Konfliktdynamik

If the sociogram is freed from its limitation to the mere analysis and visualisation of relationship structures in a group and transformed into a dynamic, discursive process, a powerful possibility for conflict resolution in groups and teams is...

We present a program for training de-escalating communication skills with police officers. Based on a data collection in two German municipal and state police units, we identified typical situations with a high escalation potential. With these...

The article deals with the special situation of highly conflicted family systems in separation and divorce situations, their characteristics and their effects on the parents and children involved, their legal framework as well as experiences from...

Sustainable action is often explained by the motive of egoistic benefit maximization. At the same time, the benefits of sustainable action are primarily socialized and long-term. This contradiction and empirical findings, which confirm a variety of...

Brewing beer has a long tradition in Bavaria and has a regional up to a global importance. The state of Bavaria is also a centre for the production of hops, almost 90% of the german hop does have it’s origin in the state in southern Germany and it...

The focus of the sustainability debates so far has been on climate change (and its consequences such as changes in flora and fauna) on the one hand and on the question of economic activity on the other, although it is not about a different way of...

The article highlights conflict areas in the economic view of sustainable consumption. It shows that the neoclassical and behavioral economic perspectives offer different explanations as to why people find it difficult to make sustainable...

The German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union »Naturschutzbund Deutschland« (NABU) has developed a program architecture legitimized by its committees, with which program documents are developed into a coherent system. The program documents...

Defining the quality of mediation and ensuring the objectives of mediation training are complex challenges. Erpenbeck and Heyse’s (2010) competency model provides a framework for developing clear benchmarks for mediation training. This enables...

The victim-offender mediation for sexual offences is only marginally used by victims and rarely taken into consideration in judicial referral practices. There are a variety of reasons behind this. Nevertheless, victim-offender mediation can be a...

Sexualised harassment and violence in organisations are widespread and often undetected due to a lack of reporting and fear of stigmatisation. A paradigm shift is advocated here: »When in doubt, decide in favour for unknown affected persons«. This...

Communities need alternatives to traditional methods of conflict resolution, and need to adapt foreign methods, because the effectiveness of indigenous methods have become limited, due to the constant reappearance of conflicts and the inability of...