Intern in Autumn 2017: Mirna Aho
Mirna Aho will be interning for the institute from September to December. She will be focusing on the communicational aspects of the institute and helping with arrangement of different events. Mirna is majoring in speech communication at the university of Jyväskylä and is currently writing her master thesis about interaction in peace mediation. She will be expected to graduate in the beginning of 2018. She has previously worked for example in Sweden and in India and is excited to get to talk some Swedish with her co-workers.
Intern in Spring 2017: Celina Alshareef
Sumia “Celina” Alshareef is an intern at the Peace Institute from 23 May to 22 June 2017. She is from Syria (Aleppo) and lives in Åland since one and a half years. Celina has studied international relations and diplomacy at Damascus University in Syria and has volunteer to support Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Celine’s internship is part of her studies in Swedish at Medis in Mariehamn. In the future she wants to work with translation and complete her studies in international relations, so that she can work with international organizations to quickly support refugees, and refugee women in particular, who need support and help to start a new life.
Intern in Spring 2017: Vanessa Westerlund
Vanessa Westerlund will be an intern from January to April in 2017. She will mainly participate in the arrangements of the “The Kastelholm talks”, which are being held 30th March. Vanessa will also be working with tasks relating to information dissemination and website development. Vanessa is majoring in political science at Åbo Akademi University, and she is currently working on her master thesis on fragile states. Her minor is International law. Vanessa expects to receive her master’s degree by the end of 2017.