JoC 1:1 opens with a comment by the journal's editor on the discipline of Conflictology. Furthermore, it includes an interview with Johan Galtung and a discussion of the work of Adam Curle by Thomas Woodhouse (University of Bradford). Two articles focus on mediation in organizations. Nikolaj Kure and John Winslade examine the implications of transporting narrative practices from a context of mediation in two-party relations to an organizational context, and Josep Redorta presents the results of an innovative mediation strategy applied in a Spanish company.