International Mediation – Trainers

Allison Malkin is a mediator, trainer and leadership coach based in the UK who has lived and worked in numerous countries around the world. Her mediation practice focuses on cross-border family and workplace conflicts. She is an accredited mediator with IMI - International Mediation Institute and a serving mediator with the International Mediation Centre for Family Conflict and Child Abduction (MiKK). She designs and delivers training in the area of conflict resolution, cross-cultural communication and mediation to a range of development organisations in Europe and Africa.

Luca Dal Pubel is a scholar-practitioner in conflict resolution, mediation, and online dispute resolution. He teaches alternative dispute resolution, mediation, and negotiation courses for the International Security and Conflict Resolution (ISCOR) program and Political Science department at San Diego State University. He cooperates with European and American Higher Education Institutions, NGOs, and Public Institutions in educational and research activities. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Online Dispute Resolution, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He is a member of the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR).

Christian von Baumbach has graduated in Regional Science Japan, lived in Japan for over six years and worked there as a translator. He is a certified mediator (BM, BAFM, SIMI), cross-border family mediator (MiKK e.V.) and has a trainer qualification. Christian von Baumbach specialises in international and intercultural mediation. In addition to his work as a mediator, he is active as a lecturer and trainer for mediation and intercultural communication at universities in Germany and Japan (Euro-FH, HAW Hamburg, Osaka University, University of Heidelberg).