How does the COVID-19 affect minorities around the world? On 27 May Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Director of the Åland Islands Peace Institute discussed this topic in the webinar: Minorities, territorial governance and inter-state relations in pandemic times. The other speakers were Francesco Palermo, the Institute for Comparative Federalism, and Sergiu
At the annual meeting on April 21, 2020, Wille Valve was elected to the board of the Åland Islands Peace Institute. Valve has previously worked at the Åland Islands Peace Institute with mediation and research issues, but is more commonly known to people in Åland for his political career as
Contents Webinar on the international use of the Åland example, 10 June. Webinar 27 May: How does the COVID-19 affect minorities? Statement submitted to UN ECOSOC Wille Valve new member of the board And more … Innehåll Webinarium 10.6 om Ålandsexemplets användning Webinarium 27.5: Hur påverkas minoriteter av coronakrisen? Uttalande
Contents The Kastelholm talks will be held online Lunch seminars will be postponed Panel discussion on the Åland Example held at the Parliament of Sweden The Peace Institute receives support from ministries Article about Åland in report by the German-speaking Community’s Parliament in Belgium Petra Granholm spoke at the film festival Vera Innehåll
Elvira Jansson, is 21 years old and is currently studying social work at Novia University of Applied Science in Turku. She is on her fourth semester and her Bachelor of Social Services is due in 2021. This spring she will do an internship at the Åland Mediation Office. I enjoy
Mari Ek is a research intern at the Åland Islands Peace Institute from February to April 2020. In her studies in the Master’s programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research at the University of Tampere, she has focused on human rights, migration, humanitarian aid and gender-based violence. During her internship
Contents Margot Wallström, KG Hammar and Marja Lehto among the speakers at the Kastelholm talks Lunch seminar on the pre-requisites for growth on 12th February New employees at the Peace Institute Research meeting for the upcoming book on democracy Innehåll Margot Wallström, KG Hammar och Marja Lehto talar under Kastelholmssamtalen
Contents The many-faceted character of autonomy explored in new issue of The Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies The Kastelholm talks 2020: War, peace and the environment Save the dates: Lunch seminars on 12 February and 5 March New research project: What has the EU implied for Åland? Innehåll Kastelholmssamtalen
CONTENTS Upcoming lunch seminar 9.10.2019: Edvard Johansson: Small economies and global trends – how can Åland meet the future? Call for Interns at the Åland Islands Peace Institute in the spring of 2020 Many visits during autumn, including officials from Sweden and EU-ambassadors Conference participation; political participation, sovereignty and borders
Calle Koskela is a research intern at the Åland Islands Peace Institute from September 2019. Originally Calle is from Vaasa, and currently he studies political history at the University of Helsinki. His goal is to finish his master’s thesis during 2020. During his internship at the Peace Institute Calle will assist
