The Conflict Science Institute researches and studies conflict, identifies existing techniques and builds new tools to help professionals manage conflict. To achieve CSI goals, CSI draws on multiple science-based sources. Two primary foundations are the meta-models of the Dynamic Maturational Model of Attachment and Adaptation (DMM), and Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB).
CSI methods build on core concepts such as danger, fear, safety and protection, neuroscience, neurobiology, neural integration, relationship, human temperament and development (attachment and adaptation), information processing, emotions, needs, boundaries, psychology, and of course law.
Management methods can be employed long before conflict begins, at the point of the potential or actual conflict, the early beginnings of conflict, and during the various stages of negotiation, litigation, and mediation through counseling and communication techniques by lawyers, legal professionals, advocates, therapists, etc.