Alright, this has nothing to do with conflict resolution, but it’s research that’s certainly worth a laugh. From the December British Medical Journal.
Published 17 December 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a2825
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a2825
Research
Christmas 2008: Music
Head and neck injury risks in heavy metal: head bangers stuck between rock and a hard bass
Declan Patton, research assistant, Andrew McIntosh, associate [...]

What is it about December and a lack of interest in mediation and conflict resolution?

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For your holiday entertainment, here’s a physical example of the potential lose-lose outcome in adversarial games.

This recently went out from PON consortium:
The Program on Negotiation Graduate Research Fellowships are designed to encourage young scholars from the social sciences and professional disciplines to pursue theoretical, empirical, and/or applied research in negotiation and dispute resolution. Consistent with the PON goal of fostering the development of the next generation of scholars, this program [...]