Programme and Research Council
The NAI Programme and Research Council provides strategic advice to the Nordic Africa Institute. Each Nordic country that funds NAI appoints two representatives, selected by the Director: one from the foreign ministry and one from the academic sector. In addition, Uppsala University Library, Sida and representatives from academic institutions in Denmark and Norway participate, reflecting their close collaboration with the Institute.
Members of the Programme and Research Council
Chair of the Council | |
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Director |
Representatives from Finland | ||
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Kaarina Airas | Team Leader, Strategic team for Africa, Department for Africa, The Middle East and Latin America, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland | Member |
Pekka Seppälä | Senior Adviser, Department for Development Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs | Substitute |
Irmeli Mustalahti | Professor of Natural Resource Governance, Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, University of Eastern Finland | Member (academic representative) |
Franklin Obeng-Odoom | Professor of Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland | Substitute (academic representative) |
Representatives from Iceland | ||
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Sóley Ásgeirsdóttir | Specialist at the Directorate for International Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland | Member |
Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir | Director of Internal Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland | Substitute |
Geir Gunnlaugsson | Professor Emeritus of Global Health, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Ethnology, University of Iceland | Member (academic representative) |
Jón Geir Pétursson | Professor in Environment and Natural Resources. Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics and Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland | Substitute (academic representative) |
Representatives from Denmark | ||
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Nauja Kleist | Senior Researcher in Migration and global order, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) | Member (academic representative) |
Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen | Senior Researcher in Sustainable development and governance, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) | Substitute (academic representative) |
Representatives from Norway | ||
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Morten Jerven | Professor in Development Studies, Faculty of Landscape and Society, International Environment and Development Studies, Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo | Member (academic representative) |
Representatives from Sweden | ||
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Ingrid Wetterqvist | Director, International development cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden | Member |
Maria Gärtner Nord | Deputy Counsellor, Africa Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden | Substitute |
Lisa Åkesson | Professor at the Department of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg | Member (academic representative) |
Cecilia Brumér | Head of Unit, Southern, Western, Central and Regional Africa, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) | Member |
Uppsala University Library | ||
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Johanna Hansson | Library Director, Uppsala University Library | Member |
Staff representatives | |
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Senior Researcher | |
Communications Officer | |
Secretary of the Council | |
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Executive Assistant | |