Internship Evaluation by Lauren Stevens
Lauren Stevens was an intern at the Peace Institute in Autumn 2018 and has written a text about her internship: I applied for an internship at the Åland Islands Peace Institute (ÅIPI) because I’m interested in issues concerning peace, security, minorities, and autonomy. I’m particularly interested in minorities related to sexual orientation, gender, and disability, and I wanted to learn more about national and linguistic minorities. I also like going to different places and trying to learn languages. Before I started my internship at ÅIPI, I’d visited Åland once before during last summer. I didn’t know any Swedish at all, I didn’t know much about the Swedish-speaking population in Finland, nor did I know much about the history and politics of Åland. During my internship at ÅIPI, I learnt a lot about these, especially as I had the opportunity to participate in the e-course ‘Territorial Autonomy as a Tool for Diversity Management: Lessons from the Åland Example’. I now consider it important for people in Finland and beyond to know about Åland’s status as an autonomous, demilitarised, and neutralised territory, as well as Åland as an example of a successful solution to a minority conflict. Being an Information Intern at […]