Herbert C. Kelman Author of Evaluating Organization Development
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Herbert C. Kelman

Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus
Harvard University

Herbert C. Kelman is Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He has been engaged for many years in the development of interactive problem solving, an unofficial third-party approach to the resolution of international conflicts, and its application to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Since 2011 he has been Honorary President of the Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation, based in Vienna.

Subjects: Social Psychology

Biography

Herbert C. Kelman is the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus, at Harvard University and was (from 1993 to 2003) Director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Yale University in 1951. He is past president of the International Studies Association, the International Society of Political Psychology, the Interamerican Society of Psychology, and several other professional associations. He is recipient of many awards, including the Socio-Psychological Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1956), the Kurt Lewin Memorial award (1973), the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (1981), the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order (1997), the Austrian Medal of Honor for Science and Art (1998), and the Gold Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital of Vienna (2012). His major publications include International Behavior: A Social-Psychological Analysis (editor; 1965), A Time to Speak: On Human Values and Social Research (1968), and Crimes of Obedience: Toward a Social Psychology of Authority and Responsibility (with V. Lee Hamilton; 1989). He has been engaged for many years in the development of interactive problem solving, an unofficial third party approach to the resolution of international and intercommunal conflicts, and in its application to the Arab-Israeli conflict, with special emphasis on its Israeli-Palestinian component.

Education

    B.A. in English and Psychology, Brooklyn College, 1947
    B.H.L. in Judaica, Seminary College of Jewish Studies, 1947
    Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Yale University, 1951

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

    Social and Political Psychology, International Relations, Ethics of Social Research

Books

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