A scholarly journal from the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) Södertörn University, Stockholm.
Issue 2025, 4: Download.
Editor-in chief, Baltic Worlds.
Editor-in-chief since 2009 for the journal Baltic Worlds and its’ web site balticworlds.com .
She is a graduated journalist and did report from East Europe in the early 90s. She has been teaching in journalism and also worked at several publishing houses and magazines. She holds a MA in Economic History. She has published peer-reviewed articles as well as articles of numerous other genres, including books.
She is today also an expert in human trafficking and a human right activist and has as such participated in numerous EU-projects, reported on the issue internationally, and in Sweden developed a support programme for victims. In 2013 she took initiative to the network Swedish Platform Civil Society Against Human Trafficking (later a formalized organization).
She is a frequent lecturer in human trafficking and is during 2019, besides, being a editor for Baltic Worlds, teaching at DiS a course on Human Trafficking and the Sex Trade. She is also during 2019-2020 coordinating a project regarding empowerment for formal child victims of human trafficking (Ecpat Norway, sponsored by CBSS).
Since 2013 she has been involved in “Dream Business”, a theater/film project around human trafficking that has been performed in Sweden, Norway and now runs in Finland. She is also engaged in promoting cultural activities for people living at the margins, and is board member at Skådebanan Stockholm.
Baltic Worlds will be commenting on the parliamentary and presidential elections taking place in countries around the Baltic Sea region and in Eastern Europe. The comments and analyses, written by researchers and in a few cases by expert journalists, present the parties, the candidates and the main issues of the election, as well as analyze the implications of the results. First out: a report from the election in Poland this summer.
ICCEES’ (International Council for Central and Eastern European Studies) Eight World Congress “Eurasia: Prospects for Wider Communication” took place in Stockholm, Sweden in July 2010. Host was the Swedish Society for the Study of Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Sällskapet ). Here you may read Mikhail Gorbachev´s speech, presented at the Opening Ceremony by Pavel Palazhchenko, advisor and interpreter to Mikhail Gorbachev. Also available is an essay based on Professor Archie Browns key note lecture “Gorbachev and Perestroika: a 25th Anniversary Perspective”. The Opening Ceremony and a discussion between Archie Brown, Jack Matlock, author and US ambassador in Moscow 1987‐1991 and Pavel Palazhchenko is published as video films here.
During the Cold War each side produced propaganda which highlighted the differences between the two systems and peoples, “the others”. There were, however, also conceptions of “the other” derived from sporadic but real meetings, meetings which awoke curiosity and a willingness to establish closer relations. The Aleksanteri Institute’s ninth annual conference, “Cold War: Interactions Reconsidered”, held in Helsinki fall 2009, examined these more low-key contacts and varying interpersonal relations and attitudes.
One result of efforts to halt trafficking is that the situation of those at risk becomes more difficult. So say NGOs and researchers. When women are sent home, they end up in a more vulnerable position – often they go back to trafficking.
Thomas Acton describes how Romanies are always outsiders. He contends that it is impossible to be engaged in Romani Studies without also becoming part of the Romanies’ struggle.
Joanna Mizelienska, lecturer in gender and queer studies, argues that it is difficult to apply queer theory in Poland. Can one speak of constructed sexual identities where gay rights are disregarded or violated?