Ned Lazarus's Page

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

This fall, I'll be writing my Ph.D. dissertation in residence at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, and teaching Conflict Theory at the University of Massachusetts Boston's Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution. My doctorate is in International Relations at American University's School of International Service; my advisor is Dr. Mohammed Abu-Nimer. I gained my field experience over eight years of work (1996-2004), based in Jerusalem, directing Middle East peace-building programs for Israeli and Palestinian youth through the Seeds of Peace organization. In addition to my research, I'm currently an enthusiastic advocate of and Review Board member for the Just Vision organization (www.justvision.org) and the documentary film Encounter Point, both of which present the public with peace-builder's eye-views of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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

Expertise: Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, USA;
Familiarity with conflict, some dialogue experience: Balkans, Cyprus, India/Pakistan.

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

USA

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

Visiting Researcher, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School; Lecturer, Conflict Theory, University of Massachusetts Boston; Ph.D. Candidate, International Relations, American University

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.justvision.org

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

Conflict Resolution, Dialogue, Education, Psychosocial

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

Evaluation, Program Design, Research

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

My Ph.D. dissertation is a comprehensive, long-term empirical evaluation of North American Peace Education programs for Israeli and Palestinian youth. I am researching hundreds of adult Israeli and Palestinian graduates of the Seeds of Peace program, where I worked for eight years, to discover if and how they are involved in forms of peace-building, political activism and/or or cross-conflict relationships.

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

Academic Publications
“The Peacebuilder’s Paradox and the Dynamics of Dialogue: A Psychosocial Portrait of Israeli/Palestinian Encounters,” chapter co-authored with Dr. Mohammed Abu Nimer for Kuriansky, Judy (ed.), Peacebuilding in the Promised Land (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2007).

“Making Peace with the Duel of Narratives: Dual-Narrative Approaches for Teaching the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict,” Israel Studies Forum 23 (1): Summer 2008, 107-124.

“Playing Pin the War on the Lobby,” The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics, Berkeley Electronic Press 4 (1): 2006, http://www.bepress.com/forum/

Review of Peter Weinberger, Co-opting the PLO: A Critical Reconstruction of the Oslo Accords, in Millennium: Journal of International Studies: 36 (1), December 2007.

“The Political Economy of Seeds of Peace: A Critical Evaluation of Conflict Intervention,” nominated for Robert W. Cox Prize, International Studies Association Convention 2006.

Review of David Hulme, Identity, Ideology and the Future of Jerusalem (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), forthcoming for Israel Studies Forum.

Articles
Ha’aretz newspaper, Op-Ed Section:
“The Irony of Great Power Politics,” April 21, 2006
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=705070&co...

“For Justice, Please Hold,” Nov. 17, 2005
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=646967

Slate magazine, Diary section, Nov. 5-9, 2001:
5-part Jerusalem Diary: http://slate.msn.com/id/2058163/entry/2058168/
Jerusalem Report magazine, Up Front section:

“Space Odyssey,” Feb. 12, 2001: http://www.jrep.com/UpFront/Article-52.html

“Venues of Venom,” July 16, 2001 http://www.jrep.com/UpFront/Article-41.html