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
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
Sin Ngor Shek is an intern at the Institute since October and will be working with us until mid-November. He will mainly be responsible for doing research about historical and modern Chinese autonomous bodies. He will also be doing studies related to Hong Kong as an autonomous region. Ngor Shek is
Nicklas Böhm will be an intern from March to June 2017 at the Institute. Up to now he has been working mostly on the launch of the Institute’s new E-journal JASS and he will be continuously assisting the other researchers and projects. Nicklas has acquired a Bachelor’s degree in International
Andrea will be an intern at the ÅIPI until the middle of December. During the internship Andrea focuses mainly on the information dissemination of the institute and the organisation of seminars. She will also participate in developing the webpage. Andrea studies International Public Law and Communication & Journalism at Åbo
Karita Kostiainen is an intern at the Åland Islands Peace Institute during February-April 2016. She is currently on her final semester of her graduate studies in International Security and Law at the University of Southern Denmark, writing her thesis simultaneously with the internship. Previously she has acquired a Bachelor in International Relations
Silke Jungbluth has been the ÅIPI summer intern in June and July 2015. Whilst originally from Germany, Silke is currently pursuing her master´s studies in peace, mediation and conflict research at Tampere University. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology/ European Ethnology and Political Science from the
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
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
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
