Dispute Resolution Research Center

DRRC awards

DRRC has longstanding partnerships with the International Academy of Conflict Management (IACM) and the Academy of Management (AOM), two organizations that convene faculty, PhD students, and postdoctoral fellows to share their knowledge and research.

  • The 2025 cycle has closed. We anticipate announcing the next award in early 2026.

    The Dispute Resolution Research Center (DRRC) at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management is thrilled to announce the 2025 DRRC-IACM Breakthrough Award. The award aims to support outstanding doctoral students from various backgrounds as they gain valuable professional experience in the early stages of their academic careers.

    About the Award
    The DRRC recognizes the importance of a variety of viewpoints in advancing research and education on conflict and collaboration. We are dedicated to promoting the professional development of young scholars who may face limited opportunities for networking and other career-enhancing experiences by supporting the opportunity for them to share their unique viewpoints with a professional community. To achieve this goal, we are excited to offer this award, which grants a $750 stipend to current doctoral students to attend the 2025 IACM Conference. This award will help cover expenses related to registration, airfare, lodging, and other travel accommodations.

    Eligibility
    We welcome applications from current doctoral students who:

    • believe that their background, experiences, and interests will broaden the scholarly community of IACM.
    • have an interest in topics related to conflict and collaboration, broadly construed. This includes intergroup conflict, conflict management, dispute resolution and negotiations.
    • have a submission that has been accepted for presentation at IACM.

    Preference will be given to applicants who are attending their first IACM conference.


  • 2025 IACM Awards

    Breakthrough Award

    Chen Erez, Bar-Ilan University

    Sarah Jensen, University of Utah

    Lan Phan, Columbia University

     

    Outstanding Dissertation Award

    KS Tey, INSEAD Singapore

    Navigating Moral Rhetoric in Organizations: Implications for Leaders, Employees, and Mediators

      

    2024 IACM Awards

    Breakthrough Award

    Han Li, Peking University

    Chadé Darby, Cornell University

    Feiteng Long, University of Leiden

    Tamera Shaw, Emory University


  • 2025 AOM Awards

    Best Empirical or Theoretical Paper Award

    Negotiating with Dictators in the Aloha Beach Club

    Jaelah Sarah van Tol (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Wolfgang Steinel (Leiden University)

    Best Student Paper Award

    Suspicious Minds: How Perceptions of Victim Signaling Shape Workplace Relationships

    Hsuan-Che (Brad) Huang (Boise State University), Logan Steele (University of British Columbia), Daniel Skarlicki (UBC), and Karl Aquino (UBC)

    2024 AOM Awards

    Best Empirical or Theoretical Paper Award

    The Impact of the Good Cop/Bad Cop Role Strategy on Value creation in Team-on-Team Negotiations

    Robert Lount (Ohio State University) and Seunghoo Chung (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

         

    Best Student Paper Award

    Intergenerational Confrontation and Organizational Change in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Context

    Ambreen Ben-Shmuel (Hebrew University)

Contact us about the Dispute Resolution Research Center

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