The Conflict Management Toolkit is a project created and run entirely by students in the Conflict Management Program at The Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Our goal is to enhance the understanding of the challenges facing scholars and practitioners engaged in conflict management today. We try to identify the tools that are available for mitigating and managing conflict and the ways they should be effectively used. Rather than to create new theories or conceptual frameworks, this project offers a centralized synthesis of the vast conflict management knowledge that is already available. It is meant as a guide for students and scholars, as much as for practitioners and agencies working in the field. Through this website students are given access to some of the major theories in the field, as well as to the practitioners, organizations and agencies that work in specific regions of the world. Practitioners can also use this site to compare their work to the relevant theory, as well as to other case studies around the world. Rather than giving all the answers to "life's persisting questions" the site should serve as a general map, orienting the user to the link or location where more profound answers can be found. The Conflict Management Program at the Johns Hopkins University SAIS has provided the valuable time, resources and patience needed to develop and construct a web project that can be passed on to future generations of students. Over the years, the project will continue to be perfected and adapted to a changing reality; and the information on the site will be constantly revised, as it is criticized or modified by theoreticians, practitioners as well as the changes in the real world. We are especially grateful to Dr. I William Zartman, director of the Conflict Management Program, whose support, guidance and vision made this project possible. We are also grateful to SAIS and the Conflict Management Program, and especially to Isabelle Talpain-Long for working with us. Furthermore, we would like to thank Dr. Donald Rothchild and Dr. Saadia Touval, who have both been involved at different levels of development, offering constructive advice and critique. Former Team Members: Team 5 (2008-2009) Philipp Annawitt
Georg-Sebastian Holzer
Regina Low
Natalie Wilkins Team 4 (2004-2005)
Claire Casey
Nilanj Desai
Benedikt Franke
(Amelia Branczik) Team 3 (2002-2003)
Amelia Branczik
Jill Freeman
Omario S. Kanji II
Helen Lewis
(Tova Norln) Team 2 (2001-2002)
Massimo Fusato
Claudia Seymour
Asmaa Shalabi
Adrienne Stone
(Christina Leb)
(Tova Norln) Team 1 (2000-2001)
Jaime de Bourbon Parme
Christina Leb
Ruby Khan
Tova Norln Questions or Comments For questions regarding the toolkit, please email us at this address Information about SAIS For more information about the Conflict Management Program at SAIS, click here. For information about the graduate programs at SAIS, click here. | 
