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CAREERS
Conflict resolution is an expanding field of professional practice, both in the U.S. and around the world. The escalating costs of conflict have increased use of third parties who may serve as arbitrators, mediators,  facilitators, and ombudsmen or conflict specialists to resolve conflicts. In fact relief and development organizations have added peace-building specialists to their teams. In fact, many of the major international NGOs have seen a growing need to hire practitioners trained in conflict analysis and resolution. Furthermore, this expansion of the field has resulted in the need for conflict resolution practitioners to work in a variety of settings such as in businesses, court systems, government agencies nonprofit organizations, government agencies and educational institutions serving  throughout the world.

EDUCATION
Universities world-wide offer programs of study pertaining to conflict research, analysis, and practce.Universities The Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations School houses the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, which offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional training on conflict resolution. Additional graduate programs are offered at Georgetown University, Eastern Mennonite University and Trinity College Dublin. Finally,George Mason University’s Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution offers undergraduate, certifcate and masters programs in Conflict Analysis and Resolution and Ph.D. in The Philosophy in Conflict and Conflict Resolution . Students completing a doctoral program enter the field as researchers, theorist, analyst, policy makers and professors in higher education.