Morton Deutsch

Morton Deutsch (born February 4, 1920), is a social psychologist and researcher in conflict resolution.

He received a B.S. from the City College of New York in 1939 and his M.A. in 1940 from the University of Pennsylvania. Subsequently, he studied at the MIT under Kurt Lewin, where he was graduated with a Ph.D. in 1948.

Deutsch is considered the founder of modern conflict resolution theory and practice. He has written and researched areas which pioneered current efforts in conflict resolution and diplomacy. His books include: Interracial Housing (1951); Distributive Justice (1985); and the Handbook of Conflict Resolution; Theory and Practice (2000).

In 1986, he founded the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) at Columbia University, where he still holds emeritus professor status. Deutsch has been recognized for lifetime achievement by many associations including the American Psychological Association (APA) which awarded him both the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, and the Distinguished Research Scientist Award. He has also been awarded the Kurt Lewin Memorial Award, the G.W. Allport Prize, and the Carl Hovland Memorial Award.

He has served as president of several professional associations including the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the International Society of Political Psychology, and several Divisions of the APA.

Writings

• Research methods in social relations. New York: Holt & Dryden, 1951 and 1959 (2nd ed.) (with C. Selltiz, M. Jahoda, & S.W. Cook). OCLC 489920669

• Interracial housing: A psychological evaluation of a social experiment. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1951 (with M.E. Collins).

• Preventing World War III: Some proposals. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962 (edited with Q. Wright and W.M. Evan).

• Theories in social psychology, New York: Basic Books, 1965 (with R.M. Krauss).

• The Resolution of Conflict; Constructive and Destructive Processes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977, 1985. ISBN 978-0300021868

• Applying social psychology: Implications for research, practice and training. Hillsdale, N.J.: L. Erlbaum Associates, 1975 (edited with H. Hornstein). ISBN 978-0470209653

• Distributive justice: A social psychological perspective. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. ISBN 978-0300032901

• The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice. (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2006 (with Peter T. Coleman and Eric C. Marcus, editors). ISBN 978-0585221229

References

• Erica Frydenberg. Morton Deutsch: A Life and Legacy of Mediation and Conflict Resolution, 2005. ISBN 978-1875378555

External links

• ICCCR home page

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