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'''Mari Christine Fitzduff''' (born in Dublin, March 15, 1947, in [[Dublin]]) is an Irish policy maker, writer and academic. She began her professional peacebuilding work in Northern Ireland in 1986 when she initiated conflict resolutionpeacebuilding and mediation programsworking atwith theuniversities Universityduring ofthe Ulster,[[Northern andIreland Queen'sconflict]] University.before Insetting 1989, she becameup a foundermediation memberorganisation ofin the Mediation Network which trained and supplied mediators for community and political mediations throughout Northern Ireland1989. In 1990 she was became thea founding director of the Community Relations Council, set up to help develop and fund many of the peacebuildingpeace initiatives in Northern Ireland. Subsequently she became the director of INCORE, a United Nations center at the University of Ulster dedicated to conflict policy related research. In 2004, she became the founding director of the international Masters of Conflict and Coexistence program at the Heller School in Brandeis University, Waltham, USA.
 
Ftizduff was later part of forming INCORE, a United Nations conflict policy research center at the University of Ulster. In 2004 she became founding director of the international Masters of Conflict and Coexistence program at the Heller School in [[Brandeis University]], Waltham, US.
 
==Career==
Fitzduff began professional peacebuilding work in 1986. Living in Northern Ireland during the conflict in 1969-1998, she set up the first courses in conflict resolution and mediation in both [[Queen's University Belfast]] and [[Ulster University]]. She went on to found Mediation Northern Ireland in 1988,{{Inconsistent|about=the year of founding Mediation Northern Ireland|date=October 2023}}{{cn|date=October 2023}} an organisation which trained and supplied mediators for community and political mediations throughout Northern Ireland in the context of the conflict.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mediation Northern Ireland|url=https://mediationnorthernireland.org/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=mediationnorthernireland.org}}</ref>
 
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From 1997-2003, she held a chair in conflict Resolution at the University of Ulster where she was the Director of UNU/INCORE, an International Conflict Research Institute which was a joint initiative of the [[United Nations University]] and the University of Ulster. It conducts policy relevant international research on conflict issues around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ulster.ac.uk/incore|title = INCORE| date=12 March 2020 }}</ref>
From 1990-97 she was the Founding Director of the Community Relations Council, an independent body that was funded by both British and European funds. It helped develop and fund many of the conflict resolution initiatives in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Community Relations Council {{!}} Community Relations Council|url=https://www.community-relations.org.uk/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=www.community-relations.org.uk}}</ref>
 
FromIn 1997-20032004, she held a chair in conflict Resolution atbecame the University of Ulster where she was theFounding Director of UNU/INCORE,the an InternationalMasters Conflict Researchand InstituteCoexistence whichprogramme was a joint initiative of theat [[United NationsBrandeis University]], andwhich theis [[Universityan ofinternational Ulster]].program, Itfor experienced conducts policy relevant international researchprofessionals onfrom conflict issuesregions around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wwwheller.ulsterbrandeis.ac.ukedu/incorecoexistence/about/index.html|title = INCOREAbout Us - Master's in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence}}</ref>
 
In 2004, she became the Founding Director of the Masters Conflict and Coexistence Programme at [[Brandeis University]], which is an international program, for experienced professionals from conflict regions around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://heller.brandeis.edu/coexistence/about/index.html|title = About Us - Master's in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence}}</ref>
 
==Degrees==
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*[[New University of Ulster]], [[Ph.D]] Social Psychology
*[[Queen's University, Belfast]] Diploma Management
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"Nobody wants the final compromise to come too quickly ... because it's the end of the dream for both sides. It will have to be a perforated border as opposed to a united Ireland, and Unionists will have to abandon dreams of complete unity with the British motherland".<ref>{{cite web|last=Clarity|first=James F.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E7DB1631F935A15753C1A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewan|title=Irish Take Heart as Peace Takes Hold|location=Belfast (Northern Ireland); Northern Ireland|work=New York Times|date=1997-10-26|accessdate=2015-07-16}}</ref>
 
== Publications. ==
Our* Brains at war: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding'. (2021) Oxford University Press.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/our-brains-at-war-9780197512654?cc=gb&lang=en&|isbn = 978-0-19-751265-4|title = Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding|author1-last=Fitzduff|author1-first=Mari|date = 30 September 2021|publisher = Oxford University Press}}</ref>▼
 
▲Our Brains at war: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding'. (2021) Oxford University Press.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/our-brains-at-war-9780197512654?cc=gb&lang=en&|isbn = 978-0-19-751265-4|title = Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding|date = 30 September 2021|publisher = Oxford University Press}}</ref>
 
Dialogue* in divided societies: Skills for working with groups in conflict' (2020) Co-author with Sue Williams.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MWW48NR/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1|title = Dialogue in divided societies: Skills for working with groups in conflict|author1-last=Fitzduff|author1-first=Mari|author2-last=Williams|author2-first=Sue|date = 16 January 2019}}</ref>
 
Why* Irrational Politics appeals: Understanding the allure of Trump' (2017) Editor. Praeger Press.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Irrational-Politics-Appeals-Understanding/dp/1440855145/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=irrational+politics+fitzduff&qid=1615640488&s=books&sr=1-1|title=Why Irrational Politics Appeals: Understanding the Allure of Trump|date=2017-02-13|id={{ASIN|1440855145|country=uk}} |editor-last=Fitzduff|editor-first=Mari|publisher=Praeger Press}}</ref>
 
Public* Policy for Shared Societies. (2013) Editor Palgrave MacMillan Press.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137276315|doi = 10.1057/9781137276322|title = Public Policies in Shared Societies|year = 2013|last1 editor-last= Fitzduff|first1 editor-first= Mari|isbn = 978-1-349-44661-2 }}</ref>
 
* {{Cite book|last=Fitzduff|first=Mari|title=The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts: From War to Peace.|date=2005-12-30|isbn=0275982017 3 Vols. (2006) Co|editor-last=Stout|editor with -first=Chris StoutE.|publisher=Praeger Praeger.<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-Resolving-Global-Conflicts-Contemporary/dp/0275982017</ref>Press}}
 
Beyond* Violence: Conflict Resolution Processes in Northern Ireland (2003) UN University Press/Brookings.<ref>{{Citecite documentweb|url=https://collections.unu.edu/view/UNU:2424|title = Beyond violence : Conflict resolution in Northern Ireland|year = 2002|last1 = Fitzduff|first1 = Mari|publisher=UN University Press/Brookings}}</ref>
 
Community Conflict Skills: Anti-sectarian work in* Northern Ireland (1988) Community Relations Council.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Community-Conflict-Skills-Handbook-Anti-Sectarian/dp/B0032Q80N8|title = Community Conflict Skills: A Handbook for Anti-Sectarian Work in Northern Ireland|date = January 1988|last1 = Fitzduff|first1 = Mari| publisher=Community Conflict Skills Project | isbn=978-0-9513209-0-7 }}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070209042443/http://israel.usembassy.gov/publish/speakers/fitzduff.html IsraelDistinguished Speaker Series: Mari Fitzduff, Ph.D. - israel.usembassy.gov]
*[http://www.beyondintractability.org/audio/10479/ Beyondintractability.org]{{dead link|date=October 2023}}
*[http://heller.brandeis.edu/facultyguide/person.html?emplid=c43fdff1c62e4b3204b6f39b28daf78c95adbf21 HellerMari Fitzduff - Brandeis University - Overview - scholarworks.brandisbrandeis.edu]
 
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