38th Dignity Conference 05: Peter Coleman Shows "The Way Out:  How to Overcome Toxic Polarization"
Channel: Evelin Lindner
Date: 2022-12-16

The First World Dignity University Initiative Workshop, titled "For People and the Planet: Learning for a Future of Dignity," has been hosted online on December 9, 2022. It was the 19th Annual Workshop co-hosted by Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Teachers College, Columbia University. The first workshop took place in 2003, convened by Morton Deutsch.

Peter Coleman presents his book and program titled "The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization." See https://www.thewayoutofpolarization.com/

Peter T. Coleman is Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University, where he holds a joint-appointment at Teachers College and The Earth Institute. Dr. Coleman directs the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (MD-ICCCR), is founding director of the Institute for Psychological Science and Practice (IPSP), and is executive director of Columbia University’s Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4). His  book titled, "The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization" was released in 2021 (https://www.thewayoutofpolarization.com/). See more on https://icccr.tc.columbia.edu/about-us/meet-our-team/

Morton Deutsch and Peter Coleman have been pillars of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies  (HumanDHS) network since its inception, and on December 11, 2009, Morton Deutsch was the first recipient of the HumanDHS Lifetime Commitment Award. 

Peter Coleman has been honored with the 2020 HumanDHS Lifetime Commitment Award at the 17th Workshop on Transforming Humiliation and Violent Conflict at Columbia University in New York City, December 10 – 12, 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this conference had to take place online. See www.humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/annualmeeting/35.php#coleman .

See also on www.humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/annualmeeting/35.php:
• Message of Appreciation from Evelin Lindner, www.humiliationstudies.org/documents/evelin/PeterColemanAward2020.pdf
• Peter Coleman's Remarks in Appreciation of the 2020 HumanDHS Lifetime Commitment Award, recorded on December 11, 2020, https://youtu.be/UiRnPfZH0fs
• See also Peter Coleman’s Life Story in "Fundamentals of Conflict Resolution, Instructor Peter Coleman Highlights #ScholarStrike," MD-ICCCR at Teachers College, Columbia University, September 11, 2020, https://youtu.be/u0jmBvLMg5c

See more on: 
- https://www.thewayoutofpolarization.com/
- https://icccr.tc.columbia.edu/about-us/meet-our-team/
- www.humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/annualmeeting/38.php
- www.worlddignityuniversity.org