My name is Esther Djupsund and I am an intern at the Aland Islands Peace Institute from February to March 2021. I am currently studying the Master’s Degree Programme in International Law and Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University. In my studies I have focused on climate-related migration and intergovernmental
The EU debates in the Åland Parliament during autumn 1994 were complex. Hasan Akintug, PhD candidate at the University of Helsinki, shows this clearly in his report “The referendums on Åland: An overview of the EU debates in the Åland parliament during autumn 1994”. Not much has been written about
Contents The Kastelhom Talks 2021 Welcome to apply to our new Åland Peace Fellowship Part 3 of the EU seminar series – 15.12 New issue of JASS And more … Innehåll Kastelholmssamtalen 2021 Välkommen att söka till vårt nya gästforskarprogram Del 3 i EU-seminarieserien: 15.12 Nytt nummer av JASS Med
Theme for 2021: Creating Peace – Meetings, the Mediator and Peace What is peace? How far do partners go in a conflict with a ceasefire? What happens next? On Monday, March 29 2021, it is time for the Peace Institute’s annual talks on peace which is always held in
Tesfaye Ayalew Mekonen is doing a remote, digital internship at the Åland Islands Peace Institute from December 2020 to February 2021. He is originally from Ethiopia, but currently he is in Australia doing a Master of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland. He holds a Master of
Democracy is being challenged by globalization, digitalisation and the ongoing COVID-19-pandemic. This is why the Anders Chydenius Foundation is today launching a new network on democracy in co-operation with the Åland Islands Peace Institute, Hanaholmen and Lund University with the Peace Institute’s Director Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark in the management group.
Jessica Gregory is doing her Swedish language internship at the Peace Institute from November to December. She is originally from North Carolina, the United States, and has her Masters in Mechanical Engineering from both Virginia Tech and Cornell University. In parallel with the internship she is teaching mathematics at Åland
Is it compatible with the demilitarisation of Åland that coast guards from Turkey, most likely with a military degree, are trained in maritime search and rescue on Åland Islands? Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, the Director of Åland Islands Peace Institute, asks this question in a debate article published in newspaper Ålandstidningen
The second seminar in the series “25 years in the EU: experiences of Åland” takes place on 25th November 2020. The seminar is organized by the Statistics Åland and is held in Swedish. The speakers, Jouko Kinnunen and Kenth Häggblom from Åland Statistics and Johanna Fogelström-Duns from the Office of
What is the color of peace? What inspiration and practical elements can be derived out of experiences in the Baltic Sea and Nordic region? How do we deal with what often seems to be insoluble conflicts? The Director of the Peace Institute Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark takes part in a discussion on
