Maja Nenadović

Dr. Maja Nenadović is a Monitoring–Evaluation–Learning professional, dialogue practitioner, and conflict transformation and civic education specialist with over twenty years of international experience in program design, critical pedagogy, debate coaching and depolarizing communication. She has worked in over 50 countries, designing and leading various peacebuilding, reconciliation, and civic education initiatives that have engaged several thousand educators and students across the Western Balkans, Europe, and beyond.

Since 2012, Dr. Nenadović has implemented Across Divides Training Workshops for Depolarizing Communication, a methodology developed and tested in the field through a series of workshops and dialogues with both those who employ discriminatory and hate speech rhetoric, and with individuals targeted by it. Grounded in applied debate, critical pedagogy, and dialogic principles, the approach equips participants to engage constructively across ideological, political, and identity-based divides. The method has been taught in 20+ countries worldwide.

Dr. Nenadović holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam, where her research focused on assessing the impact of post-conflict democracy promotion interventions and democratization processes. She serves on the Board of the Global Dialogue Collective, an international community of dialogic practice, and is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Rijeka’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies.