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Beyond Intractability

Heidi and Guy Burgess

Free updates about BI’s exploration of strategies for more constructively handling all types of intractable conflict, including the hyper-polarized, political conflicts that are tearing society apart.

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    The Burgesses are Ph.D. social scientists who have studied intractable conflict for 40+ years. They co-direct the Conflict Information Consortium and its underlying projects, Beyond Intractability and the Constructive Conflict Initiative.

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