The Fletcher School

A Graduate School of International Affairs

Brian Ganson

Brian Ganson

brian.ganson@tufts.edu

Phone: (617) 471-1497

Office: Goddard 402

Address:
The Fletcher School
Tufts University
160 Packard Ave
Medford, MA 02155

Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Negotiation and Senior Fellow, The Center on Emerging Market Enterprises

Education

BA, University of Michigan
MALD, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
JD, Harvard Law School

Professional Activities

Brian Ganson counsels organizations operating in particularly challenging environments. He has assessed the interrelationships between corporate operations and social conflict at the local and national levels as an advisor to a multi-company consortium in Myanmar. He has advised a multi-national pharmaceutical company on its relationships with academic medical centers in China and other emerging markets. He has consulted to UN agencies on their operations in Bosnia and Rwanda, and has worked with a local NGO in Northern Ireland and an international development agency in Kosovo to develop their strategies for achieving technical goals in divided societies. In the U.S., he has designed and implemented conflict resolution programs for contentious civil rights disputes with the federal government. His work leads to context-appropriate governance, decision-making and operational capabilities that help multi-national corporations, development agencies, and inter-governmental organizations meet both business objectives and non-financial goals in emerging economies and post-conflict societies. Published reports from this work include (with Eileen Babbitt et al.) Imagine Coexistence: Assessing Refugee Reintegration Efforts In Divided Communities (Submitted to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 2002), and (with Mary B. Anderson) Report of the Fifth CDA/CEP Visit to the Yadana Pipeline in Myanmar/Burma (2008).

Mr. Ganson works independently and in collaboration with other leading consultancies. He has acted as Senior Researcher with the Fletcher School Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, and as a Director of Conflict Management Group, a non-profit consulting firm founded to apply the innovative approaches of the Harvard Negotiation Project to intense or protracted conflicts of public importance. He was also a Consulting Partner with Alliance Management Partners, LLC, and has partnered with a number of leading private consulting firms.

Mr. Ganson was previously a founder of the Organization Practice of Mitchell Madison Group, where he consulted to Fortune 500 companies across a number of industries. He also served as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education, where his portfolio included strategic planning, finance, information technology, and organizational improvement. He began his career as a civil rights attorney in Texas litigating impact cases in education. He has designed and conducted intensive training for diplomats, business executives, and attorneys at Harvard Law School. As a Teaching Fellow at Harvard College he was a recipient of the Danforth Award for excellence in teaching.

Courses

Fall 2009

Research Interests

Corporate operations in emerging and frontier markets; international negotiation; multi-stakeholder processes; management of complex relationships; negotiation in post-conflict environments.

Selected Publications

  • “Grand Visions and Small Projects: Notes from the Field in South Eastern Europe,” Imagine Coexistence (co-author) (2003).
  • Coping with International Conflict: A Systematic Approach to Influence in International Negotiation (co-author) (1997).
  • Beyond Machiavelli: Tools for Coping with Conflict (editor) (1994).