EPIIC/Olof Palme Scholarship
Information regarding the 2005-06 Olof Palme Scholarship will be forthcoming. Please check back soon.
On March 1, 1986, the Prime Minister of Sweden, Olof Palme was assassinated. In his honor, a moment of silence was held at the inaugural EPIIC international symposium, “International Terrorism.”
Now two decades later, to honor EPIIC’s 20 years of dedication to global engagement and themes resonant of Prime Minister Palme’s career, Ambassador Pierre Schori, then Palme’s Foreign Minister, and now president of the Olof Palme Foundation, has initiated a joint scholarship program for EPIIC and Swedish University students.
The fund will provide for students from Uppsala University and the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation to annually attend EPIIC symposia and then to join EPIIC students in summer research and internships around the world. A scholarship of $1000 per student will also be awarded by The Palme Foundation to each participating Tufts student.
Ambassador Schori was a recipient of the 2004 Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship award.
The 2004-05 Olof Palme Scholars:
Lina
Fredriksson
My name is Lina Fredriksson, and I am one of three Swedish students
from the University of Uppsala who are going to participate in the Symposium
next year. I have always been interested in human rights and global justice
for everyone and this is a terrific opportunity to increase my knowledge.
Last spring, I participated in an advanced course, which included Human
Rights, Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law, at the University of Uppsala.
In addition to this, I have traveled a lot in South East Asia. Last fall I took one semester off and went to, among other countries, Vietnam and Cambodia. This experience made me realize that unless we, the people in the west, do something – regardless if it is reporting, studying, teaching, criticizing – the fundamental rights and freedom of people in developing nations will never change.
I am currently participating in an exchange program, and for the last 3 months I have been a law student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. I recently found out that I may stay on for an additional semester – which I am planning to do. I am really looking forward to it.
Research Interests: I orginally wanted to research in the Sudan, however, I agree that security is too uncertain at this point. Therefore, I would like to conduct research in Nigeria since it is somewhat similar to the conflict in Sudan. Nigeria is the largest oil producer in Africa and at the same time, according to an Amnesty International report, 7 out of 10 people live in absolute poverty and their civil and political as well as economic and social rights are being violated and abused in the process of oil exploration and production. So I guess the questions at issue are somewhat similar to what I wanted to explore in Sudan. I would like to examine:
- oil (as a natural resource) as a human right, and who is/should benefit
from the use of it;
- the precarious situation regarding the industrial countries intervening in
developing countries;
- the environment as a human right;
- individual versus corporate sovereignty; and
- the developing countries ambition to create a new economic order at the expense
of individual human rights.
Anna
Landberg
My name is Anna Landberg and I’m from Uppsala, Sweden. I’m currently
studying my ninth semester of law at Uppsala University and I’ll graduate
in June next year. My legal studies are concentrated mostly upon human rights,
EU-law and constitutional law. Recently, I’ve taken time off school to
go on two long travels where I had the fortune to visit countries like Australia
and New Zealand. My interests, besides law, are travelling, food and design.
I’m looking forward going to Boston meeting you all and learning more about water and oil. My expectation is to go to southern Africa in the springtime/summertime and research water development issues.
Johan
Sandborgh
My name is Johan Sandborgh and I am a 25 year old Swedish law-student. Currently
I’m studying at Uppsala University in Sweden. I was born in Karlstad,
near the Norwegian border but moved to Uppsala five years ago to study. I have
concentrated my studies upon international law, in general, and especially
human rights. Hopefully I will get my degree in June next year.
My main interests in my spare time are playing guitar, piano and singing. This have resulted in a part time job as a musician for about eight years, and I wish to continue doing so in the future. The mix of law and music gives me a good balance between two different types of worlds, and they both inspire me very much. I’m looking forward to meet you all in Boston and I hope we will have a great time together!
My initial research interest centers on water issues in southern Africa.