Abstract:
Conflict resolution research relies upon a deep understanding of human behavior within highly complex socionatural systems. Scholars must isolate the source of conflict
among individuals reacting to the feedback of changing socionatural conditions. Fortunately, the oft-obscured roots of conflict typically surface at critical points of change within the system.
We use the Mandera Triangle region of East Africa as an example of this surfacing of behavioral drivers. Our research
fuses a wide range of backgrounds to construct a simulation model of Mandera and to gain a better understanding of the roots
of human behavior in relation to social conflict.
