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Summary papers and Powerpoint presentations from ADR Research Forum 2010
Summary papers and Powerpoint presentations from ADR Research Forum 2010
All available summary papers and Powerpoint presentations are listed below.
Session: Family dispute resolution – Issues, processes and future practice
- Mandatory dispute resolution and the 2006 family law reforms. Use, outcomes, links to other pathways, and the impact of family violence – Professor Lawrence Moloney, Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Culturally Reflexive Family Dispute Resolution – Dr Susan Armstrong, University of Western Australia, Ms Paula Bruce, Family Relationship Centre Parramatta, Anglicare and Mr Ross Butler, Family Relationship Centre Bankstown, CatholicCare Sydney
- How to measure family violence in family mediation services? Methodological considerations from an evaluation project – Dr Helen Cleak and Professor Margot Schofield, La Trobe University (Summary paper and Powerpoint not provided)
- How to measure family violence and culturally appropriate approaches to mediation? Methodological considerations from the Broadmeadows Family Relationship Centre evaluation project – Dr Helen Cleak, Dr Nikola Balvin, Dr Lola Akin Ojelabi, Dr Tom Fisher and Ms Alikki Vernon, La Trobe University (Summary paper and Powerpoint not provided)
- Incorporating Fairness into Development of an integrated Multi-agent Online Dispute Resolution Environment – Family Dispute Resolution – Dr Brooke Abrahams, Dr Emilia Belluci and Professor John Zeleznikow, Victoria University
Session: Mediation, ethics, theory and practice
- Rethinking Mediation Ethics: A Contextual Method to Support Party Self Determination – Ms Rachael Field, Queensland University of Technology
- The Changing Role of the Mediator in Multicultural Australia – Professor Bee Chen Goh, Southern Cross University
Session: ADR in complex disputes
- Correctional Centre Conferencing program – a Restorative Practice program reducing the risk of recidivism in the Northern Territory – Mr Ippei Okazaki, Community Justice Centre Northern Territory (Summary paper not provided)
- Building trust in high conflict communities – Lessons for ADR practice – Mr Stephen Hooper, World Vision Middle East (Summary paper not provided)
- Preventing the financial abuse of older people by a family member: Designing and evaluating older-person-centred models of family mediation – Associate Professor Dale Bagshaw, University of South Australia
- Preventing the financial abuse of older people by a family member: Designing and evaluating older-person-centred models of family mediation - [DOC 91KB]
- Preventing the financial abuse of older people by a family member: Designing and evaluating older-person-centred models of family mediation - [PDF 264KB]
- Elder Law Mediation – The Devil You Know – Ms Sue Field, Dr Gregory Tillet, University of Western Sydney and Ms Karen Williams, Private Bar Queensland (Summary paper and Powerpoint not provided)
Session: Teaching ADR – impacts and issues
- ADR education: creating engagement and increasing mental well-being through an interactive and constructive approach – Dr Jill Howieson, University of Western Australia
- Research into the Teaching of ADR in Selected Australian Law Schools: Promoting Non-adversarial Practice in Law – Kathy Douglas, Doctoral Candidate, RMIT
Session: ADR innovation and blended processes
- Conflict in the Compact City: Preferences and Justice – Mr Peter Condliffe, Barrister and Research Scholar, Victoria University (Summary paper and Powerpoint not provided)
- Using ADR methodology within court hearings: an experiment in the NZ family courts – Dr Berry Zondag, University of Auckland
- Beyond Interest Based Bargaining – Incorporating Interests and Justice in the Development of Negotiation Support Systems – Professor John Zeleznikow, Victoria University
- Beyond Interest Based Bargaining – Incorporating Interests and Justice in the Development of Negotiation Support Systems – [DOC 52KB]
- Beyond Interest Based Bargaining – Incorporating Interests and Justice in the Development of Negotiation Support Systems – [PDF 170KB]
- Powerpoint - Beyond Interest Based Bargaining - [DOC 44KB]
- Powerpoint - Beyond Interest Based Bargaining - [PDF 427KB]
- Readiness for online mediation: Application of a modified Unified Theory of User Acceptance of Technology – Dr Elisabeth Wilson-Evered, Ms Samantha Aldrige and Mr Tristan Casey, Relationships Australia, Queensland
- Readiness for online mediation: Application of a modified Unified Theory of User Acceptance of Technology – [DOC 479KB]
- Readiness for online mediation: Application of a modified Unified Theory of User Acceptance of Technology – [PDF 248KB]
- Powerpoint - Readiness for online mediation - [DOC 858KB]
- Powerpoint - Readiness for online mediation - [PDF 1.07MB]
Session: ADR – policy, projects and processes – what is the research approach and what are funders looking for?
- Overview of Appropriate Dispute Resolution reforms in Victoria – Mr Neil Twist, Department of Justice Victoria
- Mandatory cooling off periods in mediation – Ms Genevieve Nihill, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Summary paper Powerpoint not provided)
- QCAT: A new tribunal with an ADR focus – Mr James Allen, Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Summary paper and Powerpoint not provided)
- Prevention is better than cure – Mr Nick Westerink, Australian Taxation Office
Plenary address: Research into court and ADR programs
- Building an ADR Compass: Gathering Useful Empirical Data on Where We Are, Where We Might Go, and How to Get There – Mr Geoffrey McGovern, RAND Corporation USA
Session: ADR – The role of agents and lawyers
- No square pegs in round holes: what mediators want lawyers to do in mediations and how they get it – Ms Cheree Sefton, Doctoral Candidate, Australian National University
- No square pegs in round holes: what mediators want lawyers to do in mediations and how they get it - [DOC 57KB]
- No square pegs in round holes: what mediators want lawyers to do in mediations and how they get it - [PDF 195KB]
- Powerpoint - No square pegs in round holes - [DOC 38KB]
- Powerpoint - No square pegs in round holes - [PDF 252KB]
- The economic benefit of lawyer assisted ADR in family law matters – Mr Alan Kirkland, National Legal Aid
- You say, they say: What’s important in mediation? Mediators and parties decide – Ms Lynne Richards and Ms Karen Petch, Australian Commercial Disputes Centre
- Powerpoint - What's important in mediation - [DOC 411KB]
- Powerpoint - What's important in mediation - [PDF 597KB]
- Summary paper not provided
Session: Evaluating ADR in industry
- The National Benchmarks: setting the standards for those involved in ADR – Mr Simon Cohen, Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (Summary paper and Powerpoint not provided)
- Using research to drive improvements in telecommunications service providers’ dispute resolution processes – Mr Simon Cohen, Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (Summary paper and Powerpoint not provided)
- The alternative dispute resolution process in an industry-based Ombudsman setting – Ms Fiona McLeod, Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria)
- The alternative dispute resolution process in an industry-based Ombudsman setting – [DOC 34KB]
- The alternative dispute resolution process in an industry-based Ombudsman setting – [PDF 63KB]
- Powerpoint - ADR process in an industry-based Ombudsman setting [DOC 36KB]
- Powerpoint - ADR process in an industry-based Ombudsman setting [PDF 326KB]
- Taking care of Business: Structuring Franchise Systems to Anticipate and Productively Address Conflict – Professor Jeff Giddings, Professor Lorelle Frazer, Dr Scott Weaven, Associate Professor Debra Grace and Mr Anthony Grace, Griffith University
Other presentations
- Collaborative Law: Lessons learned from the Australian Capital Territory – Associate Professor Anne Ardagh, Charles Sturt University
- Making decisions on suitability for conciliation: a focus on access for people with a disability – Ms Lynne Coulson Barr, Office of Disability Services Commissioner and Doctoral Candidate, Monash University
- Research and Evaluation of ADR Processes – Learning from the Past and Present to Inform the Future – Professor Tania Sourdin, University of Queensland
- Understanding Indian culture and family relationships among Indian communities – Ms Reeta Verma, La Trobe University