Research and Discovery of the Insight Method

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Books on the Insight Approach

Spiritualizing Politics Without Politicizing Religion: The Example of Sargent Shriver

by Jamie Price and Kenneth Melchen, 2022

The Call: The Spiritual Realism of Sargent Shriver

by Jamie Price, 2023

An Anatomy of Everyday Arguments: Conflict and Change Through Insight

by Marnie Jull, 2022

Practicing Insight Mediation

By Cheryl Picard, 2018

Transforming Conflict through Insight.

By Kenneth Melchen and Cheryl Picard, 2008

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Peer Reviewed Published Articles featuring the insight approach

  • Price, Jamie. 2018. “Method in Analyzing Conflict Behavior: The Insight Approach”. Revista de Mediación. Vol. 11 No. 1. 
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  • Jull, Marnie. 2018. “Asking more than, “How did that make you feel?”: The Insight approach to feeling and valuing in conflict”. Revista de Mediación. Vol. 11 No. 1. 
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  • Price, Megan. 2015. “Could Insight Policing Have Saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and Others?” The Conversation (republished by Time, New Republic and others), (July 22). https://theconversation.com/could-insight- policing-have-saved-sandra-bland-freddie-gray-and-others-44065 Follow-on interview by NPR Southern California: http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2015/07/24/43815/could-insight-policing-save-black-lives/ 

  • Madrid Liras, Santiago. 2017 “Why a fourth mediation model: opportunities and integration of the insight mediation model”, Revista de Mediación. Vol. 10 No. 2. 
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    Picard, C. A. (2003), Learning about Learning: The Value of Insight”, Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 20: 477–484. 

    Picard, Cheryl. 2021 “Lonergan’s Philosophy of Insight and Its Significance for Conflict”,  Ed. Jamie Price and David Peddle. Theoforum. 

    Picard, Cheryl. 2017. “The Origins, Principles and Practices of Insight Mediation”. Revista de Mediación. Vol. 10 No. 2. 
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    Picard, C. A. and Melchin, K. R. (2007), “Insight Mediation: A Learning Centered Mediation Model”, Negotiation Journal, vol. 23 no.1: 35–53. 

    Picard, Cheryl, and Janet Siltanen. 2013. “Exploring the Significance of Emotion for Mediation Practice.” Conflict Resolution Quarterly 31 (1): 31–55. 

    Picard, Cheryl and Marnie Jull. 2011. “Learning through Deepening conversations: A key Insight mediation strategy,” Conflict Resolution Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, December 151-176. 

    Price, Jamie. 2011. “Method in Peacemaking,” in Peacemaking: From Practice to Theory, ed. Susan Allen Nan, Zachariah Cherian Mampilly, and Andrea Bartoli, vol. 2. Denver: Praeger: 610–21. 

    Price, Jamie. 2013. “Explaining Human Conflict: Human Needs Theory and the Insight Approach.” In Conflict Resolution and Human Needs: Linking Theory to Practice, ed. Kevin Avruch and Christopher Mitchell, 108–23. New York: Routledge. 

    Price, Jamie and Andrea Bartoli. 2013. “Spiritual Values, Sustainable Security and Conflict Resolution.” The Routledge Handbook on Religion and Security. Edited by Chris Seiple, Dennis R. Hoover, Pauletta Otis. New York, Routledge. 

    Price, Jamie and Kenneth Melchin. 2010. “Rediscovering Sargent Shriver’s Vision for Poverty Law: The Illinois Familycare Campaign and the Insight Approach to Conflict Resolution and Collaboration.” Clearinghouse Review, Vol 43, No 9, January-February. 

    Price, Megan. 2019. “The Role of Human Consciousness in the Emergence of Peace and Conflict,” Transformation: Exploring Spirituality, Emergent Creativity, and Reconciliation. Ed. Vern Redekop. Toronto University Press. 

    Price, Megan. 2017. “Change through Curiosity in the Insight Approach to Conflict” in Revista de Mediacion: An Insight Approach Special Issue, 11(1). 
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    Price, Megan and Bruce Blitman 2016. “Insight Policing: A Creative Approach to Building Bridges Between Police and the Communities They Serve” Dispute Resolution Journal, 71(3). 

    Price, Megan and LaTriviette Young. 2016. “Investigating the Conflict Behavior in Criminal Behavior” in Translational Criminology (Fall). Center for Evidence Based Policing, George Mason University. 

    Price, Megan. 2016. “The Process and Partnerships Behind Insight Policing” Criminal Justice Policy Review, Special Issue: Moving Beyond Discipline: The Role of Civilians in Police Accountability, 27(5).  

    Price, Megan and Jamie Price. 2015. “Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian and the Officer in Police Accountability,” Clearinghouse Review, (August 3). Follow-on interview with Shriver Center on Poverty Law via Google+
    Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn7Dcwazris 

    Price, Megan. 2014. “Reconfiguring Traditional Prescriptive Approaches to Truth and Reconciliation Processes: Adapting the Elicitive-Centered Insight Approach for the United States,” Chapter 8 in Crimes against Humanity in the Land of the Free: Can a Truth and Reconciliation Process Heal Racial Conflict in America? Ed. Imani Michelle Scott. Praeger. 

    Price, Vieve. 2019 . “The Insight Approach to Theatre: A Journey of Discovery” Theoforum: The Insight Approach to Transforming Conflict and Making Peace: Social Practice and Spiritual Action. Ed. Jamie Price and David Peddle. 

    Sargent, Neil, Cheryl Picard, and Marnie Jull. 2011. “Rethinking Conflict: Perspectives from the Insight Approach.” Negotiation Journal 27 (3): 343–66. 

    Soler, Salvador Garrido. 2017. “Insight mediation: a reflective and pedagogical model to address conflicts”, Revista de Mediación. Vol. 10 No. 2. 
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Podcast series

Welcome to the "I See Podcast," a conversational exploration into the diverse perspectives of individuals who have harnessed the transformative power of the Insight Approach in their professional journeys. From seasoned veterans to emerging talents, our guests share their personal experiences with the Insight Approach. The "I See Podcast" serves as a bridge between theory and practice, offering a space where the theoretical framework of the Insight Approach is brought to life through real-world anecdotes and applications. Join us on the "I See Podcast" as we explore the transformative power of the Insight Approach through the voices of those who have embraced its principles, sparking a curiosity that transcends boundaries and redefines the way we approach our respective crafts.