- and Low-Context Communication in Mediation” and
“Decision-Making and Commitments - Impact of Power Distance in Mediation” in Teh Hwee-Hwee & Joel Lee (eds), in An Asian Model of Mediation (Academy Publishing, Singapore, 2009)

2008 “Negociar la memoria, la historia y la ciudadanía: comentario y estudio de caso Nueva Zelanda,” in F. Letamendia, I. Ahedo & M. Zelaia (eds), Democracia, Ciudadanía y Territorialidad, Institutio Vasco de Admimnistracíon Pública, (Bilbao)

2009 “Mediating Commitments,” Conflictology, Nr 1,

“Dispute Resolution and Procedural Pluralism: Mediating the Claims of Identity,” for the International Symposium on Ethnic Minorities in Asia: Subjects or Citizens? National University of Singapore, June 25-26, 2009

2009, “Using Blogs as a Teaching Tool in Negotiation,” Negotiation Journal, 25/1: 107

2006 “Die Mediation der Geschichte: Von der Wiedergutmachung bis zur bürgerlichen Identität“ Perspektive Mediation: Beiträge zur Konfliktkultur, p. 217 (2006/4)

2006, “Your pace or mine: Culture, Time and Negotiation” Negotiation Journal 22: 31-45

2003 “La Salud come Puente para de la Paz: Desarrollo de la Capacitacion para la Gestion de Conflictos y la Transformacion Social”, Revista La Trama, http://www.revistalatrama.com.ar