Current staffing
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Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Director and Head of Research |
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Kjell-Åke Nordquist, Editor-in-Chief Kjell-Åke Nordquist is Editor-in-Chief of the Insitute's e-journal Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies (jass.ax). He is Professor in International Relations, and has been working in the fields of autonomy and conflict resolution both as a researcher and a practitioner. As a practitioner Nordquist has been working with peace processes mainly in Colombia, the Middle East, and Timor-Leste. |
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Susann Simolin, Head of Information Phone +358 (0)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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Petra Granholm, Acting Head of the Åland Mediation Office and Research Coordinator Petra holds a aster’s in political science from Åbo Akademi University, Finland and a Master of Resource Management from the University of Akureyri, Iceland. She speaks Swedish, English, German and instrumental Icelandic and Finnish. |
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Mirjam Lukola, Acting Organisation Secretary In her function as acting organisation secretary Mirjam Lukola is responsible for internal planning and follow-up of the Peace Institute’s activities as well as coordination of project applications and reporting. She is also the secretary of the board of directors. |
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Jonny Andersen, Economist and CIO |
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Heidi Öst Heidi is working with research tasks, and has previously been working at the institute as Mediation Officer and Researcher. Heidi is in the final stage of her doctoral studies in Public Law at Åbo Akademi University. Her thesis concerns citizenship and voting rights in four autonomous areas, with Åland as one of the case studies. |
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John Knight, Library and Archive The part time librarian John Knight is responsible for the library and archive, that includes material on peace and conflict issues, minorities, autonomy, security, gender, human rights, and the Åland Islands and their unique status. John works at the Institute every Tuesday from 3.15 to 5 pm. At other times, John is available on the phone number, +358 (0)457 342 0778, or by e-mail. You may also call other staff at the Institute, at +358(0)1815570, to arrange a time when books can be borrowed or read on site. |
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Justina Donielaite, Organisation Secretary (on leave until 15.8.2019) As Head of the Åland Mediations Office Justina is responsible for the Mediation services, a statutory complimentary service that is offered to parties in criminal cases and certain civil disputes. 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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