Intern in Autumn 2014: Fanny Thalén
Fanny Thalén is a communications intern at the Åland Islands Peace Institute from the 1st of November 2014 until mid January 2015. She is mainly involved in activities related to information and publications at the institute. Fanny Thalén is a final-year student of media and communication studies at Europe’s northernmost university, Luleå Technical University. She has previously worked as a radio journalist and has been studying Slavonic studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Fanny Thalén speaks fluent Swedish, German and English, as well as some Russian and Danish. On a good day she also speaks French and Finnish.
Intern in Autumn 2014: Jennifer Linder
Jennifer Linder is an intern on the Åland Islands Peace Institute during the autumn 2014. As an intern she is primarily involved with the project Fair Sex where she is conducting workshops with the students. Jennifer is also studying for a bachelor’s degree in international social work at the University of Gävle. She is interested in pursuing work related to questions of equality and wrote her thesis about men who get subjected to intimate partner violence within heterosexual relationships. The title of the essay is as follows: “A qualitative study on the experiences of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) from the perspective of male victims”.
Interns from Paris, France in Spring 2014: Alexandre & Paul
Alexandre Zoller and Paul Dos Santos coming from France are interning at the ÅIPI between 10 and 15 March 2014. They are on Åland for an exchange together with fellow students at the Upper secondary school Saint Dominique in Neuilly, close to Paris. In their own words: We are staying in the archipelago of Åland for a week and working in the peace institute. We decided to apply for working in this foundation because of our interest in international topics. In fact, as we can notice with the name, this foundation deals with a practical and theorical way to live in peace. To act the peace institute organizes lectures about equality, respect and welcome people from around the world. This journey will probably be very enriching.