MLE Friends Talk with Dr Olga Klimecki

“Novel Approaches to Conflict Resolution”

Conflict is affecting people across the world in many ways, ranging from international conflicts to interpersonal tensions. In spite of the detrimental and often lethal consequences of escalating conflicts, rigorous research testing how interventions can promote conflict resolution is rare. To fill this gap, Dr Olga Klimecki and her team conduct randomised controlled studies on the impact of interventions on conflict resolution. The interventions that were studied so far include mediation, empathy and perspective taking, humanitarian value interventions, and compassion-based mindfulness meditation. The conflicts that were studied range from interpersonal conflicts and conflicts related to immigration, to conflicts in romantic couples and intergroup conflicts. Research was conducted in various countries like Armenia, Belarus, Israel, the Gambia, Russia, and Switzerland. 

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