Faculty Profile

• 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 3^rd 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.