Lawrence Susskind

City Planner, Mediator, and MIT Professor

Training

Programs

Professor Susskind offers numerous executive training programs each year. Reduced fees are available to public agency and not-for-profit representatives. Some of these are described below, with links to more information.

Advanced Mediation at Harvard Law School

A five-day mediation training program for experienced mediators looking to expand their skill sets to include multiparty dispute resolution.

Senior Executive Program on Negotiation

A two day negotiation training program for senior executives in both the public and private sectors. Offered multiple times a year in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Negotiation Master Class

A two-and-a-half day advanced negotiation training program for senior executives in both the public and private sector who have completed the Senior Executive Program or the equivalent. Offered twice a year in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dealing with An Angry Public

A two-day training program for public, not-for-profit and private sector specialists in community affairs, public relations, and regulatory relations. Offered to individual companies and organizations on a contract basis.

Water Diplomacy Workshop

A one-week train-the-trainer interactive course for water professionals from around the world. Taught in connection with Tufts University.

Science Diplomacy Workshop

A two-day dissertation enhancement workshop for doctoral students in scientific or social science fields who want to learn how they can participate, as science diplomats, in science-intensive policy-making activities around the world.

Professional Mediators Trained

These are professional mediators that Professor Susskind has trained, listed in alphabetical order, with their current affiliation.

  • Ashcraft, Catherine, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
  • Babbitt, Eileen, Professor, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA, ebabbitt@emerald.tufts.edu
  • Berland, Allison, Washington, DC, aberland@mail.fletcher.alumlink.com
  • Corburn, Jason, Professor, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley,CA, jcorburn@berkeley.edu
  • Dale, Norman Rapport, Consensus Planning Services, BC, Canada n.dale@shaw.ca
  • Elliott, Mike, Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Professor, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA mike.elliott@arch.gatech.edu
  • Emerson, Kirk, Coordinator, Environmental Conflict Resolution Program, University of Arizona, Udall Center, Tuscon, AZ
  • Fairman, David, The Consensus Building Institute Inc., Cambridge, MA
  • Field, Patrick, The Consensus Building Institute Inc., Cambridge, MA
  • Gamman, John, Concur, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA
  • Hildebrand, Kate, Consensus Builders Associates, Albuquerque, NM
  • Hoben, Merrick, The Consensus Building Institute Inc., Cambridge, MA
  • Hulet, Carri, The Consensus Building Institute, Cambridge, MA
  • Kansal, Tushar, The Consensus Building Institute, Cambridge, MA
  • Kim, Karl, Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI
  • Koppen, Ida, Executive Director, Sustainablility Foundation ERM,Zoetermeer, Netherlands koppen@unisi.it
  • Madigan, Denise, ADR Services, CA
  • Martinez, Janet, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA
  • McCreary, Scott, Concur, Inc., Berkeley, CA
  • McKearnan, Sarah, Institute for Sustainable Communities, Rutland, VT
  • Najam, Adil, Professor of International Relations and Geography and the Environment, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center, International Relations, Boston University, anajam@bu.edu
  • Ozawa, Connie, Professor, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University, Portland, OR ozawa@pdx.edu
  • Parker, Kristi, The Keystone Center, Keystone, CO
  • Paul, Evan, Thomas Kearns & West, San Francisco, CA
  • Peyser, Jennifer, RESOLVE, Washington, DC
  • Podziba, Susan, Susan Podziba & Associates, Brookline, MA
  • Raab, Jonathan, Raab Associates, Ltd., Boston, MA raabj@aol.com
  • Richardson, (James) Ric, Director, Community and Regional Planning Program, School of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico, Alburqueque, NM jrich@unm.edu
  • Sachs, Andrew, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Scher, Edward, Clean Water Network, DC
  • Shmueli, Deborah, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel
  • Skelton Roberts, Mary, Barr Foundation
  • Stedman, Bruce, RESOLVE, DC bstedman@igc.apc.org
  • Stinson, Barbara, Senior Partner, Meridian Institute van der Wansem, Mieke Tufts University, Medford, MA
  • Wondollack, Julia, Professor, University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Yaffee, Steve, Professor, University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI yaffee@umich.edu