Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series: Sarah Stroup, Political Science

Bridging Scholarship and Practice: A Conflict Transformation Story

Conflict transformation is an approach that grew out of international relations (IR), and that intellectual history informed the work of IR scholar Sarah Stroup as she took the helm of the Conflict Transformation Collaborative at Middlebury. Yet the core ethics of conflict transformation are deeply interdisciplinary and applicable at all levels of conflict, from the interpersonal to the organizational to the global. At the end of her three-year term as director of the CT Collaborative, Sarah Stroup shares some lessons learned about fostering constructive conflict. Bridging the role of scholar and nascent practitioner has been a humbling process of learning and growth, and revealed the central role of deep relationships and collaboration.