Roundtable participant

• In Event: “Does history education really matter for conflict resolution and stability?: Authors meet practitioners”

Abstract

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Ms. Aall will provide insight from the field of conflict resolution, prevention, and management She is a senior advisor for conflict prevention and management at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Prior to this, she was founding Provost of the Institute's Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding. Her research interests include mediation, non-official organizations, civil–military relations, education and training, and the role of education in exacerbating conflict or promoting reconciliation. She is past president and current board member of Women in International Security, an organization dedicated to promoting women's professional advancement in the foreign affairs and security fields. She has also worked at the Rockefeller Foundation, the European Cultural Foundation, and the International Council for Educational Development. In 2014, she has been named the Sharkey Scholar at Seton Hall University. Aall has co-authored and co-edited a number of books and articles, including: Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World (2007); Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases (2004); Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World (2011), and Managing Conflict in a World Adrift (forthcoming 2014). They are also series editors for the Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management.

Author

• Pamela Aall, US Institute of Peace