ABOUT
About Professor Helen Winter
I study how people, communities, and institutions become more capable in conflict.
Conflict is usually approached as a problem to solve.
My work begins with a broader question:
What if the way we engage conflict could also strengthen our capacity to navigate what comes next?
That question has followed me across different settings, from legal education and mediation to work with communities, universities, and organizations in the United States and internationally.
R3SOLUTE
Practical resources for stronger systems.
In 2017, I founded R3SOLUTE, an online platform that brings together practical tools, frameworks, and insights to support people working on conflict and social cohesion around the world.
R3SOLUTE was born out of my experience working with refugee communities in Germany and my conviction that high-quality, accessible resources can help individuals, communities, and institutions navigate conflict in more constructive and inclusive ways.
Through R3SOLUTE, I share resources that translate research and practice into tools that can be applied in real-world settings, supporting stronger relationships, more resilient communities, and more cohesive societies.
Today, that idea connects much of my work.
As a scholar, I explore conflict, human agency, self-efficacy, bias, education, and the changing role of people and institutions in an age of polarization and artificial intelligence.
As a professor, trainer, mediator, and conflict strategist, I bring these ideas into real-world settings. That means moving from insight to action. I work with organizations and communities to understand what is driving a conflict or recurring challenge and co-develop practical tools, strategies, and conversations that support stronger relationships, more resilient communities, and more cohesive societies.
CURRENT ROLE / CORE QUESTION
I am a Professor of Law and Practice at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and a former Research Fellow with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
My work moves deliberately between scholarship and practice: research informs what I design and implement, and practice continually challenges and strengthens the questions I study.
Across all of it, I keep returning to the same question:
Does the way we engage conflict leave people, communities, and institutions more capable than before?
CURRENT ROLE
Bridging scholarship & practice.
I am a Professor of Law and Practice at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and a former Research Fellow with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. My work moves deliberately between scholarship and practice: research informs what I design and implement, and practice continually challenges and strengthens the questions I study.
CREDENTIALS
Assistant Professor of Law and Practice, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
Former Research Fellow, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
Ph.D., European University Viadrina
LL.M. in Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
Law Degree, Heidelberg University
Founder, R3SOLUTE
CURRENT ROLE
Bridging scholarship & practice.
I am a Professor of Law and Practice at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and a former Research Fellow with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. My work moves deliberately between scholarship and practice: research informs what I design and implement, and practice continually challenges and strengthens the questions I study.