On June 12, in part one of two sessions on systems thinking, Diana Chigas from CDA discusses systems thinking from the perspective of conflict resolution.
About the Speaker
Diana Chigas is Co-Director of the Reflecting on Peace Practice Program (RPP) at CDA and a Professor of the Practice of International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. At CDA she works with governmental and non-governmental on systemic conflict analysis, strategic planning and reflection and evaluation to improve the impact of peace programming. Diana was a contributor to the recent OECD DAC guidelines on evaluation of conflict prevention and peacebuilding, and to guidance for DFID on guidance on evaluation of peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity. Prior to joining CDA, Diana worked as a facilitator, trainer and consultant in negotiation, dialogue and conflict resolution, at Conflict Management Group, a non-governmental organization founded by Harvard Law School Professor Roger Fisher (and now part of Mercy Corps). Diana became involved with RPP as a participant in the first phase, as CMG’s programs in Cyprus and Georgia/South Ossetia were the subject of case studies for RPP. With CDA Executive Director Peter Woodrow, she has most recently co-authored a chapter on CDA’s experience using systems thinking in evaluation, “Systems Thinking in Peacebuilding Evaluations: Applications in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and Kosovo” (In Anderson, O. et al. Evaluation Methodologies for Aid in Conflict).
Recording and Transcript
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Recommended Reading
Peacebuilding How? Systems Analysis of Conflict Dynamics
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