Professor Toshio Kuwako (Department of Value and Decision Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology) outlines his pioneering framework for social consensus building around large scale development projects in Japan, stressing the importance of understanding the value structure of a locale, of avoiding a top-down technocratic approach, and including minority voices essential to designing creative solutions. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor Toshio Kuwako (Department of Value and Decision Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology) outlines his pioneering framework for social consensus building around large scale development projects in Japan, stressing the importance of understanding the value structure of a locale, of avoiding a top-down technocratic approach, and including minority voices essential to designing creative solutions. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Larry Marshall (Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University) on ethic diversity and harmony in Australia. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Dr Michális Michael (Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University) on the economic and political situation in Greece. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor William Harris (Head of the Department of Politics at the University of Otago in New Zealand) on the Arab uprisings and the 'peace process': The centrality of a new Syria. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Oliver Ramsbotham (Emeritus Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford (UK), Chair of the Oxford Research Group (ORG), and President of the Conflict Research Society) on managing radical disagreement when conflict resolution fails: new dialogical options in the Israel-Palestine conflict. He is co-author with Tom Woodhouse and Hugh Miall of Contemporary Conflict Resolution (Polity 1999, 2005, 2011). He is co-series editor of Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict...

Dr Ben Isakhan (Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University) on the war in Iraq, and the aftermath. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Dr Matthew Gray (Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, ANU) on conspiracy theories in the Middle East, where they come from, and what they mean. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor Joseph Camilleri (Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University) on what is global governance. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Richard Woolcott on the Australian mentality, his career, and our place in the Asian Pacific community. Richard Woolcott served as an ambassador to numerous Asian countries, to the United Nations, and as President of the United Nations Security Council for Australia’s term in 1985. He was the Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 1988 to 1992, and helped establish the APEC forum. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1985, and a Companion of the Order...

Tammam Sulaiman (Syrian Ambassador to Australia and New Zealand) talks about Syria's history, politics, and education, and it's relationship with Australia. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Uncovering the true history and society of Malaysia, and the political relationship between Australia and Asia. Dr Noor is a Senior Fellow at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Affiliated Professor at Universias Muhamadiyah Surakarta (Solo) Yogjakarta, Indonesia. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Cyprus has spent nearly 40 years as a nation divided by conflict and uneasy diplomatic tension. Dr Michális Michael discusses the history of the history and future of this disputed land. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Joe Camilleri talks about the need for effective dialogue in the Middle East, and the results of a recent trip to make headway into this problem. You can read a transcript for this podcast at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2009/podcasts/middle-eastern-peace-with-joe-camilleri/transcript Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Joseph Camilleri talks about the challenges and merits of encouraging dialogue between different cultures. http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2009/podcasts/centre-for-dialogue-with-joe-camilleri/transcript Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.