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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.
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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. She presents the activities of the Ålands Islands Peace Institute and the Åland Islands as an example of peaceful conflict resolution to foreign visitors. She also arranges visits and lectures.
Susann has a bachelors degree in journalism and has also studied international relations at the University of Gothenburg.
Susann speaks Swedish, English, French and Finnish.
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Sarah Stephan, Project Manager and Researcher
Tel +358 18 23238
sarah(at)peace.ax
Sarah is responsible for the youth activities of the Peace Institute, including peace education and conflict management in schools as well as youth exchange in the framework of the European Voluntary Service (EVS). She is also in charge of trainings and seminars within the areas of responsibility of the Peace Institute.
Sarah's research interests include European and Public International Law, in particular post-conflict governance and multilevel governance in the European Union and beyond.
Sarah holds an LL.M. in Public International Law from Helsinki University and a Bachelor’s degree in European and Comparative Law from the Hanse Law School of the Universities of Bremen and Oldenburg. She has complemented her law studies with courses in political science, in particular in global governance and peace and conflict studies.
Sarah speaks German (native), English (fluent), Swedish (good) and French (good).
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Heidi Öst, Mediation Officer and Researcher
Phone. +358 18 21967
heidi(at)peace.ax
Heidi Öst shares her time between the Mediation Office and her position as a researcher at the Åland Islands Peace Institute. She is in charge of the statuary mediation service, which is free of charge and offered to parties in criminal cases and certain civil disputes.
Heidi has got a masters degree in human rights from Åbo Akademi and a bachelors degree in global politics from Keele University in England. She has previously worked as a clerk at the district court of Åland
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Bror Myllykoski, Project Manager
Tel +358 18 23238
bror (at) peace.axBror Myllykoski is responsible for conflict management and peace education in school environments and also works with personnel issues.
Bror comes from the Föreningen Norden på Åland r.f. where he worked as a director.
Prior to that Bror worked for a long time in the public sector, initially in Mariehamn which includes youth workers, youth and sports secretary instructor. He then moved on to the municipality of Finström where he served as recreation director, with responsibility for particular leisure, tourism and economic affairs.
Bror has a physical instructor and youth secretarial degree from Solvalla Sports Institute - Institute of physical education.
Bror is also active in different sports associations, his big interest in sports and swimming mainly occupies of his spare time.
Bror speaks Swedish and some English and Finnish.
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Justina Donielaite, Project Manager
Phone +358 18 23977
justina[at]peace.ax
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.
Justina has a Master's degree in Scandinavian philology and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management from Vilnius university. Language skills: Lithuanian (native), English, Swedish (fluent), Russian (advanced),
German (basic).
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Denis Nazarenko, Project Manager
Phone +358 18 21910
denis[at]peace.ax
Denis Nazarenko is the project manager for INTERREG "Challenging gender roles for the prevention of trafficking".
Denis has a degree in Psychology from the American University in Central Asia. He has also studied media and psychology of perception at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland.
He has worked extensively in different Development projects on strengthening human capacity and on promotion of human rights in Central Asia, Caucasus and Finland. He is always interested in studying stereotypes, violence and media influence, especially in relation to gender studies.
Denis is fluent in English, Russian and Finnish.
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Ulrika Navier, GGBG-network Project Assistant
Tel. +358 18 23977
ulrika(at)peace.ax
Ulrika Navier is responsible for education of girl- and boy group leaders within the project "Challenging Gender Roles for Prevention of Trafficking".
Ulrika has a bachelors degree in gender research from the University of Uppsala. In parrallell with the work at the Peace Institute she is studying for a masters degree in political science in Uppsala. Ulrika has previously worked with refugee children and has always been engaged in gender issues. Ulrika speaks Swedish and English. |
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Golnar Bahar, Research Assistant
+358 18 21950
golnar[at]peace.ax
Golnar Bahar is a research assistant for the project "Challenging Gender Roles for Prevention of Trafficking" and is responsible for the project's research on the Åland islands. Golnar has a master¹s degree in international relations from Malmö University and has also studied gender studies at Lund University. She has previously worked with equality in different women¹s NGO:s and has a great
interest in issues regarding gender equality. Golnar speaks Swedish, English and Farsi
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Ann-Louise Idman, Financial Manager
Phone +358 (0)18 21910
ann-louise[at]peace.ax
Ann-Louise Idman is the financial manager for the project "Challenging Gender Roles for Prevention of Trafficking", primarily responsible for managing the finances and administration of the project.
Ann-Louise has a Degree in Business Administration from Åland University of Applied Sciences. She has also studied modern languages and education. She has previously worked in various organizations and companies with economy and administration, she has also worked as a
secretary for the Gender Equality Unit at the Government of Åland, and has a strong interest in gender related questions.
Ann-Louise speaks Swedish, English, French, some Finnish and some Spanish.
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John Knight, Library and Archive
Phone +358 18 15570
john[at]peace.ax
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Kamala Ramazanova, volunteer
kamala(at)peace.ax
Kamala Ramazanova from Azerbaijan will be a volunteer at the Peace Institute from 27.07.2009 to 31.05.2010. Kamala is a journalist and previously worked as a reporter covering the foreign policy of Azerbaijan in ANSPress news agency. At the Peace Institute Kamala will mainly work with the creation of a network for co-operation on youth work between Åland and Azerbaijan
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Per-Erik Söderlund, Office Assistant
(in cooperation with Ålands omsorgsförbund)
Phone +358 457 379 8894
percka64[at]hotmail.com
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Ulla Lindblad, Assistant
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