Putting the evidence
in peace building
Phillip Hammack, PhD, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of California–Santa Cruz, has spent
the past decade investigating how to foster lasting peace. His
research suggests that facilitating contact between groups may
not be enough. “Contact definitely does not always work,” he
says.
Matt Cashore
Bringing Israeli and Palestinian teens together for summer camp does little to
foster lasting friendships, according to research by Dr. Phillip Hammack.
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