Hello, my name is Ronja Tikkanen and I am a Master’s student at Åbo Akademi University in the International Law and Human Rights programme, I am originally from Helsinki. At the Åland Islands Peace Institute I will be working as a research intern which I think will be very useful
Meet our second guest in our podcast series “Before the Kastelholm Peace Talks 2025” Minna Kukkonen-Karlander. Minna Kukkonen-Karlander is Senior Manager at Crisis Management Initiative’s (CMI) Asia Programme since August 2021, focusing on North East and South East Asia. Prior to that, she worked as a manager and advisor in several
Meet Anders Lidén – our first guest in the podcast series ‘Towards the Kastelholm Talks 2025’. Anders Lidén is a former Ambassador and Counsellor for Foreign Affairs at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Mr Lidén has been head of Sweden’s UN delegation in New York and ambassador in Helsinki,
The Castle is now full, but you are welcome to watch the Kastelholm Peace Talks online here on the website on 27 March. No pre-registration is required for it. Just visit our website when the broadcast starts at 14.15 EEST. If you are here in Mariehamn, make sure to come
On 27 March 2025, it’s time for this year’s Kastelholm Talks. And as of today, registration is open! You can register for the whole event or can choose to participate in parts of it. First, there will be a talk at 14.15 at Kastelholm Castle, where the castle panel will
Hello! My name is Melvin Leopold Sjöberg, I’m 15 years old and I’m spending my second internship-week at Ålands fredsinstitut (Åland Island Peace Institute), week 10 year 2025. I’m a student at Kyrkby Högstadieskola. I’m really interested in history and civics, and that’s why I chose this place for my
It is with great pleasure that we now present this year’s castle panel during the Kastelholm Talks 2025: Minna Kukkonen-Karlander, Anders Lidén and Annika Söder. Minna Kukkonen-Karlander is Senior Manager at Crisis Management Initiative’s (CMI) Asia Programme since August 2021, focusing on North East and South East Asia. Prior to
This week we welcome our newly hired coordinator to the Peace Institute! Martha will work as a coordinator focusing on internal organization but also on project development and seminars. She has previously worked at Emmaus Åland, which, like the Peace Institute, has its roots in the Åland Peace Association. She
Hi! My name is Josefina Berndtsson and I am the Ålands Peace Institute’s Kastelholm intern during spring 2025. I am currently studying information technology at Åland university of applied sciences and wish with this internship to get a better insight into the work that the Peace Institute does, as well
