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Staff
Bror Myllykoski, Head of Administration, is responsible for staff matters. Contact: bror(at)peace.ax or +358 18 23238.
Current staffing
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Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Director Phone +358 18 21960 sia[at]peace.ax Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark is the director of the Åland Islands Peace Institute and responsible for the research activities. She received her doctoral degree in international law at the Faculty of Law, University of Uppsala (Sweden) in 1997 and became associate professor at the same university in 2001. She was acting professor at Åbo Akademi University in the autumn of 1997. Spiliopoulou Åkermark has published two books, four edited volumes, and more than 50 articles and reports in the fields of international law, human rights, indigenous peoples and minority rights. She speaks Swedish, Greek, English and French. CV |
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Susann Simolin, Information Officer Phone +358 18 15570 susann[at]peace.ax Susann Simolin is responsible for activities related to information and publications. In addition she works with planning of the institute´s activities and functions as the secretary of the board of directors. She also presents the activities of the Ålands Islands Peace Institute and the Åland Islands as an example of peaceful conflict resolution to foreign visitors. Susann has previously worked as a journalist at the Swedish morning paper Göteborgs-Posten. She has a bachelors degree in journalism and a masters degree in Political science. Susann speaks Swedish, English, French and some Finnish. |
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Bror Myllykoski, Head of Administration Bror Myllykoski is the head of administration and is in addition responsible for peace education in school environments. |
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Justina Donielaite, Project Manager Justina Donielaite is responsible for the neighbouring area cooperation with NGOs in Lithuania, Belarus and the Kaliningrad region. She is also in charge of the knowledge development at the Center for Women and Children "Nendre" in Vilnius, Lithuania. Justina also spreads information about the Girl Group method, used for prevention of trafficking. Additionally, she works as a mediator at the Åland Conciliation Office and is a member of a work group for arranging Multicultural cafés. |
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Sarah Stephan, Researcher and Project Manager Sarah is the Project Manager for the project Open Doors that is focusing on gender equality, empowerment and participation in Azerbaijan. she is also working with trainings and seminars. |
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Cecilia Brenner, Project Manager
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Liselott Lindén, Project Assistant Liselott Lindén is a Project Assistant within the Fair Sex project, working with workshops in Ålandic upper secondary schools. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Stockholm University and is especially interested in sociolinguistics. Liselott speaks Swedish, English and French. |
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Malin Söderberg, Method Developer Malin Söderberg is working with the Girl and Boy Group Method and activities on Åland, in co-operation with the NGO Folkhälsan. Malin holds a bachelors degree in social work from the University of Örebro, and has also taken courses in psychology at Uppsala University and Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University. Malin has experience from working as a social worker, with child protection. |
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Heidi Öst, Researcher Heidi Öst is a doctoral candidate in public law at Åbo Akademi University, who conducts her research partly from the Åland Islands and the Peace Institute. Heidi is responsible for the activities of the institute within the framework of Social and Economic Council of the UN. The preliminary title of her dissertation is Citizenship and voting rights in autonomous areas. Heidi has a Master's degree in international human rights law from Åbo Akademi University and a Bachelor's degree in global politics from Keele University in England. She has previously researched language rights of national minorities and conflict resolution at the Åland Islands Peace Institute and been responsible for the mediation office. Heidi speaks Swedish and English. |
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Ida Persson, Substitute Head of the Åland Mediatons Office Ida Persson is the Substitute Head of the Åland Mediations Office. In this position she is responsible for the Mediation services, a statutory complimentary service that is offered to parties in criminal cases and certain civil disputes. Read more (in Swedish) on www.medlingsbyran.ax . Ida has a Bachelors degree in Public Health from Högskolan in Gävle and has mostly worked in health- and social care. Ida speaks Swedish and English.
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John Knight, Library and Archive |
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Gohar Mamikonyan, volunteer Gohar Mamikonyan from Armenia will be a volunteer at the ÅIPI from 01.10.2012 to 01.10.2013. She will mainly work in the framework of a gender equality project, help to develop further projects in cooperation with Armenian organizations, also be involved in the whole scale of Peace Institute activities. Gohar received her master in Political science and Public Administration from Yerevan State University. She speaks Armenian, Russian and English. |
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Gulnar Mammadova, volunteer Gulnar Mammadova is a volunteer from Azerbaijan. She will work in the international cooperation projects with focus on gender equality, empowerment of young women, and youth exchanges from conflict regions. She will also be involved in planning of new projects and will assist in overall activities of the ÅIPI. Previously she has worked in the Center for Strategic Studies of Azerbaijan where she made research on Arab uprising. Her current research interests in ÅIPI include Åland Islands’ experience of conflict resolution and autonomy, in relation to the Armenian-Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh conflict. She received her master’s degree in international relations from Baku State University in 2010. She speaks Azerbaijani (native), English and Russian, little Arabic and French. |
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Per-Erik Söderlund, Office Assistant
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Ulla Lindblad, Assistant (in cooperation with Ålands omsorgsförbund) |
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