Dr. Amira Schiff
Dr. Amira Schiff is a scholar of international conflict resolution, with expertise in peace processes, negotiation theory, mediation, and crisis management. Her research covers a broad empirical spectrum, including the conflict management and conflict resolution process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Korean Peninsula, Aceh, Sri Lanka, Sudan, the UAE–Israel normalization, and Israel–Hamas relations. Dr. Schiff has developed and applied Readiness Theory as a novel analytical framework for understanding negotiation and mediation dynamics. She has published extensively in leading peer-reviewed journals in the conflict management and conflict resolution fields and has authored multiple academic books widely used across Israeli universities.
Dr. Schiff currently serves as Director of the Graduate Program on Conflict Management, Resolution & Negotiation at Bar-Ilan University
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Director of the Conflict Management, Resolution & Negotiation Graduate Program at Bar-Ilan University.
As a professor specializing in international conflict resolution, I feel fortunate to be able to help my students acquire the knowledge, skills, and critical-thinking abilities offered by this dynamic and vibrant academic field.
My research interests include conflict management and peace processes in intrastate and interstate conflicts, pre-negotiation processes, third-party mediation, and international negotiation. In my Readiness2ndGen project, I explored the extension of readiness theory to the conflicts in Aceh, Sudan, Sri Lanka, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the U.S.-North Korea crisis. My latest research is on the fundamentals that contribute to the efficacy of third-party mediation in international crisis settings.
In addition to studies published in academic journals, I am the author of two books:
♦ Negotiating Intractable Conflicts: Readiness Theory Revisited. Abingdon, England: Routledge. (2019)
♦ Conflict Resolution in the International Arena. The Open University Press (2023).
Email: amira.schiff@biu.ac.il
For more information see: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amiraschiff/
Research
International mediations
Last Updated Date : 09/07/2025
