Emotions and emotion work

Few things drive conflict more than emotions and feelings. Enough reasons to take a closer look.

• When Shame determines your life. Link
• Can compassion be learnt? ZDF interview with psychologist and neuroscientist Tania Singer. Link
• Emotional work – the Public display of emotions in the service sector. Link
• Feel with you! – A call for more self-compassion. Link
• The new victim culture – Are we failing because of our own requirements? Link
• When the leap into the void explodes strength and self-confidence. Link
• Turn guilt into atonement – Feelings in the life of a separated mother. Link
• 10 steps to More self-knowledge. Link
• Homeless at home. Link
• When things are going well, we create problems and conflicts. The paradox of the problem of solved problems. Link

Peace

• After 20 hostile years – Opening of the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Link
• Interview with Markus Treiber, Eritrea expert, on the New peace with Ethiopia. Link
• What does the The future of the two countries? Link

Violence and gaming

Time and again, the discussion flares up as to whether violence in the media leads to (further) violence in reality – or in concrete terms: whether consumers of violence also become producers of violence. What used to be discussed in cinema films such as „Natural Born Killers“ by Oliver Stone is now being continued with computer games. What is the current state of opinion and facts? Do computer games promote violence and thus conflict escalation?

• Make Computer games aggressive? Link
• A very good Summary on the current state of research – Link
• Almost every second German is a gamer – Average age rises to 36 years. Link
• Grandma, give me back my video game! – More and more senior citizens are becoming enthusiastic about computer games. Link
• Amok run in Munich – New debate on increasing violence through computer games. Link
• Computer games as the eternal scapegoat – an international problem. Link
• Excursus: Digitalisation at a young age. How young children can be effectively equipped for digital consumption. Link

Mediation and alternative dispute resolution

• The Resolving inner conflicts. Link
• Mediation in dialogue – with Dr Markus Troja. Link
• The Conflict mediators of the Bonn-based association „Mediation fördern“ help to find a solution. Link
• Air travel – Arbitration centre for public passenger transport has recorded an increase in complaints. Link
• Save your marriage – To clean or have it cleaned? Link

Stubbornness and conflict

In conflict, stubbornness can sometimes be called assertiveness or come across as steadfastness. Stubbornness can be the result of a learning process or the proof that such a process has failed. Stubbornness is an interesting description of conflict phenomena.

• When we have our Discard stubbornnesswe can perhaps begin to learn for life… Link
• It takes as long as it takes. – Stubbornness is rewarded. Link
• The stubbornness of love. Link 

Negotiations - tips and blockades

• Manipulation in negotiations – 3 examples. Link
• What to do if Negotiations fail. Link