Fanny Holgersson, a Swedish student, recently completed a double master’s degree in International Business and Global management at Stockholm School of Economics. Although having pursued her studies in the field of business, Fanny has developed a strong interest in conflict resolution and human rights. By taking the course in conflict resolution offered at the Hebrew University, Fanny hopes to further develop skills and knowledge needed to pursue a career working with international relations and human rights. During the last few years, Fanny has lived and travelled around the globe. It is her passion to explore new places and to get to know new cultures and people. While in Israel, Fanny is curious to discover more of the region and eager to develop a better understanding of the different conflicts of focus and the impact these have on the people involved.
Daniel A. R. Jensen is from Funen, a Danish island. He is currently an undergraduate student at University of Southern Denmark studying History with the intent to pursue a Master’s degree in International Security and Law. This summer he studied Conflict Resolution: From Theory to Practice – Israel as a Case Study in Jerusalem thanks to the TTS scholarship, for which he is very grateful and humbled to have received. Daniel is a former soldier and combat veteran serving two tours in Afghanistan as an infantryman.
Anna Koivukoski, a student from Finland, received her BA degree in History at the University of Helsinki in 2014 and will start a research master program in Modern History and International Relations at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) in 2015. She is spent the summer as a TTS scholar at the Rothberg International School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem studying ”The history of the Arab-Israeli conflict”. There were a wide range of interesting summer courses available, but since her main interests lay on the modern history and contemporary political issues, this course was a natural choice.
Maaria Oikarinen is Finnish artist and a student of Linguistics, Literature and Jewish Studies at the University of Helsinki. She has also worked as a journalist and art critic. Besides studying the Hebrew language during her summer course in Israel, she wants to learn more about the visual arts there as well. Her paintings are made with acrylic colors and are usually very big and colorful.
Torbjørn Skinnemoen Ottersen recently completed a PhD in Music at the University of Cambridge, funded by a Cambridge International Scholarship from the Cambridge Trust. He has previously studied at the University of Oxford (BA, MSt) and at Harvard University (AM), as well as at the Norwegian Academy of Music. In October he will be taking up a Polonsky postdoctoral research fellowship, renewable for five years, at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.
Teodora Staneva, originally from Bulgaria, is a master student in Innovation, Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Dynamics at Aalborg University, Denmark. Teodora is a Wergeland and Holst Thanks To Scandinavia summer scholar studying Start Ups and Innovation: The Israeli Model in Jerusalem, Israel. Obtaining new knowledge has developed not only her analytical skills but also improved her personal skills. The course is a useful framework that can guide Teodora to start her own venture.