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nstitute for Research and Education
IRENE is an institute for research and education affiliated with ESSEC Business School
IRENE's network is composed of more than thirty experts on negotiation and conflict management
Among them are PhD students, professors and professionals in the fields of negotiation and conflict management both in the public and private sectors
   
esearch - Conferences, publications and role simulations
IRENE conducts research through case studies and interviews with professionals in order to develop a practical approach to negotiation and conflict management, for example by
Analysing a case of public consultation in the field of urban planning and creating a special CD-Rom for training purposes: the Francilienne Highway case
Currently doing research on how to prevent and manage conflicts in a company
Publishing a special edition of "Personnel" on social dialogue

IRENE organizes about ten conferences each year. The following have recently taken place :
14 th annual conference of the International Association for Conflict Management (300 experts)
Conferences on negotiating the 35-hour week of labour, on collective outplacement
Conference on Talleyrand (400 participants at the French Senate and the Institut de France in Paris )
Conference on mediation and conflict management in the Airline industry
   
ducation - academic and continuing education programs
IRENE trains over 2500 managers each year in four different languages, French, English, German and Spanish (AGF, ANDCP, BCG, Faurecia, France Telecom, Gemplus, Groupama, McKinsey, Philips, Vivendi ; CNDP, various French ministries ; European Commission, World Bank, etc.)
IRENE is in charge of negotiation training seminars for international development projects organized by the United Nations (UN), the World Heath Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
IRENE organizes academic programs at ESSEC Business School, at Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, the Ecole Centrale and ENST
   
egotiation - a cross-disciplinary approach based on specialization

IRENE's objective is to conduct in-depth research in several key negotiation areas, among which:
Social dialogue
Crisis and conflict management, including mediation
European and public negotiations
Intercultural and diplomatic negotiations
Negotiating contracts and alliances

   
urope - An international reference in Europe
IRENE is a strategic partner of major international institutions, whose directors are members of IRENE's scientific committee:
Harvard University & Program on Negotiation (Robert Mnookin)
John Hopkins University (William Zartman)
Northwestern University & Kellogg Dispute Resolution Center (Jeanne Brett, Stephen Goldberg)
IRENE has founded a European school of thought, by analysing ancient European sources of negotiation and publishing an updated version of related works.
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