Brian Mandell

Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Director, Kennedy School Negotiation Project
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-104
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 61
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-9123
Fax: 617-496-2850
Email: brian_mandell@Harvard.Edu
Assistant
Jean Dombrowski (617-495-1320)
Brian Mandell

Profile

Brian S. Mandell is SeniorLecturer in Public Policy and Director of the Harvard Kennedy School Negotiation Project. He is also Chair of the Wexner-Israel and Kokkalis Fellowship programs at the School. His current teaching and research address the theory and practice of negotiation, emphasizing third-party facilitation and consensus building in domestic and international protracted policy disputes. He writes about contentious disputes and is completing a book on scenario planning for conflict managers and negotiation practitioners. Before coming to Harvard, Mandell taught at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa. Previously, he was a strategic analyst for the Canadian Department of National Defense, specializing in UN peacekeeping and the implementation of arms control agreements. A Pew Faculty Fellow and Senior Research Associate at the Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Mandell holds a PhD from the University of Toronto.

Courses

Fall

Fall Mod1

January

  • MLD-230 Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

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