Nadja ALEXANDER
Full-time Faculty
Professor of Law; Director, Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA)
- Ph.D. (Dr. Jur.), Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen,1999
Primary Appointments
- Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2022-Present
- Director, Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA)
Concurrent Academic Appointments
- Senior Fellow, Dispute Resolution Institute, Mitchell Hamline Law School, United States
Other Concurrent Appointments
- Accredited mediator, SIMC, HKMAAL, Australian National Mediation Scheme
- Director and Board Member, Singapore International Mediation Institute
- Advisory Board member of IIAA, Indian International ADR Association
Previous Academic Appointments
- Professor of Law (Practice), Singapore Management University, Jul 2017-Jun 2022
- Visiting Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Jan 2017-Jun 2017
- Professor of Law and Director of the LLM (Arbitration and Dispute Resolution) Programme, City University Hong Kong: 2010-2011
- Professor of Conflict Resolution and Law, Director of Conflict Resolution & Practice, former Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS), The University of Queensland (UQ) Australia: 2004-2009
- Associate Professor of Law (previously Senior Lecturer and Lecturer), Director of the Dispute Management Centre at the TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland (UQ) Australia: 1994-2004
Courses Taught in SMU
- Professional Mediation Skills
- International Mediation Law and Practice
- Cross-border mediation: Professional Skills and Practice
Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- International Private Law of Mediation
- International and Comparative Mediation Law and Practice
- Cross-cultural Dispute Resolution
- Mediation Advocacy
- Dispute Resolution
- Comparative Law
Selected Publications
Books (monographs and/or edited collections)
- Nadja M. Alexander, Shouyu Chong and Vakhtang Giorgadze, The Singapore Convention on Mediation: A Commentary, 2nd edition, Wolters Kluwer, Alpen aan den Rijn (2022), 373 pages.
SSRN link https://ssrn.com/abstract=4176959 - Nadja M. Alexander, Iu Ting Kwok, Rimsky Yuen and Ada Chen, Hong Kong Mediation, (expanded, updated, re-titled and newly co-authored third edition), Lexis Nexis, Hong Kong (2022).
SSRN link https://ssrn.com/abstract=4176956 - Sarah R. Cole, Craig A. McEwen, Nancy H. Rogers, James R. Coben, Peter N. Thompson and Nadja M. Alexander, Mediation: Law, Policy & Practice, 2022-2023 Edition, Thomson Reuters, New York (2023). 1087-1180.
SSRN link https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5064118 - Alexander, N (with Boulle, L.), Mediation Skills and Techniques 3rd edition, Lexis Nexis, Sydney (2019). .
- Alexander, N. (with Lee, J And Lum, K-W), Singapore Mediation Handbook, Lexis Nexis, Singapore (2019) .
- Nadja Alexander, International and Comparative Mediation: Legal Perspectives (Kluwer Law International, 2009)
Journal Articles
- Nadja Alexander & Shouyu Chong, “23. Mediation and Appropriate Dispute Resolution”, SAL Annual Review of 2022 Cases, (2023)
SSRN link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5064105 - Nadja M. Alexander, "Doing it Online: Is Mediation ready for the AI age?” in M Findlay, J Ford, D Thamapillai and J Seah (eds) Regulatory Insights on Artificial Intelligence, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK (2022), 187 – 213.
SSRN link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3742588 - Nadja M. Alexander and Shouyu Chong, “Leading the Way for the Recognition and Enforcement of International Mediated Settlement Agreements: The Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020”, 34 Singapore Academy of Law Journal (2022), 1.
SSRN link: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4174670 - Nadja M. Alexander “The Emergence of Mediation Law in Asia: A Tale of Two Cities” Transnational Dispute Management 3 (2021), www.transnational-dispute-management.com
SSRN link: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4174670 - LeBaron, M. (with Alexander, N.), “Optimising Performance: How Jungian Alchemy Informs Organisational Transformation”, The Art of Management and Organisational Journal 9 (2) (2020), 62 – 82 <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3583370>.
- Alexander, N, “Ten Trends in International Mediation”, Singapore Academy of Law Journal 31 SAcLJ (2019), 405 – 447 <https://journalsonline.academypublishing.org.sg/Journals/Singapore-Academy-of-Law-Journal-Special-Issue/Current-Issue/ctl/eFirstSALPDFJournalView/mid/503/ArticleId/1466/Citation/JournalsOnlinePDF>
- Alexander, N. “The Mediation Meta-Model: Understanding Practice,” Conflict Resolution Quarterly 26 (1) (2008), 97-123 <https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3815&context=sol_research>.
Book Chapters
- Nadja Alexander, "Comparative Mediation Law: Mapping Mediation law with the Mediation Matrix" in: Burkhard Hess, Margaret Woo, Loïc Cadiet and Enrique Vallines (eds) Compendium on Comparative Civil Justice, International Association of Procedural Law Open Access Publications, 2024.
SSRN link https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5064114 - Alexander, N. “Through the Looking Glass: Exploring the Regulatory-Ethical Ecosystem for Mediation” in Comparative Dispute Resolution (Maria Moscati, Michael Palmer & Marian Roberts eds) (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020) 172–189.
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsNadja Alexander is a globally recognised thought leader, award-winning author, and educator in mediation and dispute resolution, whose research, teaching, and policy work have shaped mediation practice and legislation in over 40 countries.
Combines practical and scholarly leadership in mediation with global policy influence; instrumental in shaping mediation legislation and frameworks in Asia and beyond; consistently recognised for innovation, creativity, and interdisciplinary insight; research cited in Supreme Court arguments and international arbitral awards; books and articles translated into multiple languages; recipient of numerous awards for teaching, scholarship, and professional impact.
Focused research areas include Global and comparative mediation law and practice; regulatory frameworks for mediation; cross-border dispute resolution; mediation advocacy; negotiation; impact of mediation legislation and policy on conflict cultures.
Combines practical and scholarly leadership in mediation with global policy influence; instrumental in shaping mediation legislation and frameworks in Asia and beyond; consistently recognised for innovation, creativity, and interdisciplinary insight; research cited in Supreme Court arguments and international arbitral awards; books and articles translated into multiple languages; recipient of numerous awards for teaching, scholarship, and professional impact.
Focused research areas include Global and comparative mediation law and practice; regulatory frameworks for mediation; cross-border dispute resolution; mediation advocacy; negotiation; impact of mediation legislation and policy on conflict cultures.
Areas of Expertise
MediationNegotiationADR & Conflict ManagementDispute ResolutionPrivate International Law
Past Awarded Grant
- 2019-2024 MinLaw funding to establish SMU research centre, Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy, SIDRA
- 2019-2020 SMU Lee Kong Chian Fellowship
- 2018-2019 Research capacity funding
- 2018-2019 SMU Lee Kong Chian Fellowship
- 2017-2018 SMU Lee Kong Chian Fellowship
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- N AlexanderComparative and Transnational Dispute Resolution, 123-152, 2023
- APEC’s New ODR Framework [2023]NM Alexander, AJK LeuAsian Dispute Review January, 2023
- N Alexander, AL Jun KangZeitschrift für Konfliktmanagement 25 (6), 208-212, 2022
- N Alexander, S Chong, V GiorgadzeKluwer Law International BV, 2022
- NM Alexander, V GiorgadzeCommercial Mediation in the Digital Era 11, 2022
- N Alexandermediation moves–, 63, 2022
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- Ph.D. (Dr. Jur.), Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen,1999
Primary Appointments
- Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2022-Present
- Director, Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA)
Concurrent Academic Appointments
- Senior Fellow, Dispute Resolution Institute, Mitchell Hamline Law School, United States
Other Concurrent Appointments
- Accredited mediator, SIMC, HKMAAL, Australian National Mediation Scheme
- Director and Board Member, Singapore International Mediation Institute
- Advisory Board member of IIAA, Indian International ADR Association
Previous Academic Appointments
- Professor of Law (Practice), Singapore Management University, Jul 2017-Jun 2022
- Visiting Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Jan 2017-Jun 2017
- Professor of Law and Director of the LLM (Arbitration and Dispute Resolution) Programme, City University Hong Kong: 2010-2011
- Professor of Conflict Resolution and Law, Director of Conflict Resolution & Practice, former Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS), The University of Queensland (UQ) Australia: 2004-2009
- Associate Professor of Law (previously Senior Lecturer and Lecturer), Director of the Dispute Management Centre at the TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland (UQ) Australia: 1994-2004
Courses Taught in SMU
- Professional Mediation Skills
- International Mediation Law and Practice
- Cross-border mediation: Professional Skills and Practice
Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- International Private Law of Mediation
- International and Comparative Mediation Law and Practice
- Cross-cultural Dispute Resolution
- Mediation Advocacy
- Dispute Resolution
- Comparative Law
Selected Publications
Books (monographs and/or edited collections)
- Nadja M. Alexander, Shouyu Chong and Vakhtang Giorgadze, The Singapore Convention on Mediation: A Commentary, 2nd edition, Wolters Kluwer, Alpen aan den Rijn (2022), 373 pages.
SSRN link https://ssrn.com/abstract=4176959 - Nadja M. Alexander, Iu Ting Kwok, Rimsky Yuen and Ada Chen, Hong Kong Mediation, (expanded, updated, re-titled and newly co-authored third edition), Lexis Nexis, Hong Kong (2022).
SSRN link https://ssrn.com/abstract=4176956 - Sarah R. Cole, Craig A. McEwen, Nancy H. Rogers, James R. Coben, Peter N. Thompson and Nadja M. Alexander, Mediation: Law, Policy & Practice, 2022-2023 Edition, Thomson Reuters, New York (2023). 1087-1180.
SSRN link https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5064118 - Alexander, N (with Boulle, L.), Mediation Skills and Techniques 3rd edition, Lexis Nexis, Sydney (2019). .
- Alexander, N. (with Lee, J And Lum, K-W), Singapore Mediation Handbook, Lexis Nexis, Singapore (2019) .
- Nadja Alexander, International and Comparative Mediation: Legal Perspectives (Kluwer Law International, 2009)
Journal Articles
- Nadja Alexander & Shouyu Chong, “23. Mediation and Appropriate Dispute Resolution”, SAL Annual Review of 2022 Cases, (2023)
SSRN link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5064105 - Nadja M. Alexander, "Doing it Online: Is Mediation ready for the AI age?” in M Findlay, J Ford, D Thamapillai and J Seah (eds) Regulatory Insights on Artificial Intelligence, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK (2022), 187 – 213.
SSRN link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3742588 - Nadja M. Alexander and Shouyu Chong, “Leading the Way for the Recognition and Enforcement of International Mediated Settlement Agreements: The Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020”, 34 Singapore Academy of Law Journal (2022), 1.
SSRN link: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4174670 - Nadja M. Alexander “The Emergence of Mediation Law in Asia: A Tale of Two Cities” Transnational Dispute Management 3 (2021), www.transnational-dispute-management.com
SSRN link: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4174670 - LeBaron, M. (with Alexander, N.), “Optimising Performance: How Jungian Alchemy Informs Organisational Transformation”, The Art of Management and Organisational Journal 9 (2) (2020), 62 – 82 <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3583370>.
- Alexander, N, “Ten Trends in International Mediation”, Singapore Academy of Law Journal 31 SAcLJ (2019), 405 – 447 <https://journalsonline.academypublishing.org.sg/Journals/Singapore-Academy-of-Law-Journal-Special-Issue/Current-Issue/ctl/eFirstSALPDFJournalView/mid/503/ArticleId/1466/Citation/JournalsOnlinePDF>
- Alexander, N. “The Mediation Meta-Model: Understanding Practice,” Conflict Resolution Quarterly 26 (1) (2008), 97-123 <https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3815&context=sol_research>.
Book Chapters
- Nadja Alexander, "Comparative Mediation Law: Mapping Mediation law with the Mediation Matrix" in: Burkhard Hess, Margaret Woo, Loïc Cadiet and Enrique Vallines (eds) Compendium on Comparative Civil Justice, International Association of Procedural Law Open Access Publications, 2024.
SSRN link https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5064114 - Alexander, N. “Through the Looking Glass: Exploring the Regulatory-Ethical Ecosystem for Mediation” in Comparative Dispute Resolution (Maria Moscati, Michael Palmer & Marian Roberts eds) (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020) 172–189.
