MBB Gateway to Beyond Intractability on MBB Conflictpedia is a gateway to Beyond Intractability knowledge base on more constructive approaches to destructive conflict, which was developed by Guy and Heidi Burgess at the University of Colorado.

You can research basic conflict and conflict resolution concepts and theory; conflict resolution and peacebuilding “best practices,” current news on conflict topics and locations of MBB concern, and interviews with leading conflict professionals. Experienced practitioners will be familiar with some of the information in this blog that know, but they might find it useful for training others. Other information is more advanced or “cutting edge.”

All of the articles that come from Beyond Intractability contain many internal and external links to other related articles, so that users can enter an actual worldwide web of information on conflict and peacebuilding. Many of the articles also have links to short PowerPoint summaries and audio segments of leading peace scholars and practitioners talking about the particular topic.

If you know what you are looking for:
Use our search systems to search the entire Beyond Intractability knowledge base.

  • Beyond Intractability Search
    Simple and advanced searching of Beyond
    Intractability and cited references.
  • News Search
    Simultaneously search 15 leading English-language newspapers from around the world for recent news stories on conflict-related topics.

If you are not sure what you are looking for:
Browse the categories below to find out what information is available on different topics.

Other materials of potential interest include:

  • Interviews: 100+hours of audio interviews with transcripts with conflict professionals talking about their most profound insights and moments. These can be browsed or searched–so if you want to find everyone who talks about restorative justice, for example, just type “restorative justice” into the search field at the top of the interview page.
  • Educational Resources Several online and face-to-face simulations are available here, together with a number of other educational tools.
  • News Browse Browse through a list of conflict locations and intervention techniques to read the news on each of these places and approaches. Beyond Intractability does daily searches of 15 leading English language newspapers for their latest coverage on over 100 topics. Note: the date sorting on the pre-done searches isn’t currently working properly. If you want the latest information, click on “search” from the top of the news browser (or here), type in the term you want to search for, and then at the bottom of the form you can specify that you want results from the “past day,” “past week,” “past month,” etc.