with Dr Samantha Hardy

Dr Samantha Hardy presents a three-part series on working with emotions in the conflict resolution context.

In this the second session Samantha explores:

- How emotions impact on important processes in conflict, such as information seeking, reasoning and decision making
- Examines some typical emotions in conflict situations and how they impact on parties’ behaviour
- Considers how practitioners can harness emotions to support curiosity, cooperation and problem solving.

The other two sessions in the series are as follows:

Session 1 | Working with emotions in conflict: recent emotions research and what it means for conflict resolution practitioners

Session 3 | Regulating and expressing emotions in conflict: practical skills for conflict resolution practitioners