Everyday Peace at Home and Abroad

Opening Up: A Conflict Transformation Podcast

What does peace look like for ordinary people, and how we can create metrics of peace that reflect those things that people value? In this conversation, we bring you audio from a May 2023 talk by Peter Dixon, a member of the CT Collaborative's External Advisory Board and a Middlebury alum.

Peter Dixon is an Associate Professor of Practice in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the School of Professional Studies at Columbia University. He graduated from Middlebury in 2001.5 and has a PhD in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.

In his research, Dr. Dixon uses mixed methodologies to understand how local knowledge can influence transformative solutions toward peace and justice in conflict-affected communities. Currently, he is researching community-based transitional justice in Colombia and bottom-up approaches to public safety and restorative justice in urban America. He has received support for this work from foundations including the National Science Foundation, United States Institute of Peace, Inter-American Foundation, and Humanity United.

To learn more about Dixon, see here:

https://sps.columbia.edu/person/peter-dixon-phd

To learn more about Everyday Peace Indicators, click here:

https://www.everydaypeaceindicators.org/

To learn more about our External Advisory Board, see here:

https://www.middlebury.edu/conflict-transformation/who-we-are#external-advisory-board