ABSTRACT
Mediation is a very old human practice to resolve conflicts all over the world and across cultures. How individuals become intercultural mediators and how they are even trained to become mediators differs across cultural contexts. This chapter investigates the state-of-the-art in research and practice in intercultural mediation training and explores the question how individuals can and should be trained in intercultural mediation to resolve conflicts in an interculturally competent, peaceful, sustainable, and effective way. This chapter provides the reader thereby with new perspectives, what intercultural mediation training needs to address, and what concepts of intercultural mediation training will have to include to remain a successful tool of conflict intervention in a globalizing and post-COVID-19 world. Conclusions and recommendations for future research and practice are given.
