Ariel Knobel

Ariel Heifetz Knobel is a Northern Ireland expert, consultant, and practitioner in conflict transformation with over a decade of experience working in the Middle East and Northern Ireland.

She has been involved in teaching best practices through various initiatives such as the Negotiation Strategies Institute's executive program for regional leadership and the Jerusalem Belfast Forum.

Ariel's academic focus has been on the causal conditions of conflict transformation in Northern Ireland, particularly studying militant groups' transitions from violent to diplomatic strategies.

Previously, Ariel served as the Director of Public Diplomacy at the Israeli Consulate to New England where she managed community and interfaith relations across five states.

She has also worked as a mediator in Massachusetts district courts, a training coach for mediation graduate students, and a martial arts instructor in California.

Ariel holds a MALD in International Negotiation & Conflict Resolution from Tufts University's Fletcher School and a BA in Philosophy & Politics from Columbia University.

Her current residence is in Washington, DC, where she lives with her husband and two children.

Ariel specializes in Northern Ireland, conflict dynamics, conflict management, and transformation, as well as negotiation, mediation, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.