Bruce Dayton
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Associate Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Degree
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1999
Specialties
Peacebuilding and conflict resolution, crisis management
Courses
Fall
Fundamentals of Conflict Studies
Spring
Crisis Management
Publications
Books
Constructive Conflicts: From Escalation to Resolution 4th Edition (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2012) (with Louis Kriesberg)
Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding: Moving From Violence to Sustainable Peace. London: Routledge, 2009) (co-edited with Louis Kriesberg)
Recent Articles and Book Chapters
“Oslo and Its Aftermath: Lessons Learned from Track Two Diplomacy.” Negotiation Journal, Vol. 28, No 2 (April 2012), pp. 155-180 (with Esra Cuhadar).
“Track Two Diplomacy and the Transfer of Peacebuilding Capacity.” In Stuart Brown, ed., Transnational Transfers and Global Development. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), pp. 167-181.
“The Social Psychology of Identity and Intergroup Conflict: From Theory to Practice.” International Studies Perspective. Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2011), pp. 273-293 (with Esra Cuhadar).
“Useful but Insufficient: Intermediaries in Peacebuilding.” In Bruce W. Dayton and Louis Kriesberg (eds.), Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding: Moving From Violence to Sustainable Peace (London: Routledge, 2009), pp. 61-73.
“Transboundary Crises through the Eyes of Policymakers: Sense Making and Crisis Management.” Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 17, No. 4 (2009), pp. 233-241 (with Margaret Hermann).
“Evaluation in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding.” In Dennis Sandole, Sean Byrne,Ingrid Sandole-Staroste, and Jessica Senehi (eds.), Handbook for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (London: Routledge, 2008), pp. 286-300 (with Esra Cuhadar and Thania Paffenholz).
Research Interests
The role of intermediaries in the de-escalation of intrastate conflicts
Leadership decision making in times of crisis
Political Psychology
Research Projects
Dayton heads research projects on transboundary crisis management, human security, and track two diplomacy at the Moynihan Institute. See: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan_tss.aspx