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Michael Elliott
Job Title: Associate Professor, School of City and Regional Planning MCRP Program Director Primary Email: michael.elliott@coa.gatech.edu Website: Phone: Work: (404) 894-9841 Address:245 4th Street NW Room 204H
Atlanta, GA 30332-0155
United States
Bio
View Elliot's full C.V.Biosketch Michael Elliott is the associate director of Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) and an associate professor, jointly appointed to the Schools of City and Regional Planning and Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a co-founder and has served as co-director of both the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and the Southeast Negotiation Network. Before coming to Georgia Tech, Elliott served as the executive assistant for program development for the New York City Deputy Mayor of Economic Development.Elliott has served as principal investigator on 37 research projects and co-PI on an additional 13. His research focuses on environmental dispute dynamics, evaluating the effectiveness of dispute management processes and systems, and examining the social impact of collaborative processes, with emphasis on risk perception, conflict assessment, political analysis, and strategies for managing conflict in complex, multi-party disputes associated with public policymaking. Elliott has conducted over 50 professional training workshops in the field of public policy collaboration, conflict management and negotiation. Internationally, he has provided dispute system and process design consultations for resolving environmental and land disputes in Estonia, Israel, Nicaragua, Kazakhstan, and Germany.Educational Background1984 - Ph.D. (Urban and Regional Studies), Massachusetts Institute of Technology1978 - M.C.P. (City and Regional Planning), University of California, Berkeley1974 - B.S. (Urban Studies), Massachusetts Institute of Technology1974 - B.S. (Architecture), Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFields
- Negotiation and Collaborative Governance
- Public Policy Dispute Management
- Environmental Planning, Policy, and Risk Management
- Sustainable Communities