Name:
Anna Åkerlund

Title:
Secretary General

Organisation:
Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation (SweFOR)

Email:
anna.akerlundswefor.org

Web address:
http://www.swefor.org

Phone:
+46-8-453 68 47

Areas of Professional Interest: Conflict sensitive development, prevention of armed conflict, the role of civil society in peace-building and conflict management, religion and conflict / violence, faith-based peace work, arms control, small arms and light weapons (incl parliamentary control and parliament – civil society dialogue to tackle this issue), human security and disarmament, civilian peace services, non-violence, peaceful conflict resolution/ management. Israel and Palestine, Western Sahara, Sudan (north – south), Latin America, the Philippines.

Publications: Transforming Conflicts and Building Peace: Experience and Ideas of Swedish Civil Society Organisations, Sida Studies no. 13, 2005 (www.sida.se)

Att omvandla konflikter och bygga fred: en ny generation av utvecklingsprojekt?, Forum Syds förlag 2001.

Sekularismens Väktare: den kristna minoritetens syn på förhållandet mellan stat och shintoism i Japan (Teologiska fakulteten, Uppsala universitet, 1993).

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