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What is the Harvard International Negotiation Program?

The Harvard International Negotiation Program works to bridge the world’s toughest divides through research and educational initiatives.

The Harvard International Negotiation Program is a combination of negotiation, psychology, and other disciplines that researches the emotional and identity-based dynamics of conflict and works to develop practical tools for overcoming them.

The program offers a powerful framework for understanding and addressing the challenging emotional dynamics that arise in international negotiations and conflicts, drawing on the latest research in the areas of psychology, neuroscience, and negotiation.

Harvard International Negotiation Program founder and director Daniel Shapiro outlines a step-by-step approach in his book Negotiating the Nonnegotiable. In it, he describes the deep-seated emotional forces that sabotage our relationships and explains how to overcome them.

This approach has proven instrumental in moving forward peace processes in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, and North America. However, the same approach works in personal conflicts, as well. 

Shapiro says, “The single most powerful force pulling us toward polarization is what I call the tribes effect, a divisive mindset that affects nations as much as families. The moment our beliefs feel attacked, tribal impulses slice our humanity into categories: it’s us vs. them, red vs. blue, hawk vs. dove. This state of mind propels us to defend our own views and demonize the other, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of negative relations.”

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Negotiating Strategies for Navigating Sensitive Topics

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When devising negotiating strategies, some topics seem off-limits: difficult to bring up and perhaps impossible to resolve. Consider the following anecdotes: – In the process of negotiating an acquisition that would include key personnel, members of the buyer’s team are concerned about rumors that a top executive from the target firm has a serious drinking problem … Read More

Lessons learned from a great negotiation leader

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Leadership in negotiation In academia, there are often subtle conflicts between the executive staff who run programs and centers, and the academics connected to them. Only a talented leader can consistently weave together such groups and integrate very different views. Susan has been such a leader for many years. She provides a vision of doing all we … Read Lessons learned from a great negotiation leader

Ask a Negotiation Expert: Reaching Across the Divide

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In our era of political polarization, collaboration and compromise can seem like impossible goals within our governments and our own communities. In his book Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts (Viking, 2016), Harvard International Negotiation Program founder and director Daniel L. Shapiro describes how we can start to move beyond … Read More

Negotiation Skills: Reducing Political Polarization

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Excerpted from the June issue of the Negotiation Briefings newsletter, a publication of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. In our era of political polarization, collaboration and compromise can seem like impossible goals within our governments and our own communities. In his book Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged … Read More

Thoughts from Dan Shapiro, Director of the Harvard International Negotiation Program, on the Government Shutdown

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This week, Dan Shapiro, Director of the Harvard International Negotiation Program, was quoted in The Christian Science Monitor speaking President Trump’s negotiation style, and how he may get better results through interest-based negotiation. “The basic idea here is, let’s not focus on positions, or what each side says they want: ‘I want a wall;’ ‘Well, we’re … Read More

PON Faculty Daniel Shapiro Named One of the 15 Best Professors at Harvard College by the Harvard Crimson’s Fifteen Minutes Magazine

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The Harvard Crimson’s Fifteen Minutes magazine recently honored Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School faculty member Daniel Shapiro as one of the 15 best professors at Harvard College. Director of the Harvard International Negotiation Program and Associate Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School, Professor Shapiro is the author of Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How … Read More

Bridging the Religious Divide: Transforming Conflict when Emotions and Religion are at Play

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The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, the Harvard International Negotiation Program, and the Religions and the Practice of Peace Colloquium are pleased to host: Bridging the Religious Divide: Transforming Conflict when Emotions and Religion are at Play

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Daniel L. Shapiro Director, Harvard International Negotiation Program Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital and

Rev. Septemmy E. Lakawa Research Associate … Read More

Centrism in the Middle East: Myth or Method

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The Harvard International Negotiation Program, the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School are pleased to co-present:

Centrism in the Middle East: Myth or Method Distinguished Lecture by Najib A. Mikati former Prime Minister of Lebanon with opening remarks by Daniel L. Shapiro Founder and Director, Harvard International Negotiation Program Monday, November 24 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Austin Hall, Room … Read Centrism in the Middle East: Myth or Method

Dealing with emotions during tough economic times

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A major measure of the economy is the prevailing mood. A bleak job market and less-than-rosy economic outlook influence how we feel in an organization. Tighter budgets and increased layoffs are causes for concern, and many of us respond with “fight or flight” behavior.  We defend our turf or avoid tense conversations in the hopes … Read Dealing with emotions during tough economic times

The Art of Negotiation

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The Art of Negotiation Moved to Pound Hall 101 on the HLS Campus October 18, 2011 7:30 pm Free and open to the public Please join world-renowned artist Romero Britto as he unveils a series of paintings produced in collaboration with Professor Daniel Shapiro and Harvard College students.   Each painting illustrates a key aspect to address the emotional dimension of … Read The Art of Negotiation

Event: The Psychology of Nazi Doctors

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The Harvard Institute on Global Health (HIGH) and the Harvard International Negotiation Program Present: “On Embracing Evil: The Psychology of Nazi Doctors” with Robert Jay Lifton moderated by Professor Dan Shapiro

What impels people to use religion, ideology, or professional privilege as tools for destructive action? What is the mindset that can take one from healing to killing, or to … Read Event: The Psychology of Nazi Doctors

Leadership and Cooperation: A Special Lecture by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

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Leadership and Cooperation: A Special Lecture by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Date: November 9, 2010, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm Location: Austin East, Harvard Law School campus On May 26, 2010, Kamla Persad-Bissessar made history when she was sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. She was recently named one … Read More