We have all experienced the benefits of dialogue when we openly and thoughtfully confront
issues. We have also experienced the frustration of interminable discussion that does not …

Yakinthou throws light on the challenges of adopting political settlements in frozen conflicts
and divided societies by focusing on the conflict in Cyprus, the resolution of which has for …

This paper reports on a Community Operational Research (Community OR) project
consisting of ten applications of a problem structuring method (PSM) with the Local …

The geographical configuration of northwest Ethiopia has changed often and significantly
during the previous four centuries, according to a meta-analysis of historical maps …

The emergence of information, and more recently, mobile broadband telecommunication
technologies, was accompanied by the hype that they could serve to close the economic …

We present a method that broadens the application of structured democratic dialogue
(SDD). After completing the final stage of the SDD process, during which the participants …

This paper proposes the thesis that it is unethical to plan an action for social change without
excavating the knowledge and wisdom of the people who are responsible for implementing …

The Structured Dialogic Design Process (SDDP) is applied in the context of a rich web-
based communication environment. Using a combination of asynchronous and synchronous …

The paper exemplifies why the capacity of a community of stakeholders to implement a plan
of action effectively depends strongly on the true engagement of the stakeholders in …

This paper reports the results of the first of a series of co-laboratories organized by Cypriot
peace pioneers 30 months after the negative outcome of the referendum concerning UN …