Cultivate your communication skills by participating in negotiation role-plays.
Overview
This workshop is an advanced class of “Negotiation process for consensus building”. Students who have already participated in the past 2-day workshop can register for this one.
Students can ask the facilitator what kind of role-plays they want to engage in, for example, business negotiation, community disputes, family disputes, and cross-cultural negotiation, depending on their interests.
| 📂 Category | Initiative |
| 📌 Keywords | Negotiation, Mediation, Consensus Building, Role-play |
| 🎯 Objectives | Experience negotiation through role-plays, and learn the concepts necessary for consensus-building |
| 🌐 Language | Japanese & English |
| 👥 Target Participants | Students who participated in the “Negotiation process for consensus building” in the past. |
| 🗓 Format | Multiple sessions (100 min, in-person each) -If you have already participated in the 2-day workshop, you can join any sessions, depending on your availability. |
| ✅ Past & Upcoming Sessions | Day 1 Thursday, Oct 16 2025, 13:30-15:10 Day 2 Thursday, Oct 23 2025, 13:30-15:10 Day 3 Thursday, Oct 30 2025, 13:30-15:10 Day 4 Thursday, Nov 6 2025, 13:30-15:10 Day 5 Thursday, Nov 20 2025, 13:30-15:10 Day 6 Thursday, Dec 4 2025, 13:30-15:10 |
| 📍 Venue | S6-309, Ookayama Campus |
| 🌟 Recommended for | Students who want to improve their communication skills Students who want to be able to express their opinions clearly |
| 📊 Points | 1.5 points each (Points to be awarded to students enrolled in the courses for credits. Please refer to the syllabus for details.) |
| 🎟️ Capacity | Minimum 6 participants and up to 20 participants -As this class’s main activity is role-play, a minimum of 6 students’ registration is required to have the session. |
Facilitator
Mayu Watanabe, Ph.D
Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
Specializes in civil dispute resolution procedures and has taught negotiation, mediation, ODR, and Legal Design classes.
Mayu Watanabe is a member of the ODR Promotion Council of the Ministry of Justice, a board member of the Japan ODR Association.
Also a Visiting Fellow at the Gould Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Center at Stanford Law School
(2014-2016), Senior Fellow for the Weinstein
International Foundation (2017-present), Fellow of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts (2021-present).
Contact Faculty
Mayu Watanabe, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Academy for Leadership
📩 watanabe.m.6bd9 [at] m.isct.ac.jp
