Bror Myllykoski, Head of Administration
Tel +358 18 23238
bror(at)peace.ax

Bror Myllykoski is the head of administration and is in addition responsible for peace education in school environments.
Bror comes from the Association "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, in positions related to youth and leisure.
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.

Sarah Stephan, Researcher and Project Manager 
Phone +358 18 23238
sarah(at)peace.ax

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.
However, her main task is research and co-ordination within the ELDIA-project.
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, Researcher
Phone. +358 18 21960
heidi(at)peace.ax

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.

Linda Johansson, mediator
Phone +358 (0)18 21960
Mobile + 358 (0)457 343 3513
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Linda Johansson 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.
Linda is also responsible for sending and hosting volunteers through the European Voluntary Service program (EVS).
Linda has a Bachelors degree in International Crisis and Conflict Management from Umeå University and has done internships at Amnesty International Nations&Regions in Belfast and International Organisation for Migration in Sarajevo. She has herself been an EVS Volunteer at SOS Childrens Villages Social Center in Sarajevo. She has also worked with unaccompanied refugee minors in Gothenburg.
Linda speaks Swedish, English and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian.

Jenny Jonstoij, method developer
Jenny(at)peace.ax
Tel. + 358 18 21910
+358 457 343 95 88

Jenny Jonstoij i working with empowerment methods sucha as the Girl and Boy Group Method and Fair Sex. She was previously the Project Manager for the project Challenging Gender roles for Prevention of Trafficking. Jenny's background is in different gender projects as well as an academic master's degree in gender and political science. She has for example worked with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom who works to achieve world disarmament, full rights for women and an end to all forms of violence. Before starting at the Peace Institute, Jenny has been working as a Project Manager for the boy group project allan, which is a joint youth gender equality project between Save the Children and Save the Children Youth in Sweden.

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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Ulrika Navier, Project Manager
Tel. +358 18 21910
ulrika(at)peace.ax

Ulrika Navier is a project manager in the project Fair Sex. during 2012-2013 workshops about ”Fair Sex” will be held for all students in the second year of upper secondary school on Åland and education in the field of gender related violence and gender equality will be held for teachers in both upper secondary and intermediate schools.
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.

John Knight, Library and Archive
Phone +358 18 15570
john[at]peace.ax

Gohar Mamikonyan, volunteer 
tel +358 (0)18 21960
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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.

Gulnar Mammadova, volunteer
Tel: +358(0) 18 21950
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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. 

Per-Erik Söderlund, Office Assistant
(in cooperation with Ålands omsorgsförbund)

Phone +358 457 379 8894
percka64[at]hotmail.com