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Current staffing
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Kjell-Åke Nordquist, Director Kjell-Åke Nordquist is Professor in International Relations, with particular focus on Peace Building and Human Rights, at the The Stockholm School of Theology in Sweden. |
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Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Research Manager |
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Susann Simolin, Information Officer Phone +358 18 15570 Mobile phone +358 (0)400 989 570 susann[at]peace.ax Susann Simolin is responsible for the information activities of the institute. In addition she works with seminar organization, project management and applications. She also presents the activities of the Ålands Islands Peace Institute and the Åland Islands as an example of peaceful conflict resolution to 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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Justina Donielaite, Organization Secretary and Project Manager Justina functions as a coordinator for the Peace Institute’s projects in the field of gender equality promotion and violence prevention that are implemented both locally and internationally. Justina has a Master's degree in Scandinavian philology from Vilnius University and a professional degree in International Business Administration from the International Business School at Vilnius University. Language skills: Lithuanian (native), English, Swedish and Russian. |
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Elias Vartio, Research Coordinator Elias assists in the research activities and the work of the research council, e.g. with text editing, report publishing, seminar organization and development of the library. He also takes part in outreaching activities and co-ordinates internship applications. Elias holds a master in Social Science, and has previously studied public international law at Helsinki University and Åbo Akademi University. He has also previously worked as journalist both in print- and broadcasting media. Elias has also been actively engaged in the Brussels based youth think thank Futurelab Europe and the Turku University affiliated Finland Futures Research Centre (ffrc), where he was involved in two research projects on the impact of new and emerging technologies on security and privacy. |
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Malin Söderberg, Mediation Officer Malin holds a bachelors degree in social work from the University of Örebro, and has also taken courses in psychology and Child and Youth Studies. Malin has experience from working as a social worker, with child protection. Malin speaks Swedish and English. |
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Henrietta Hellström, Head of Finance henrietta[at]peace.ax Phone. +358 18 23238 Henrietta Hellström is head of the economy and financing of the institute, working in close co-operation with the Director and the Project Managers. Henreitta holds a Bachelors-degree in business from the Åland University of Applied Science. She has previous experience of working with financial management, both as an accountant, economy assistant and as head of economy. Henrietta speaks Swedish, English and some Finnish. |
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Saila Heinikoski, Researcher Saila Heinikoski is a researcher in the research project “Demilitarisation in an increasingly militarized world. International perspectives in a multilevel framework – the case of the Åland Islands”, funded by the KONE foundation. In the project, she focuses on the position of Åland demilitarisation in the foreign and security policy of Finland and the European Union. In 2016, she will defend her doctoral thesis in International Relations at the University of Turku, Finland. Her thesis focuses on the right to free movement in the European Union and she has published several articles on European Union issues as well as co-edited a volume on the European Union security and defence policy. She holds two Master’s degrees from the University of Turku: one in International Relations and the other in Translation Studies. Before her research career, she has worked, inter alia, as an intern at the Representation of the European Commission in Finland and at the Department of Strategic and Defence Studies of the Finnish Defence University. |
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John Knight, Library and Archive |
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