21 May 2008 - 13-18h - Department of Peace and Conflict Research

Career Day

Get in touch with possible future employers

Please join us for Career Day at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research on Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 13.00 – 18.00!!!
Come listen to personal experiences, good advice, and tips for your future career! Bring your CV and get personalized help and advice! Come ask questions and share with people who are in the position you are headed for!

Program (UPDATED)

Speakers:

13:30 - Åsa Blomquist, Recruitment Officer, Field Personnel, Swedish Red Cross

14.00 - Professor Peter Wallensteen
14.30 - Uppsala Conflict Data Program staff
15.00 - Hanne Martinek, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Government

15:30 - Anna Widepalm, Program Officer, Conflict Prevention in Practice, Folke Bernadotte Academy

16.00 - David Moheim, Strategic Analysis and International Relations Office, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets Materielverk)
16.30-17.30 - Maria Wold-Troell, IT-Consultant who will give us a unique, practical and  experienced spin on how to get a job in “the real world”—
what employees really want, a great CV only gets you so far—what else do you need to know?

Others being represented are:
Save the Children, International Red Cross, and the International Women’s Institute for Peace and Freedom (Internationella Kvinnoförbundet för Fred och Frihet).

CV Advice for European and American formats

Please bring your CV!!!
13.00-14.15 – Andreas Jarblad, Jonathan Hall, Kristine Eck
16.30-18.00 – Maria Wold-Troell, Jonathan Hall

19 May 2008
Darfur-Dimensions and Dilemmas of a complex  situation
an introduction by Professor Adam Azzain Mohamed and Johan  Broshé
In late April 2008 UN officials had to admit that the death  estimates of the five year long conflict in Darfur had to be increased by  about 100,000. This development is  just the latest act of the deadly  play and illustrates once again the powerlessness of the international  community to deal with the situation in the Darfur region. (more soon)

25 April 2008

The World after Iraq: New Challenges for the International System in cooperation with Anna Lindh Minnesfond, Uppsala University and Utrikespolitiske Förening

On Friday the 25th of April more than 150 people came to hear a panel discussion on international leadership, responsibility and cooperation with Professor Samantha Power from Harvard University and visiting Professor Jan Eliasson, Uppsala University.

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18 April 2008
Visit to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Exclusivly for Pax et Bellum members the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) presented their work, in particular focussing on their research and methods. SIPRI publishes annually the SIPRI Yearbook on Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

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