Mediation process design: supporting dialogue and negotiation

This description is only available in English.

  • 03–04.11.2025

    Course dates

  • 2 days

    Course duration

  • Zurich

    Course location

  • English
    Course language
  • 02.06.2025

    Registration start

  • CHF 570

    Course fee

Course description

Development cooperation practitioners need to understand conflict mediation dynamics to improve collaboration in an increasingly complex reality. This course provides insights on dialogue, negotiation, and mediation process design in the areas of development, peace, and governance-building in fragile contexts.

Date and venue

Course date

17–21.11.2025, 5 days

Course location

ETH Zurich, Building CLD, Clausiusstrasse 37, 8092 Zurich

Fees

Course fee

CHF 570

Registration

Registration deadline

Registration starts 02.06.2025

Organiser

Course management

Dr Medinat Malefakis, NADEL
Dr Simon Mason, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich

Contact

NADEL – Center for Development and Cooperation
ETH Zurich
  • +41 44 632 58 80

Clausiusstrasse 37
CLD
8092 Zurich

Responsible body

ETH Zurich, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (D-​GESS), NADEL – Global Cooperation and Sustainable Development

Good to know

Target group

Students of the MAS/CAS in Development and Cooperation as well as interested persons with at least 24 months of work experience in international development cooperation. PhD students who conduct empirical research within the field of development cooperation.

Course language(s)

English

Additional information

This course can count towards the CAS ETH Development and Cooperation certificate, if participants hand in their full application for the CAS within the same semester of attending their first course at NADEL.

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