In his former role as President of the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution, he developed and ran a series of two-day interactive, generative seminars and worked with a Rwandan and Bosnian on Community-Based Conflict Resolution programs in their respective countries. His theoretical and practical insights found expression in his book, From Violence to Blessing: How an Understanding of Deep-Rooted Conflict Can Open Paths to Reconciliation. Subsequent research has focused on protest crowds and police, the role of the church in the Rwandan genocide, reconciliation between Nuers and Dinkas in South Sudan, the concept of "teachings of blessing,” the nature of structural violence within economic systems, and the potential for reconciliation through economic development.