Course Description
The Certificate of Professional Development in Conflict Resolution certifies that the holder has received a basic introduction to the skills required for effective conflict resolution. Based on the book, How to Resolve a Conflict by Olajide Olagunju. This course is an introduction to the skills required for effective conflict resolution. The lectures discuss how to effectively resolve conflict resolution, both at home and at work. Your perspective of conflict and skills for conflict resolution, in all settings will be sharpened.
Course Outcome
This is a basic introduction to conflict resolution, which empowers the graduands to do simple and non-complex conflict mediation. With constant practice after the training, they would eventually become more sophisticated and confident to do more challenging and more complex mediations.
Cost | $189 |
Prerequisite Requirements | None |
Time | 30 hours. Interested candidates can join any time of the year. |
Instruction Method | Video lectures, experiential assignments, application and reflection papers. |
Level of Instructor Involvement | Self- guided, self-paced. (Individual or group sessions with the professor are available for $39 per session.) |
Credit | Certificate of Completion. No academic credit. |
Facilitator
Olajide Olagunju, Ph.D., FCIArb, FICMC, Anthropologist and Peace Scholar; Attorney-at-Law, Chartered Arbitrator and Mediator, is a BGU Professor of Conflict Resolution. He has practiced law, arbitration, and mediation for three decades. His broad experience with government, academia, and Fortune 500 includes the United States, United Nations, World Bank, Harvard Law School, MIT, Brandeis, Chevron Corporation, and the Government of Nigeria. His 2012 counsel as federal ministerial adviser (Labor, Law and Conflict Management) broke the logjam to the privatization of the Nigerian electricity sector, thus impacting the 250 million people across West Africa who are served by the sector. Multilingual and fluent in French and English, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Conflict Studies (JOCS) published in ten languages. He is also the President of International Mediators Association (IMA) – publishers of JOCS and Workplace Spirituality. His other publications, in 27 languages, include How to Resolve a Conflict (2020); African Art as Hegemony (2023); and Legal Theft - Making Law for Underdevelopment and Conflict (2024). His current research is in the intersection of policy, poverty, and peace.