Youth unemployment, psychological disorders and the power of human imagination – an interpretation of the work of the Åland Islands Peace Institute
Dr. Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Ass. prof. in International law, is the Director of the ÅIPI and responsible for its research activities. Mariehamn 3.10.2013 Contemporary unemployement among the young is a grave problem;[1] it is so grave that young people in France have set themselves aflame in front of unemployment offices when having lost all hope. The problem, with its gendered dimensions, depending on the sectors hit by unemployment and cuts, is often described in standard terms such as ‘the gender gap in employment rates’, ‘limited participation of women and young people in the labour force’ and ‘economic dependence’. The response is very often ‘better career planning’, ‘more education’, ‘better contacts between the labour market and schools’. In the present text I would like to broaden and deepen the description of the problem. An increasing number of young people feel alienated in our modern and efficient societies, among others when hit by unemployment or also when fearing unemployment, even if they are far too young to enter the labour market. The materialistic explanations of massive waves of destructive protests, so called riots, in Northern as well as in Southern Europe, also in our part of the world, are insufficient to capture the […]
The director of the ÅIPI Ass.prof. Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark has contributed to the Swedish radio programme
The director of the ÅIPI Ass.prof. Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark has contributed to the Swedish radio programme Obs in their broadcasting on Syria and the laws of war, sent on 25th of September 2014.