SPECIALIST EXPERTISE – Dr Samantha Hardy

Conflict Coaching
Sam is a Principal of Conflict Coaching International and the founder of the REAL Conflict Coaching System. She provides conflict support services and training in Australia, Hong Kong, South East Asia and the Pacific, both in person, by telephone and online.

Mediation
Sam is a Nationally Accredited Mediator under the Australian Standards and a Certified Transformative Mediator by the US Institute of Conflict Transformation. She practices primarily in the workplace context, and in the university sector. She also conducts mediation training for a number of university programs and private organisations.

Managing conflict in the university sector
Sam provides conflict coaching, mediation and training to support staff and students of universities to effectively manage conflict. She is engaged in ongoing research about conflict in the Higher Degree Research student/supervisor relationship and has presented on this topic at a number of international conferences.

GLBTIQ clients
Sam has been actively involved in the GLBTIQ community for the past 12 years, including six years on the Board of the Tasmanian Council for AIDS, Hepatitis and Related Diseases, and developing the progressive Significant Personal Relationships legislation in Tasmania. She provides conflict coaching and mediation services to GLBTIQ clients, as well as conducting training for practitioners who work with same-sex couples and same-sex parented families. She also provides communication support for members of the GLBTIQ community who are planning to start a family. Sam is currently working on a book Family Law, Family Life: Working with Same-Sex Couples and Same-Sex Parented Families, due for release by Thomson Reuters in 2015.