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Ronald Fisher

Professor
School of International Service

  • Dr. Ronald Fisher is a professor of International Relations in the division of International Peace and Conflict Resolution. He was the founding coordinator of the Applied Social Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and has taught at a number of universities in Canada, the United States, and Europe in peace studies and conflict resolution.

  • Degrees

    PhD, University of Michigan; MA, University of Saskatchewan; BA, University of Saskatchewan
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Teaching

  • Spring 2013

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Research Interests

Dr. Fisher's primary research interests focus on interactive conflict resolution, which involves informal, third party interventions in protracted and violent ethno-political conflict. He has worked on the longstanding dispute in Cyprus and similar conflicts in other parts of the world.

Selected Publications

  • "Assessing the Contingency Model of Third Party Intervention in Successful Cases of Prenegotiation," Journal of Peace Research, 2007.   
  • "Interactive Conflict Resolution," In I.W. Zartman (ed.), Peacemaking in International Conflict (rev. ed.). United States Institute of Peace, 2007.   
  • "Coordination Between Track Two and Track One Diplomacy in Successful Cases of Prenegotiation," International Negotiation, 2006.   
  • "Intergroup Conflict Resolution,"  In M. Deutsch, P.T. Coleman and E. Marcus (eds.), The Handbook of Conflict Resolution (2nd ed.), Jossey-Bass, 2006.   
  • "Interactive Conflict Resolution: A Social-Psychological Approach to Resolving Violent Ethnopolitical Conflict," In M. Fitzduff and C. Stout (eds.), The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflict, Volume 3: Intervention.  Praeger, 2006.   
  • Paving the Way: Contributions of Interactive Conflict Resolution to Peacemaking, Lexington Books, 2005.   
  • "Cyprus: The Failure of Mediation and the Escalation of an Identity-Based Conflict to an Adversarial Impasse," Journal of Peace Research, 2001, pp. 307-326.   
  • Interactive Conflict Resolution, Syracuse University Press, 1997.

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, 2006
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association, 2004
  • Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award, American Psychological Association, Peace Psychology Division, 2003
  • Outstanding Contribution Award, American Psychological Association, Peace Psychology Division, 2001
  • Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, 2001
  • Research Fellowship, Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security, 1989-90

Executive Experience

  • American Psychological Association, 1977-
  • Canadian Psychological Association, 1976
  • Canadian Peace Research and Education Association, 1980-
  • Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, 1979-89
  • Psychologists for Social Responsibility, 1997-
  • International Peace Research Association, 1985-
  • International Studies Association, 2000-
  • International Association for Conflict Management, 1986-
  • International Society of Political Psychology, 1986- 
  • The Network for Conflict Resolution, 1986-

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