Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution


CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY MSN 4D3 ARLINGTON, VA 22201 Phone: (703) 993-1306 Fax: (703)-993-1302 E-mail: cmitchel@gmu.edu Christopher Mitchell Bio

EDUCATION	Ph.D. University College, London. 1966-71 ("The Dispute Over the Northern Frontier District of Kenya; 1963-68") B.Sc (Econ) in International Relations ( Upper Second Class Honours) University College, London. 1963-66 University of London: Diploma in History, 1959-62 (Awarded R.D. Roberts Memorial Prize. 1962) Westminster Teacher Training College, London. 1955-1957 Royal Liberty School, Romford, Essex, England. 1945-1950
MAJOR UNIVERSITY POSTS	Research Associate, Center for the Analysis of Conflict, University College, London. 1966-70 Visiting Lecturer Faculty of Law, University College, London. 1966-71 Senior Research Officer, Conflict Research Unit, London School of Economics. 1970-71 Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics, University of Southampton. 1971-72 Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Systems Science, The City University, London. 1972-78 Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of System Science, The City University, London. 1978-85 Professor of International Relations, Department of Systems Science, The City University, London. 1985-88 Professor of International Relations & Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va. 1988-92 Director, Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution (ICAR), George Mason University. 1991-94 Drucie French Cumbie Professor of Conflict Analysis ICAR, George Mason University. 1992-present
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE	General teaching in secondary schools, specializing in English Language and History. 1957-63 Lecturer in International Relations, London Institute of World Affairs. 1967-68 Lecturer in International Relations, University of Southern California, London M.A. Program. 1968-88 Associate Lecturer, Department of Linguistic & Regional Studies, University of Surrey. 1969-72 Visiting Lecturer, Summer School, Department of Politics Brigham Young University, Utah. USA. 1971 Visiting Lecturer, Summer School, School of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. 1974 Visiting Professor, Department of Politics, Brigham Young University, Utah, USA (June-December) 1978 Visiting Lecturer, Summer School, School of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. 1980 Visiting Lecturer, Department of War Studies, Kings College, London. 1982-85 Visiting Fellow, Centre for International Development, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. 1985-86 Visiting Professor, Summer School, Department of Politics, Brigham Young University, Utah, USA. 1986-87 Visiting lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Helsinki, Finland. 1996 Visiting Professor, Global Peace and Conflict Studies Program, University of California, Irvine. 2000
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE	Consultant, BBC "Horizon" Programme on crisis simulation "A Game of War". 1968 Hon. Secretary, Conflict Research Society. 1972-75 Council member, Conflict Research Society. 1975-88 Member, Centre for Conflict Analysis, University of Kent. 1978-present Panel Organiser, "Developments in the Theory of Social Conflict" ECPR Annual Conference, Brussels. 1979 Librarian, Conflict Research Society. 1980-88 Co-ordinator, Conflict Management Research Group, The City University, London. 1983-88 Hon.Secretary, South Atlantic Council. 1983-85 Founder and Editor of newsletter, "Mediation". 1983-84 Consultant, Inner London Probation Service Victim-Offender Reparation/Mediation Project. 1983-84 Panel Organiser, "Recent Innovations in the Analysis of Mediation" ECPR Annual Conference, Salzburg. 1984 Member of Editorial Board International Interactions. 1985-87 Hon. Treasurer, South Atlantic Council. 1987-88 Committee member, Forum for Initiatives in Reparation and Mediation (later "Mediation UK"). 1987-88 Panel Organiser, "Comparative Research in International Mediation", I.S.A./B.I.S.A. Conference, London. 1988-89 Member, International Negotiating Network, the Carter Center, Atlanta, GA. 1993-present Senior Vice President, Center for Conflict Prevention & Resolution in Africa. 1994- present Consultant Adviser, Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies Program, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. 1994 Member, Board of Reference, Conflict Transformation Program, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA. 1994-present Member of the editorial board of Global Society, Canterbury, Kent, England. 1995-present Member of the editorial board of Pacific Focus, Inchon, Korea. 1996-present Member of the International Advisory Board, London Information Network on Conflicts and State Building (LINKS). 1997-present
TEACHING AND EXAMINING	Undergraduate B.A. in International Relations, University College London. Foreign Policy Analysis. B.A. in Linguistic & Regional Studies, University of Surrey. Diplomacy & Crisis Management in International Politics Conflict Analysis and Peace Studies B.A. in Politics, University of Southampton An Introduction to International Relations International Behaviour. B.A. in Politics, Brigham Young University, Utah. PS 170 Introduction to International Relations PS 370 Theories of International Relations PS 382 Foreign Policy Decision Making PS 365 U.S. Foreign Policy. B.A. in International Relations, University of S. California IR 320 Comparative Foreign Policy IR 308 Conflict Analysis and Peace Research. B.A. in Politics, University of Maryland. GPT 399A Conflict Management in the International System B.Sc in Systems & Management, The City University, London. Philosophy & Methodology in International Relations Classical Theories of International Relations Theory & Process of International Integration Formal Models in International Relations Dynamics of Arms Races. Decision Making, Measurement and Middle East Politics Systems Approaches to International Relations North/South; Explanations of Underdevelopment Conflicts and Conflict Management in Organisations Political Aspects of Policy Analysis Conflict Management and Dispute Settlement. Postgraduate M.A. in International Relations, University of S. California IR 500 The Development of International Theory IR 501 Methodology & Research Techniques in International Relations IR 508 Conflict Analysis and Peace Research IR 557 Africa in International Relations. M.A. in War Studies, Kings College London Conflict and Peace Research M.Eng. in Aeronautical Engineering, The City University. The Politics of "Technological" Decision Making. M.A. in International Relations, Brigham Young University Foreign Policy Analysis M.S. in Conflict Management, George Mason University. CONF 501 Introduction to Conflict Resolution CONF 610 Philosophy & Methods of Conflict Research I CONF 633 Laboratory & Simulation in Conflict Resolution III CONF 636 Third Party Roles, Resources and Ethics CONF 642 Conflict & Conflict Management; Integration of Knowledge. CONF 695 How Wars End. CONF 695 Conflicts in Divided Societies Doctoral Level General supervision of both Ph.D. and M.Phil candidates for degrees by dissertation in fields of international relations, intercommunity conflict, and systems science at the City University between 1975 and 1988. Ph.D. in Conflict Resolution, George Mason University CONF 801 Introduction to Conflict Analysis & Resolution CONF 811 Qualitative Research Methods CONF 850 Conflict Termination; Key Dimensions of the Peace Process. CONF 900 Recent Development in Theories of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
EXTERNAL EXAMINING	University of Sussex; M.A. in International Relations. 1972-78 University of Surrey; B.A. in Linguistic & International Studies. 1974-81 University of Ulster; M.A. in Peace Studies. 1987-88 Doctoral examiner for the London School of Economics, University of Kent, University of Lancaster and University of Waterloo, Ontario. 1982- present
PUBLICATIONS	Books The Structure of International Conflict (London;Macmillan/New York; St Martins Press; 1981) (Reprinted 5 times, 3 times in paperback) Peacemaking and the Consultant's Role (Farnborough; Gower Press/New York; Nicholls Pub. Co.; 1981) Gestures of Conciliation (London; Macmillan/New York; St Martins Press; 2000 (with M.H.Banks) The Resolution of Conflict; A Handbook of the Problem Solving Approach (London; Frances Pinter; 1996) Edited Books and Journals. International Relations Theory; A Bibliography (with A.J.R.Groom) (London; Frances Pinter; 1978) New Approaches to International Mediation (with K. Webb) (Westport, Ct.; Greenwood Press; 1988) Flexibility in International Negotiation and Mediation (with D.Druckman) Vol.542, November 1995 The Annals of The American Academy of Political & Social Science Local Zones of Peace (with Susan Allen Nan) Vol. 9 (2) June 1997 Peace Review. Articles in Academic Journals. "Civil Strife and the Involvement of External Parties" International Studies Quarterly XIV (2) June 1970 pp.166-194 "Foreign Policy Problems and Polarised Political Communities" British Journal of Political Science 1 (2) April 1971 pp.223-251 "External Involvement in Civil Strife; The Case of Chad" Yearbook of World Affairs 26 (London; Stevens; 1972) pp.152-186 "Conflict Resolution and Controlled Communication: Some Further Comments" Journal of Peace Research April 1973 X (1) pp.123-132 "The Systems Analysis of Conflict" (with M.Noton & F.R.Janes) Futures April 1974 "Conflict Theory, Peace Research and the Analysis of Communal Conflict" (with M.H.Banks) Millenium 3 (3) Winter 1974/5 pp.252-267 "Peacekeeping; The Police Function" Yearbook of World Affairs 30 (London; Stevens; 1976) pp.150-173 "Evaluating Conflict" Journal of Peace Research XVII (1) March 1980 pp.61-75 "Dynamic Models of Conflict Between Two Communities" (with K.Webb & D.A.Bowers) Journal of Applied Systems Analysis 7 (1) January 1980 pp.67-82 "Change and Stability in the Ideology of Scottish Nationalism" (with B.A.Farby & K.Webb) International Political Science Review 1 (3) October 1980 pp. 405-424 "Modelling Bi-Communal Conflict I" (with D.A.Bowers & K.Webb) Futures 12 (6) December 1980 pp. 473-488 "Modelling Bi-Communal Conflict II" (with D.A.Bowers & K.Webb) Futures 13 (1) February 1981 pp. 31-42 "Modelling Bi-Communal Conflict III" (with D.A.Bowers & K.Webb) Futures 12 (2) April 1981 "Etiology and the Outcome of Protest" (with K.Webb et al.) American Behavioural Scientist 26 (3) Jan/Feb. 1983 pp.311-331 "Rational Models and the Ending of Wars" (with Michael B. Nicholson) Journal of Conflict Resolution 27 (3) September 1983 pp.495-520 "GRIT and Gradualism - Twenty Five Years On" International Interactions 13 (1) 1986 pp.59-90 "Ending Conflicts and Wars; Judgement, Rationality and Entrapment" International Social Science Journal XLIII (1) February 1991 pp.35-55 "A Willingness to Talk; Conciliatory Gestures and De-Escalation" Negotiation Journal 7 [4] October 1991 pp.405-430. "Constraints on Third Party Flexibility" [with J.Botes] Annals of the American Association of Political and Social Science Vol. 542 Nov. 1995 pp.168-164 "The Right Moment: Notes on Four Models of `Ripeness'" Paradigms 9 (2) pp.35-52 "Local Peace Zones as Institutional Conflict" [with Susan Allen Nan] Peace Review 9(2) June 1997 pp.159-162 "Negotiation as Problem Solving; Challenging the Dominant Metaphor" Peace and Conflict 5 [3] 1999 pp.219-225 Contributions to Books, Symposia etc. "The Use of Simulation in the Study of International Behaviour" [with R.Boardman] in P.J. Tansey [ed] Educational Aspects of Simulation [New York; McGraw Hill; 1971] "The Use of Video-Tape and Closed Circuit Television in Multi-Team Simulation" in R.H.R. Armstrong & J.L.Taylor [eds] Feedback in Instructional Simulation Systems [Cambridge; Cambridge Institute of Education; 1971] "A Dynamical Model of Conflict" [with M.Noton et al.] in R.M.Dmowski [ed] Systems Analysis and Modelling Approaches in Environment Systems [Warsaw; Polish Academy of Science; 1974] "An International Relations Input into Mathematical Models of World Behaviour" in M.Malita [ed] Mathematical Approaches in International Relations [Bucharest; University of Bucharest Press; 1978] "Conflict and War" & "Systems Approaches" both in A.J.R.Groom & C.R.Mitchell [eds] International Relations Theory; A Bibliography [London; Frances Pinter; 1978] "Analysing the `Great Debates'" & "Methodology and Mature Students" both in R.C.Kent & G.P.Nielsson [eds] The Study and Teaching of International Relations [London; Frances Pinter; 1980] "The Commonwealth and Conflict Management" in P.Taylor & A.J.R. Groom [eds] The Commonwealth in the 1980's [London; Macmillan; 1984] "Conflict Termination, Expected Utility and `Rational' Decision Making" in Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for General Systems Research [Washington, D.C.; 1982] "World Society as Cobweb; States, Actors and Systemic Processes" in M.H.Banks [ed] Conflict in World Society; Essays in Honour of J.W.Burton [Brighton; Wheatsheaf; 1984] "Conflict, War and Conflict Management" in M.Light & A.J.R.Groom [eds] International Relations; A Handbook of Current Theory [London; Frances Pinter; 1985] "State Terrorism; Issues of Concept and Measurement" [with M.Stohl et al.] in M.Stohl & G.Lopez Government Violence and Repression; An Agenda for Research [Westport, Ct., Greenwood Press; 1986] "The Analysis of Conflict and Harmony; Towards a New Discipline" in J.H.P.Paelinck & P.H.Vossen Axiomatics and Pragmatics of Conflict Analysis [Farnborough; Gower Press; 1987] "Motives for Mediation" in C.R.Mitchell & K.Webb New Approaches to International Mediation [Westport, CT; Greenwood Press; 1988] "The Sudanese Settlement; Reflections on the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement" in L.Kriesberg [ed.] Research on Social Movements, Conflict and Change Vol.12 [JAI Press; 1990] pp.203-243 "Mediation" in P.Smoker [ed.] A Reader in Peace Studies [Oxford; Pergamon Press; 1990] "Classifying Conflicts; Asymmetry and Resolution" in I.William Zartman [ed.] Resolving Regional Conflicts: International Perspectives Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Vol. 518 November 1991 pp.23-38 "Recognising Conflict" in T. Woodhouse [ed.] Peacemaking in a Troubled World [New York; Berg Publishers; 1991] "External Peacemaking Initiatives and Intra-National Conflict" in Manus I.Midlarsky [ed.] The Internationalisation of Communal Strife [New York; Routledge; 1992] "The Process and Stages of Mediation; Two Sudanese Cases" in David Smock [ed.] Making War and Waging Peace; Foreign Intervention in Africa [Washington DC; United States Institute of Peace; 1993] "Conflict Research" in A.J.R.Groom & Margot Light Contemporary International Relations; A Guide to Theory [London; Frances Pinter; 1994] pp.128-141 "Problem Solving Exercises and Theories of Conflict Resolution" in D.J.D.Sandole & H.van der Merwe [eds.] Conflict Resolution; Theory and Practice [Manchester; Manchester University Press; 1994] "Asymmetry and Strategies of Regional Conflict Reduction" Chapter 2 in I William Zartman & Victor A.Kremenyuk [eds.] Cooperative Security; Reducing Third World Wars [Syracuse, NY; Syracuse University Press; 1995] "The Anatomy of Deescalation" Chap. 2 in Ho-Won Jeong [ed.] Conflict Resolution: Dynamics, Process and Structure [Aldershot; Ashgate; 1999] "Mennonite Approaches to Peace and Conflict Resolution" Chap. 12 in C.Sampson & R.Kraybill [eds] From the Ground Up; Mennonite Approaches to Peacebuilding [London; Oxford University Press; 2000] Occasional and Working Papers. "The Study of World Society; A London Perspective" [with J.W.Burton et al.] International Studies Association Occasional Paper #1. 1974 "The Aland Island Solution" [with D. Bullock] South Atlantic Council Occasional Paper #3 1986 "Conflict Resolution and Civil War; Reflections on the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement" Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, George Mason University Working Papers # 3 [Summer 1989] "A Willingness to Talk; Making Conciliatory Gestures During De-Escalation Processes" Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, George Mason University Working Papers #4 "El Proceso y las Fases de la Mediacion" Centro de Investigacion por la Paz/Gernika Gogoratuz. Working Document #4 Gernika, Spain July 1994 "Cutting Losses; Reflections on Appropriate Timing" Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, George Mason University, Working Papers # 9 June 1995 "Conflictos Intratables; Claves de Tratamiento" Gernika Gogoratuz. Working Document, May 1997. Non-Academic Publications "Revolution; The International Dimension" The World and the School 26 September 1972 pp.21-33 Britain Between East and West [with J.W.Burton et al.] [Farnborough; Gower Press; 1984] In the Aftermath; Anglo-Argentine Relations Since the 1982 War [edited with Walter Little] [College Park, Md.; University of Maryland Press; 1989] Book Reviewing Journal of Psychology Millenium Survival Yearbook of World Affairs Third World Quarterly Journal of Strategic Studies African Affairs Peace and Conflict
GRANTS AND AWARDS	Social Science Research Council [L2000]. "Problems of Nomadic Pastoralism in N.E. Kenya". 1972 Social Science Research Council [HR 3063] "The Development of Indicators & Quantitative Measures for Studies of Intercommunal Conflict". 1975-78 Social Science Research Council [HR 5958]. "The Organisation of Ethnicity in Belgium & Scotland". 1978-80 Royal Society of Arts Travel Grant to the USA. [L700]. 1982 Conflict Research Society. [L250]. "A Survey of Community Mediation Services in Canada & the USA". 1983 Ministry of Defense. "Crisis Early Warning and the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict" 1984-85 Fulbright Fellowship [L1000]. Travel Award to the USA. 1985-86 Ministry of Defense "The Development of Simple Indicators for Crisis Early Warning". 1986-88 Leverhulme Trust [L3000} "Conciliatory Gestures in International Politics" 1987-88 US Institute of Peace [$67,080]. "Conflict Resolution in the Horn of Africa". 1990 German Marshall Fund of the United States [$10,000]. "Northern Ireland in 1992". 1990 United States Information Agency [$120,000]. "Developing a Conflict Analysis & Resolution Program at Bethlehem University" 1995-8.
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE AND PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE	The City University, Department of Systems Science Administration Within Department: Planning Committee, Systems & Management Degree [1971-72] Subject leader, International Relations Group [1972-88] Systems & Management Steering Committee [1972-83] Departmental Board [1972-88] Resources Committee [1973-88] Board of Studies in Systems Science [1972-83] Board of Studies in Systems & Management [1972-83] Board of Studies in Systems Science & Management [1983-88] Research Committee [1986-88] Administration Within University: Senate Library Committee [1984-87] Senate Co-ordinating Committee on Social Science Postgraduate Training [1987-88] Educational As Subject leader in International Relations, responsible for developing three year undergraduate teaching programme such that it integrated with other subjects in B.Sc in Systems & Management [Systems Analysis; Economics, Social Psychology; Science, Technology & Society; Management and Quantitative Methods]. Responsible for IR input to Integrating Studies courses; for development of political simulation programme in degree [First Year SAFEX/MIDEX programme; I.N.S. series for Second Year; and INEX and ANGIREX series for Third year]; for contributions to Organisation Theory courses in Second Year and Policy Analysis option in Third Year; and for research methods component in Second Year courses. Responsible for development of Third year option first in Conflict Analysis & War and then in Conflict Management & Dispute Settlement. Participated in two major revisions of degree programme in 1976/7 and 1982/3. Responsible for development of inter-disciplinary research programme involving members with social and engineering science backgrounds and concentrating on the application of formal and quantitative research methods to problems of social instability and political conflict. George Mason University. Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution. Director of Center Research Program, 1988-91. Library & Resources Liaison 1989-96 Faculty Board 1989-Present Advisory Board, 1991-94 ICAR Steering/Student Liaison Committee 1989-91 Chair, Admissions Committee 1993-95 Doctoral Co-ordinator 1993-98 Faculty Adviser to University Dispute Resolution Program 1993-97 Chair, Promotions and Tenure Committee 1995-98 Member, Strategic Planning Committee 1996-Present Member, Publications Committee 1997-98 Chair, Publications Committee 1999-Present University Administration Director of the Institute 1991-94 Faculty Senate 1994-95 Institutes Appeals Committee 1995-Present Societies International Studies Association Society for General Systems Research Conflict Research Society UK Systems Society International Peace Research Association Anglo-Somali Society Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution Mediation UK South Atlantic Council