Nadja’s mediation practice comprises executive, workplace, commercial, intergovernmental, and cross-cultural conflict situations. She is consistently named as a top mediator in the International Who’s Who Legal of Mediation.

Nadja’s mediation approach is tailored to both the disputants and the nature of the dispute. Comfortable with facilitating two-party and multi-party disputes with large numbers of people, she employs a variety of interventions, depending on context. Nadja has mediated disputes in Australia, the Pacific, Asia and Europe.

In addition to mediation, Nadja offers:

• facilitation for large groups,
• conflict management systems design for industry groups and organisations,
• conflict coaching for individuals and teams.

Nadja has published 30 books and 200 papers on conflict management topics and her work has been translated into Chinese, Arabic, German, French, Russian and Dutch. Nadja is editor of the international book series, Global Trends in Dispute Resolution and co-editor of the Kluwer Mediation Blog.

Her books include Mediation Skills and Techniques, Negotiation: Strategy Style Skill, and the seminal award-winning work, International and Comparative Mediation.

An award-winning educator, Nadja conducts training across topics including communication, culture, presentations, negotiation, mediation, and leadership.

The Mediation Meta Model, developed by Nadja, forms a cornerstone of her mediation training. (view Short Version here)

Nadja has designed and conducted approved mediator accreditation training in Australia, the Pacific, Asia and Europe. Her mediation advocacy programs are certified by the International Mediation Institute.

Her courses are offered in face-to-face, online and blended formats.

Nadja is a sought-after keynote speaker for international conferences and events. Catch her in Vienna and in Sydney in 2025.

Nadja offers dispute resolution policy and law advising for governments, courts, financial authorities, international development organisations, civil society groups and other entities.

Nadja has pioneered a systemised approach to analysing and designing mediation laws and the policies. For designing dispute resolution legal and institutional framework, she created her highly successful eco-system model.

She is regularly engaged in the context of legal and institutional reform, mediator professionalisation initiatives and mediator training and education.

She works as a consultant with the World Bank Group, International Development Organisation, the Asian Development Bank Institute and other entities. Nadja is a a member of the Lead Academic Group for the APEC ODR Collaborative Framework.

• Outstanding International ADR Educator, Asia Pacific Centre for Arbitration and Mediation, New Delhi.
• Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal): Top international commercial mediator. Recognised for cross-cultural mediation competence and “impressive and in-depth training”; Nadja Alexander has a “stand-out reputation” for her legal rigour in an array of commercial disputes and her proven track record of process design and implementation”, 2014–2020.
• Australian Award for University Teaching.

• Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal): Global Elite Thought Leader in the field of Mediation.
• International Winner 2019 of Outstanding Professional Article Award , Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, New York. Here’s a link to the winning article: Ten Trends in International Mediation 31 (2019) SAcLJ 405.
• International Winner International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Awards for Research (Category: Books). (International and Comparative Mediation: Legal Perspectives, Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn, 2009).
• International Finalist CPR (International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution) International Awards for Research (Category: Books). (Global Trends in Mediation, Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn, 2006).