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Daniel Druckman

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Daniel Druckman
Born (1939-12-14) December 14, 1939 (age 86)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationMichigan State University (BA, 1961)
Duke University (Graduate studies, 1961–1962)
Northwestern University (MS, 1965; PhD, 1966)
Known forInternational Negotiation, Nationalism, Justice in Peace Agreements, Peace Operations, Robotic Mediation, Nonverbal Communication, Group Processes, Research Methodology
Honors
  • IACM Lifetime Achievement Award (2003)
  • Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)
  • IACM Outstanding Book Award (2006, 2012, 2026)
  • IACM Outstanding Article Award (2003, 2006, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2025)
  • IACM Fellow (2017)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, International Biennial on Negotiation (2016)
  • Fulbright Senior Specialist (2002)
  • Fellow, SPSSI/APA Division 9 (1999)
  • SPSSI Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award (1995)
  • L. Randolph Lowry Lecture Award (2009)
  • Best Dissertation Award, American Institutes of Research (1966-1967)
Scientific career
WorkplacesGeorge Mason University
Macquarie University
University of Southern Queensland
University of Queensland
University of Western Australia
National Academy of Sciences

Daniel Druckman is an American social scientist, conflict resolution scholar, and academic whose research covers social psychology of conflict, turning points in negotiation, international negotiation, nationalism, peace processes, procedural and distributive justice in peace building, nonverbal communication, and the evaluation of UN peace operations.[1][2] Druckman was previously the Vernon M. and Minnie I. Lynch Professor of Conflict Resolution at George Mason University.[3] He is currently Professor Emeritus at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, as well as an Honorary Professor at Macquarie University and at the University of Queensland in Australia.[4][5]

Druckman served as President of the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) from 2011 to 2012 and has received multiple lifetime achievement awards for his scholarly contributions, including the IACM Lifetime Achievement Award (2003) and the Lifetime Achievement Award presented at the 6th International Biennial on Negotiation (2016).[2][3]

Early life and education

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Druckman grew up in New York City. He completed his undergraduate studies in psychology at Michigan State University. He pursued graduate coursework in sociology and computer science at Duke University from 1961 to 1962, where he was awarded a James B. Duke Fellowship.[4] He subsequently attended Northwestern University, earning his Master of Science degree with honor in 1965 and his Ph.D. in Social Psychology in 1966, with interdisciplinary training in international relations and sociology.[3]

His doctoral dissertation focused on individual and group behavior in bargaining situations was selected as best in field of Measurement and Evaluation: Individual and Group Behavior by the Creative Talent Awards Program of the American Institutes for Research in 1966–1967.[4]

Academic and professional career

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Druckman began his academic career as an instructor in psychology at Lake Forest College (1965–1966) before taking a position as Senior Research Scientist and Program Director at the Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago (1966–1975).[4] In the mid-1970s and early 1980s, he conducted applied policy research and policy modeling as Senior Research Scientist and as the Mathtech Scientist at Mathematica, Inc. (1975–1982) and Senior Scientist and Program Manager at Booz, Allen & Hamilton (1982–1985).[4]

From 1985 to 1997, Druckman held research positions at the National Research Council / National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. During his tenure, he served as Principal Study Director for the Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance (1985-1992)[6], Senior Staff Officer for the Committee on Social Science Contributions to the Prevention of Nuclear War (1985-1992)[4] and for the Committee on International Conflict and Cooperation (1993-1997).[7] He was also Co-Director of the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (1989-1991).[8]

In 1997, Druckman joined the faculty of George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR), serving as Coordinator of the Doctoral Program and was appointed as the Vernon M. and Minnie I. Lynch Professor of Conflict Resolution in 2001.[3][2] He transitioned to Professor of Public and International Affairs in 2006 and Professor Emeritus at the Schar School of Policy and Government in 2016, both at George Mason University.[4] Internationally, Druckman has held professorial and research appointments at Sabanci University (Istanbul), Uppsala University (Sweden), the Australian National University, Melbourne Business School, Macquarie University, the University of Queensland, and at National Yunlin University in Taiwan.[4]. He was appointed as a member of the Consensus Working Group for recommendations on actions to save the Australian Great Barrier Reef, Townsville, Queensland, Australia (2024-2025).[9]

Research and scholarship

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Druckman has authored or co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and book chapters.

His primary research domains include:

  • International Negotiation and Turning Points: Analytical frameworks to identify critical moments, departure points, and structural transitions in bilateral and multilateral negotiations (such as arms control, trade, and base rights agreements).[10] Druckman's concept of turning points in negotiation was the subject of a special issue of the journal Négociations entitled "Stages, Turning Points, and Crises: A revisite, 30 Years On" in 2017.[11]
  • Justice and Peace Agreements: How procedural and distributive justice principles influence the durability of peace treaties and civil war terminations (co-authored with Lynn Wagner and Cecilia Albin).[12][13][14]
  • Evaluating Peace Operations: Frameworks for measuring UN and international peacekeeping mission effectiveness (with Paul F. Diehl).[15]
  • Nonverbal Communication and Technology: Nonverbal cues to deception and other intentions.[16]
  • E-mediation and Robotic Mediation: Impacts of electronic mediation in settling conflicts (versus humans) and on impacts of robot mediators on negotiation processes and outcomes.[17][18]
  • Research Methodology: Druckman served as an instructor for graduate level quantitative and qualitative research methods courses and published a research methods book for conflict analysis, Doing Research: Methods of Inquiry for Conflict Analysis in 2005.[19] In Sara Davies's review published in the Australian Journal of International Affairs, she noted that the book covers introductory and advanced research methods in peace and conflict studies, while recommending that beginners may benefit from reading an introductory methods text first.[20] In another review, William Donohue said that Doing Research is the first book of its kind and brings together multiple methodological approaches for conflict research.[21] This book received the IACM best book award in 2006.[22]

Druckman wrote about his career in the 2023 book, “Negotiation, Identity, and Justice: Pathways to Agreement.”[23] Abhinay Muthoo's review in the Scandinavian Journal of Management noted the book's empirical focus on complex social systems.[24]

Bibliography

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Selected Books

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  • Diehl, P. F. & Druckman, D. (2027). Evaluating Peace Operations: How Do We Know They Work? (2nd ed.). Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.
  • Diehl, P. F., Druckman, D., & Mueller, G. (2024). When Peacekeeping Missions Collide: Balancing Multiple Roles in Peace Operations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Druckman, D. (2023). Negotiation, Identity, and Justice: Pathways to Agreement. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
  • Diehl, P. F., & Druckman, D. (2010). Evaluating Peace Operations. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
  • Druckman, D. (2005). Doing Research: Methods of Inquiry for Conflict Analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Druckman, D. & Green, J. (1986). Political Stability in the Philippines: Framework and Analysis. Denver CO: Denver University Press.
  • Druckman, D., Rozelle, R.M., & Baxter, J.C. (1982).  Nonverbal Communication: Survey, Theory, and Research. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Druckman, D. (Ed.). (1977). Negotiations: Social Psychological Perspectives. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.

Selected Journal Articles and Chapters

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  • Druckman, D., & Wood, S. (2025). "Scaling Up, Down, and Across: Pathways to a Theory of National Identity." In D. Druckman Negotiation, Identity, and Justice: Pathways to Agreements. London: Routledge.
  • Druckman, D., & Wagner, L. (2019). "Justice Matters: Peace Negotiations, Stable Agreements, and Durable Peace." Journal of Conflict Resolution, 63(2), 287–316.
  • Druckman, D. & Wagner, L. (2016). "Justice and Negotiation." Annual Review of Psychology, 67: 387-413.
  • Druckman, D. (2001). "Turning Points in International Negotiation: A Comparative Analysis." Journal of Conflict Resolution, 45(4), 519–544.
  • Druckman, D. (1994). "Determinants of Compromising Behavior in Negotiation: A Meta-Analysis." Journal of Conflict Resolution, 38(3), 507–556.
  • Druckman, D. (1993). "The Situational Levers of Negotiating Flexibility." Journal of Conflict Resolution, 37 (2): 236-276.
  • Druckman, D. (1994). "Nationalism, Patriotism, and Group Loyalty: A Social-Psychological Perspective." Mershon International Studies Review, 38(1), 43–68.
  • Druckman, D. & Zechmeister, K. (1973). "Conflict of Interest and Value Dissensus: Propositions in the Sociology of Conflict." Human Relations, 26(4): 449-466.

Awards and honors

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  • IACM Best Book Award for When Peacekeeping Missions Collide (Oxford University Press) (2026)[25]
  • ISA-Midwest J. David Singer Book Award (2025)[25]
  • IACM Outstanding Theoretical Publication Award (2025)
  • INFORMS Group Decision and Negotiation Section Award (2024)[26]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University (2022)
  • Gregory Kersten GDN Journal Best Paper Award (2021)
  • Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)
  • Jeffrey Z. Rubin Theory-to-Practice Award (2018)[22]
  • Fellow, IACM (Inaugural Class 2017)[27]
  • Lifetime Achievement award presented at the 6th International Biennial on Negotiation, Novancia Business School Paris (2016)
  • L. Randolph Lowry Lecture Award, Southern California Mediation Association (2009)[28]
  • IACM Lifetime Achievement Award (2003)[3]
  • Fulbright Senior Specialist (2002)
  • Fellow, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI / APA Division 9, 1999)
  • SPSSI Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award (1995)
  • Best Dissertation Award, American Institutes of Research, 1966-1967

Personal life

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Druckman is married to Marjorie Druckman, and they sponsor the Marjorie & Daniel Druckman Research Fellowship. His two children are Kathy (1968-2014)[29] and James (1971- ). He has four grandchildren. He resides in Potomac, Maryland.

References

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  1. ↑ "Dan Druckman, A Global Scholar". dandruckman.schar.gmu.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
  2. 1 2 3 Beriker, Nimet; Allen, Susan; Larson, Mary Jo; Wagner, Lynn (2018). "Innovations in Doing Conflict Research: The Legacy of Daniel Druckman". Negotiation and Conflict Management Research. 11 (1): 72–87. doi:10.1111/ncmr.12101. ISSN 1750-4716.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Barry, Bruce (2003-01-01). "Daniel Druckman: International Association for Conflict Management's Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, 2003". International Journal of Conflict Management. 14 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1108/eb022887. ISSN 1044-4068.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Professor Emeritus Daniel Druckman | Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University". schar.gmu.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
  5. ↑ "Honorary Professor Dan Druckman". polsis.uq.edu.au. 2026-07-01. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
  6. ↑ National Research Council. 1988. Enhancing Human Performance: Issues, Theories, and Techniques. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/1025
  7. ↑ National Research Council. 2000. International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/9897
  8. ↑ National Research Council. 1992. Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human Dimensions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/1792
  9. ↑ Pineda, M-C; Waterhouse, J (2024). 2022 Scientific Consensus Statement: Approach to the Consensus Process (PDF). Townsville, Queensland, Australia: C2O Consulting.
  10. ↑ Druckman, Daniel (2001). "Turning Points in International Negotiation: A Comparative Analysis". The Journal of Conflict Resolution. 45 (4): 519–544. doi:10.1177/0022002701045004006. ISSN 0022-0027. JSTOR 3176310.
  11. ↑ Négociations 2017/2 (No 28). ISBN 978-2-8073-9119-2. ISSN 1780-9231.
  12. ↑ Druckman, Daniel; Wagner, Lynn (2019). "Justice Matters: Peace Negotiations, Stable Agreements, and Durable Peace". The Journal of Conflict Resolution. 63 (2): 287–316. doi:10.1177/0022002717739088. ISSN 0022-0027. JSTOR 48596898.
  13. ↑ Druckman, Daniel; Albin, Cecilia (2011). "Distributive justice and the durability of peace agreements". Review of International Studies. 37 (3): 1137–1168. doi:10.1017/S0260210510000549. ISSN 0260-2105.
  14. ↑ Albin, Cecilia; Druckman, Daniel (2012-04-01). "Equality Matters: Negotiating an End to Civil Wars". Journal of Conflict Resolution. 56 (2): 155–182. doi:10.1177/0022002711431798. ISSN 0022-0027.
  15. ↑ Diehl, Paul F.; Druckman, Daniel (2010-07-01). Evaluating Peace Operations. Lynne Rienner Publishers. doi:10.1515/9781685856922. ISBN 978-1-68585-692-2.
  16. ↑ Druckman, Daniel; Olekalns, Mara (2008-01-01). "Emotions in negotiation". Group Decision and Negotiation. 17 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1007/s10726-007-9091-9. ISSN 1572-9907.
  17. ↑ Adrian, Lin; Druckman, Daniel; Vestergaard, Christina (2026). "Impacts of a Robot Mediator on the Negotiation Process". Group Decision and Negotiation. 35 (2): 37. doi:10.1007/s10726-026-09995-8. ISSN 0926-2644.
  18. ↑ Druckman, Daniel; Adrian, Lin; Damholdt, Malene Flensborg; Filzmoser, Michael; Koszegi, Sabine T.; Seibt, Johanna; Vestergaard, Christina (April 2021). "Who is Best at Mediating a Social Conflict? Comparing Robots, Screens and Humans". Group Decision and Negotiation. 30 (2): 395–426. doi:10.1007/s10726-020-09716-9. ISSN 0926-2644.
  19. ↑ Druckman, Daniel (2005). Doing Research. SAGE Publications, Inc. doi:10.4135/9781412983969. ISBN 978-1-4129-8396-9.
  20. ↑ "Book reviews". Australian Journal of International Affairs. 62 (2): 260–278. 2008-06-01. doi:10.1080/10357710802060592. ISSN 1035-7718.
  21. ↑ Donohue, William A. (2007-10-04). "Methods, Milestones, and Models: State of the Art in Conflict Analysis Research". Negotiation Journal. 23 (4): 487–497. doi:10.1111/j.1571-9979.2007.00160.x. ISSN 0748-4526.
  22. 1 2 "Association Awards – International Association for Conflict Management". Retrieved 2026-08-16.
  23. ↑ Druckman, Daniel (2023-03-14). Negotiation, Identity and Justice: Pathways to Agreement (1 ed.). London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003293361. ISBN 978-1-003-29336-1.
  24. ↑ Muthoo, Abhinay (2026). "Review of Negotiation, Identity and Justice: Pathways to Agreement, by Daniel Druckman". Scandinavian Journal of Management. doi:10.1016/j.scaman.2026.101475.
  25. 1 2 "Professor Emeritus Daniel Druckman Earns Two Book Awards | Schar School of Policy and Government". schar.gmu.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
  26. ↑ "GDN INFORMS Section Award Recipients - Group Decision and Negotiation". connect.informs.org. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
  27. ↑ "Fellows – International Association for Conflict Management". Retrieved 2026-08-18.
  28. ↑ "L. Randolph Lowry Award". Statewide California Mediation Association.
  29. ↑ "Kathy Lee Berggren Obituary (2014) - Ithaca, NY - Ithaca Journal". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
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