Pamela Aall
Vice President for Domestic Programs, Education and Training Center
Teaching, Learning, and Research on Conflict and Prevention, Management, and Resolution | Education in Conflict Zones | Mediation | NGOs in Conflict and Conflict Management | Track-Two Diplomacy
Phone: (202) 429-3866
E-mail: paall@usip.org
Pamela R. Aall is vice president for domestic programs, Education and Training Center. She directs the education program, which focuses on strengthening teaching, learning, and research on conflict prevention, management, and resolution. Her research interests include mediation in inter- and intrastate conflicts, the role of nonofficial organizations in conflict management and resolution and the role of education in exacerbating conflict or promoting reconciliation.
Before joining the Institute in 1993, she was a consultant to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and to the Institute of International Education. She also held a number of positions at the Rockefeller Foundation and has worked for the European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam and Brussels), the International Council for Educational Development (New York) and the New York Botanical Garden. She is also a past president of Women in International Security.
Aall holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a master’s from Columbia University and attended the London School of Economics, where she conducted research on political and economic integration in Scandinavia and Europe.
Publications:
- Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World, co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 2007).
- Grasping the Nettle: Analyzing Cases of Intractable Conflict, co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 2005).
- Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases, co-authored with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 2004).
- Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict, co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 2001).
- "Making Peace; Making It Stick," in Passing the Baton: Challenges of Statecraft for the New Administration (Peaceworks, 2001).
- Guide to IGOs, NGOs, and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations, co-authored with Thomas G. Weiss and Lt. Col. Daniel Miltenberger (USIP Press, 2000).
- Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World, co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 1999).
- Managing Global Chaos: Sources of and Responses to International Conflict, co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 1996).
Available on usip.org
