MEDIATION BLOGS
We cannot live only for ourselves.
A thousand fibres connect us with our fellow men;
and among those fibres, as sympathetic threads,
our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) – Author of Moby-Dick
A blog (weblog) is an online journal, regularly updated with news, ideas, comments, opinions and happenings. Blogs can inform, raise issues and stimulate debate. They connect people and subjects locally and worldwide. Not all blogs interest everyone, but there is a useful blog out there for almost everyone.
There are several hundred mediation-focused blogs. Many are listed in Diane Levin’s World Directory of ADR Blogs http://adrblogs.com/ which features dispute resolution and negotiation blogs by category and by country and many of its most respected and best known blogs in the ADR blogosphere and beyond are featured here. Welcome to Mediation Bloggers Community!
Settle It Now by Victoria Pynchon
http://negotiationlawblog.com
US This negotiation blog covers distributive and integrative negotiation techniques, interspersed with short articles about the social psychology of conflict, mediation and mindfulness in commercial mediation and litigation.
Mediator Blah Blah by Geoff Sharp
http://mediatorblahblah.blogspot.com
New Zealand "An overly opinionated mediation resource with a wee bit of reflective practice, a little learning, and a touch of mediation news."
Gini Nelson's Engaging Conflicts
http://www.engagingconflicts.com/
US This blog discusses science, ethics, and spirit in a high conflict practice.
Brains On Purpose by Stephanie West Allen
http://westallen.typepad.com/brains_on_purpose/
US At the crossroads of neuroscience and conflict resolution, this blog is published by mediator Stephanie West Allen, JD, in collaboration with Jeffrey M. Schwartz, MD.
ICT for Peacebuilding by Sanjana Hattotuwa
http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/
Sri Lanka Published by a leading-edge thinker and influential proponent of dispute resolution, this blog explores the use of technology for conflict transformation.
Mediation Channel by Diane Levin
http://mediationchannel.com
US A spirited romp through mediation, negotiation, and ADR at the crossroads of law, mind, and technology.
ADR-Blog by Marcus Brinkmann
http://www.adr-blog.de/
Germany ADR-Blog explores the themes of mediation, conflict management, and negotiation, providing readers with informative reflections on ADR issues and practice.
Dominique.Lopez-Eychenie Blog by Dominique Lopez-Eychenie
http://www.avocats.fr/space/dominique.lopez-eychenie/blog
France This blog covers mediation, negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, and forays into the ADR blogosphere.
Reseau Mediation by Dominique Foucart
http://interactes.wordpress.com/
Belgium This blog covers the latest news, information, and ideas on mediation, negotiation, and the resolution of disputes.
Medierea by Zeno Daniel Sustac
http://www.medierea.ro/
Romania This Romanian weblog and online discussion forum provides news and information about the benefits of mediation as an effective alternative to resolving disputes.
Secretos del Mediador Exitoso
http://www.mediadorexitoso.blogspot.com/
Argentina This blog answers the question, what do you need to know, do and be to be able to mediate successfully? It speaks to the 3,000 members of inter-mediacion.com, an online ADR publication in Spanish since 1996. “Transformacion de Conflictos, Cooperacion y Respeto.”
Arabulucu Blog by Samil Demir
http://www.arabulucu.com/blog/
Turkey The only blog about mediation and negotiation in Turkey, published by a mediator based in Ankara.
Associacao de Mediadores de Conflitos
http://associacaodemediadoresdeconflitos.blogspot.com/
Portugal This is the unofficial weblog of the Association of Portuguese Conflict Mediators, created to promote the informal exchange of ideas among those who seek alternatives to resolving conflict.
Malaysian Mediation by Chan Kheng Hoe
http://malaysianmediation.blogspot.com/
Malaysia Published by Chan Kheng Hoe, Advocate-Mediator, who has extensive experience in commercial dispute resolution and serves as a mediator on the panel of the Malaysian Mediation Centre.
Civil Mediation and Negotiation by Nancy Hudgins
http://www.civilnegotiation.com/
US This blog aims to put the “civil” back into civil litigation and will also discuss research from social science, psychology, and neuroscience on negotiation and mediation.
Conflict Zen by Tammy Lenski
http://conflictzen.com/
US The art of untangling disagreements.
