Program on Negotiation (PON)
www.pon.harvard.edu
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

Contact: Susan Hackley, Managing Director and Board Member shackley@law.harvard.edu

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) is an applied research center committed to improving the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution.  Founded in 1983 and based at Harvard Law School, PON is an interuniversity consortium involving faculty, graduate students, and administrative staff from a range of disciplines and professional schools at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tufts University.
In all projects and activities, PON focuses on creating innovative ways to:

• Serve the mission of PON's consortium schools to provide comprehensive and enlightened training and prepare graduates to assume a leadership role in the world community
• Encourage new thinking in negotiation theory
• Nurture the next generation of teachers and scholars
• Provide a forum for the discussion of ideas and practices
• Increase public awareness of successful conflict resolution processes, and
• Connect the discussion of conflict resolution with current events and real-world contexts.

PON carries out its mission by offering Graduate Research Fellowships, Summer Research Fellowships, and Visiting Scholar positions.  PON also hosts many public events, such as the PON Film Series and the PON Brown Bag Lunch Series, which draw upon faculty members and community members alike.
PON reaches out to the broader community through its Clearinghouse, a world-renowned resource center for people interested in learning and teaching about negotiation and alternative dispute resolution (www.pon.org). 

PON also offers a plethora of courses in negotiation and mediation, ranging from two-days to semester-length.  

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