Kenny, Treasa
(2021)
Adapting to mediation online: the Irish experience.
Journal of Mediation & Applied Conflict Analysis, 7 (1).
ISSN 2009-7170
Abstract
This article contrasts the use of online mediation in Ireland from February 2019,
prior to the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, and from then until March 2021. It
considers the context for online mediation in Ireland, the challenges to the
mediation process, the experience of online mediation from the perspectives of
mediators and participants in mediation. Sharing these experiences informs
future decisions as to how technology might best be integrated into mediation
practice in the longer term.
The experience of 13 mediators indicates that there are challenges due to
familiarity with technology for mediators and participants, and challenges to
power balancing and confidentiality. In Ireland, although platforms such as Zoom
played a major role, use of the telephone in the mediation process also increased.
An online mediation competence framework for mediators is proposed.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Online mediation; computer technology; telephone; mediation; mediators; JMACA; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Edward M Kennedy Institute |
| Item ID: |
15193 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.33232/jmaca.7.1.15193 |
| Depositing User: |
Kennedy Institute
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| Date Deposited: |
06 Jan 2022 16:42 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Journal of Mediation & Applied Conflict Analysis |
| Publisher: |
Maynooth Academic Publishing |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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