PAULA F. GUTLOVE, DMD Institute for Resource and Security Studies 27 Ellsworth Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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February 2004
Development, administration and execution of international programs that address conflict management, community reconciliation, psychosocial healing and the building of peace and democracy.
Work Experience
Deputy Director: Institute for Resource and Security Studies (IRSS), Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 2002 to present.
The Institute for Resource and Security Studies is a non-profit non-governmental organization founded in 1984 to promote international security and the sustainable use of natural resources.
Program Director: International Conflict Management Program (IRSS), June 1990 to present.
As part of its work on international security, IRSS engages in conflict management and social reconstruction through its International Conflict Management Program. This program operates a variety of international projects designed to improve communication, build understanding, resolve conflicts, and promote cooperation among conflict-divided communities. The director's responsibilities include public relations, design and facilitation of workshops and seminars for government and non-government actors, and serving as executive director for specific projects. Responsibilities include all phases of project administration, financial development, staff supervision, program development and execution.
Project Director: Health Bridges for Peace (IRSS), January 1996 to present.
Health Bridges for Peace is a project that links health care with the prevention and management of inter-communal conflict. It cooperates with international organizations (e.g., World Health Organization (WHO), Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), UNICEF, CARE, Medecins Sans Frontiers) and works with local health-care providers (doctors, nurses, mental-health workers and social workers) in conflict-torn areas to develop tailored projects that integrate the delivery of health care with conflict management and sustainable community reconciliation. It documents these projects as models for peace building in other conflict-torn areas. Finally, the program promotes the Health Bridges approach before governments and international organizations.
A major achievement of the project is the development of the Medical Network for Social Reconstruction, which involves health-care providers from all parts of former Yugoslavia. The Network seeks to promote social reconstruction and community reconciliation by: maintaining communication and initiating cooperative medical programs across ethnic and political boundaries; convening training seminars; and undertaking a region-wide public heath survey on the effects of violent conflict. In collaboration with the Network, IRSS has developed a training program for psychosocial healing of trauma and stress. Another Health Bridges field program has been organized in the North Caucasus, where Dr. Gutlove helped to establish the Medical Alliance for Peace through Health in November 1998.
Board of Directors: Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution , November 2001 to present. (Chair, November 2002-November 2003)
The Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution (the Alliance) is a non-profit membership organization representing a network of US-based organizations that are dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of the conflict-resolution field and maximizing its impact on international peace building.
Focusing on inter-state and intra-state conflict as well as broader societal issues, the member organizations seek to prevent and resolve conflicts without violence and to facilitate post-conflict reconciliation. Members of the Alliance work in regions of conflict all over the globe, including the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.
Program Consultant: WHO Project on Health and Human Security, May 2000 to May 2002.
Human security is an evolving concept that broadens traditional ideas of national security. In a parallel development, the concept of public health is broadening to encompass violence and other security issues. These two trends create new opportunities to improve the health and security of communities throughout the world.
In 2000, IRSS, WHO and other organizations cooperated on an initial exploration of the connections between health and human security. From May 2000 to May 2002 Dr. Gutlove coordinated WHO efforts on conceptualizing and implementing WHO health and human security interventions. This culminated in a conference of Ministers of Health from the Eastern Mediterranean region, convened in Cairo by WHO, UNDP, and UNAIDS, to address Health and Human Security.
Program Manager : Democracy Building in Slovakia , a program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, January 1995 to November 1999.
This program provided training and support to citizen leaders in Slovakia, assisting them in the development of a pluralistic, empowered civil society. Program manager responsibilities included: program administration and development; workshop facilitation; public relations; program assessment and documentation.
Project Consultant: NGO Working Group on Conflict Management in the CIS , a project of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), November 1998 to January 1999.
Program planning, development and facilitation assistance to UNHCR in the development of a network of non-government conflict-management organizations in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Project Director : The Balkans Peace Project , a project of the Center for Psychology and Social Change (Harvard Medical School) and IRSS, July 1991 to June 1997.
This project was initiated to promote the use of conflict-resolution processes in the Balkans. Using approaches grounded in social psychology and negotiation research, the project team facilitated dialogue and collaborative problem solving, and provided training in facilitation, mediation and negotiation skills. The project facilitated workshops and dialogue sessions in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, FYR Macedonia, and elsewhere in Europe and the United States.
Project Director : Project on Promoting Effective Dialogue Across Ideologies , a project of the Center for Psychology and Social Change, July 1989 to January 1993.
This dialogue-facilitation project was designed to address a variety of ideological and international disputes by promoting inter-ideological dialogues. The project worked in the Soviet Union, Japan, Australia, Israel, and Europe.
Executive Director: Center for Psychology and Social Change (formerly called the Center for Psychological Studies in the Nuclear Age), Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Hospital, October 1985 to June 1989.
The Center is a nonprofit research and public-education organization founded to address the psychological and social forces that fuel the major threats to global survival -- domestic and international conflict, and environmental destruction. Responsibilities of the Center's first full-time executive director included: organizational development; administration; personnel development and supervision; oversight of all Center research projects; development and supervision of intern and fellowship programs; financial planning and oversight; fundraising; program development; and coordination.
* Consultant to nonprofit organizations in organizational development, conflict management, program development, and administration, 1983 to present.
* Official delegate for the US Department of State to intergovernmental conferences of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: Warsaw, November 1998; Vienna, November 1996; Budapest, November 1994; and Warsaw, January 1994.
* Harvard Medical School, Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, 1985 to 1995.
* Teaching Assistant, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School, Seminar on Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, 1992.
* Executive Director, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, 1981 to 1983.
* General Practice Dentist, 1979 to 1985.
* Study Group Leader, Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University, 1982.
* Mother of two children, ages twenty and fifteen.
Education
* Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, Residency in Oral Surgery, 1979.
* Boston University, Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, Degree: Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) with Honors (Omicron Kappa Upsilon), 1978.
* Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Degree: Bachelor of Science, with Honors, 1973.
* Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution: Board of Directors, 2001-present, (Chair of the Board, 2002-2003).
* Professorial Lecturer, American University, 2000-present.
* Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Fellow, 1994 to 1995.
* Peace Research Centre, Australian National University, Visiting Fellow, 1989.
* Harvard Medical School, Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, 1985 to 1995.
* New Century Policies Educational Programs: Board of Directors, 1981 to 1994.
* Massachusetts State Democratic Party: Elected Delegate, 1984, 1990.
Publications (Selected)
* Psychosocial Healing and Post-Conflict Social Reconstruction in the Former Yugoslavia, Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson. In: Medicine, Conflict & Survival. 2004. Vol. 20, Number 2. Published by Frank Cass. (In press.)
* “Health, Human Security and Social Reconstruction in Afghanistan.” Paula Gutlove, Gordon Thompson and Jacob Hale Russell. In Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistan . Edited by D. Rondinelli and J. Montgomery. Currently in press by Palgrave Macmillan.
* Social Reconstruction in Afghanistan through the Lens of Health and Human Security. Paula Gutlove, Gordon Thompson and Jacob Hale Russell. Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. May 2003.
* Psychosocial Healing: A Guide for Practitioners. Based on programs of the Medical Network for Social Reconstruction in the former Yugoslavia. Edited by Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson. Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. May 2003.
* “Human Security: Expanding the Scope of Public Health.” Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson. In: Medicine, Conflict & Survival . 2003. Vol. 19. Pages 17-34. Published by Frank Cass.
* Health and Human Security: A Technical Background Document for Discussions on Policies and Programs. Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson. Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. April 2002.
* Consultation on Health and Human Security. Consultation organised by WHO and co-sponsored by WHO, UNFPA and UNAIDS. Cairo, April 2002.
* “Health, Human Security and Social Justice. “ Gordon Thompson and Paula Gutlove. September 2002. Presented at the conference, “ Health and Social Justice,” Amman, Jordan, October 1-3, 2002. Sponsored by the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies.
* Children and Youth in Post-War Situations. Report on an International Conference and Training Workshop, Neum, Bosnia, June 15-18, 2001. Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. September 2001.
* The Medical Network as a Bridge to Health and Peace. Report on an International Conference and Training Workshop held in Gracanica, Bosnia, May 4-7, 2000. Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. September 2000.
* WHO Task Force on Health and Human Security: Task Force Description and Program Plan. World Health Organization and Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Geneva, Switzerland. July 2000.
* Application of the Peace Through Health Approach in The North Caucasus . Report on an Inter-Agency Consultation in Moscow, April 4-5, 2000. World Health Organisation Regional Office For Europe. Copenhagen, Denmark. June 2000.
* "Health as A Bridge to Peace : The Role of Health Professionals in Conflict Management and Community Reconciliation." In : Violence and Health: Proceedings of the WHO Global Symposium, October 12-15, 1999 . World Health Organization. Kobe, Japan. June 2000.
* Health as A Bridge to Peace: Briefing Manual . Institute for Resource and Security Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 2000.
* The Dialogue-Action Process: An analysis of the dialogue process the IRSS has used in its work with groups in Former Yugoslavia and the Caucasus. Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. December 1999.
* Public Participation and Democracy Building in Slovakia . Center for Strategic and International Studies. Washington, DC. November 1999.
* The Medical Network as a Bridge to Health and Peace. Report on an
international seminar and training workshop, Ohrid, Macedonia, May 27-30, 1999. OMEGA Health Care Center. Graz, Austria. September 1999.
* "Health Bridges for Peace: Integrating Health Care with Conflict Prevention and Community Reconciliation." In: Peaceworks: Training to Promote Conflict Management , Volume 29. United States Institute of Peace. Washington, DC. July 1999.
* A Strategy for Conflict Management: Integrated Action in Theory and
Practice . Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson. IRSS Working Paper #7. Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. March 1999.
* Health as a Bridge to Peace in the North Caucasus . Report on a Workshop for Health Professionals in Pyatigorsk, Russia, October 29 – November 2, 1998. World Health Organization and Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Copenhagen, Denmark and Cambridge, Massachusetts. December 1998.
* Reconciliation, Social Reconstruction and Conflict Prevention: The Role of Health
Professionals . Report on an International Conference held in Sarajevo, Bosnia, April 23-26, 1998. Medical Network for Social Reconstruction. Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina. November 1998.
* “Health Bridges for Peace: Integrating Health Care and Community Reconciliation." In: Medicine, Conflict and Survival . 1998. Volume 14. Frank Cass.
* “Back to Bocki.” In: Daughters of Kings . Edited by Leslie Brody. Faber and Faber. Winchester, Massachusetts. December 1997.
* “Conflict Management and the OSCE.” Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson. In: OSCE Bulletin . Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe. Warsaw, Poland. 1997.
* Health Bridges for Peace: Integrating Health Care and Conflict Resolution, A Prospectus. Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. May 1996.
* “The Potential for Cooperation by the OSCE and Non-Governmental Actors on
Conflict Management.” Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson. In: Helsinki Monitor . 1995. Volume 6, Number 3.
* Exchanging Knowledge about Conflict Management . Report on Seminars held in
Vienna in June 1995. Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson. Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. September 1995.
* Handbook of Basic Conflict Resolution Skills: The Balkans Peace Project.
Paula Gutlove, Eileen Babbitt and Lynne Jones. Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. December 1994.
* Preventive Diplomacy and National Security: Incorporating Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution as Elements of US National Security Policy . Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson. Winston Foundation for World Peace. Washington, DC. May 1994.
* "Promoting Sustainable Peace by Promoting Effective Dialogue." In: Practicing Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies. The Van Leer Institute. Jerusalem, Israel. July 1993.
* Towards Sustainable Peace in the Balkans: The Balkans Peace Project . Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. October 1992.
* “Psychology and Conflict Resolution: Toward a New Diplomacy.” In: Yugoslavia War . Edited by Tonci Kuzmanic and Arno Truger. The Austrian Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution. Schlaining, Austria. 1992.
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