The Wallace Stegner Center Environmental Dispute Resolution (EDR) Program is currently accepting applications for the 2025 Collaboration Certificate Course. This 7-session online course teaches mid- and upper-level professionals working on environmental, natural resource, and public policy issues the “art and science” of collaborative problem-solving and conflict resolution through lectures, case studies, peer-to-peer sharing, discussion, and simulation exercises. 

Applications are due April 30, 2025. Apply online here.

The Collaboration Certificate Course starts September 17, 2025; session dates and times are posted on the course webpage. Tuition is $1,600. Limited scholarships may be available.

Course participants will acquire:

• Awareness and skills to help them harness the co-creative potential of conflict and participate in multi-party collaborative processes;

• Techniques for identifying opportunities for collaborative problem-solving, as well as skills for convening, facilitating, and sustaining collaborative efforts; and

• Experience assessing whether a situation is ready for a collaborative approach.