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The central focus of this handbook is to explore pathways of intergroup conflict resolution and peace against the backdrop of current existential crises, drawing on knowledge and findings from diverse sources and perspectives. A hopeful theme is that there are alternatives to war and violence in intergroup relations and that humans can work together not only to resolve conflicts but to find viable solutions to shared concerns.
The handbook addresses conflict in the broader context of the existential challenges of our time by exploring how coordinated global teamwork, nonviolent forms of conflict resolution, and alternatives narratives support prosocial dynamics from local to global levels. A central theme is that challenges today are not parochial issues but rather affect every person on the planet and the future of the species. As shared human problems, they are best addressed through cooperative approaches.
This fascinating handbook will prove a valuable resource for anyone interested in how humanity can cooperate to solve regional and global problems that threaten humans and other forms of life on Earth.
Douglas P. Fry is Professor Emeritus of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Docent of Cross-Cultural Developmental Psychology at Åbo Akademi University in Vasa, Finland, and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity at Columbia University. He holds a doctorate in Anthropology from Indiana University. Fry’s articles on war and peace have been published in leading journals such as Science, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, and American Anthropologist. His books include Advanced Introduction to Conflict Resolution, Nurturing Our Humanity (with Riane Eisler), War, Peace and Human Nature, Beyond War, and Keeping the Peace, among others.
Geneviève Souillac earned her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong. She has held academic positions in Hong Kong, Australia, Finland, the United States, and Japan, where she was Academic Program Associate at the United Nations University. Most recently, she served as Professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She co-authored “Societies within peace systems avoid war and build positive intergroup relationships” published open access in the journal Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2021. Dr. Souillac is the author of A Study in Transborder Ethics, The Burden of Democracy, and Human Rights in Crisis as well as many book chapters and journal articles on global ethics and cultural histories of peace. She is currently affiliated with the Faculty of Theology at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) where she is conducting research at the intersection of Continental Philosophy and theological ethics for peace.