Advisors

Evelina Rönnbäck is a freelance photographer and writer focusing on documentary storytelling in a broad variation of contexts in many countries and regions. Her work is closely related to her interest for human rights, peace and nonviolence, international relations and sustainable devolpment. Over a decade she’s been working within the field of journalism, in her own projects, as well as together with organisations and other partners who are working for sustainable global development in various ways. She grew up in

Nicholas is an artist researcher (PhD) from Brazil based in Malmö, Sweden. Nicholas works on the intersections of design, music and arts with focus on decolonial and pluriversal approaches. Nicholas has a background in improvisational, countercultural and collaborative art practices such as Participatory Design, Graffitti, Capoeira and Brazilian music. Nicholas is also a professional Luthier, building musical instruments under the brand Maa Guitars and providing consultancy for companies in the music industry business. Besides this, Nicholas is a professional bass

Sandra Segall is an Advisor in Peace, Conflict, and Gender and currently works as an advisor and programme officer at the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). She was previously seconded by Sida as an Associate Expert in Gender to the Colombian Office of the High Commissioner for Peace and the Organization of American State’s Special Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP-OAS). Sandra holds a Master of Science degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from Umeå University and

Born in 1978 with a Swedish-Turkis background Emre Gürler is a social innovator and an entreprenurial spirit with more than 20 years experience form the Swedish and global business arena. He has held key positions within Bonnier Magazines, Expressen, Hyper Island and SOLVATTEN. He´s been studyig business and entrepreneurship at Växjö University, international business and mandarin at Macau University in Chinga as well as subjects at Makarere University in Uganda. The last 10 years he has had a special focus

Dr Valli Pillai-Batchelor is an educator and creative artist with combined expertise in applied finance and intercultural arts. She advocates for economic justice, community health and multi stakeholder partnerships. Sustainable development, eradication of poverty, violence prevention, gender equality, diversity, cultural norms and faith-based issues are integral to her work. Her Australian doctorate research on interest-free banking and finance led to academic positions in 5 countries and invitations for contribution at international and ecumenical platforms - including UN Commission on Status of Women

Jonas Reyes Forsberg is a family man, business owner and consultant, with nearly two decades of hands-on experience from business development in Sweden and Bangladesh. Jonas is a problem solver, often driven by frustration or anger. When faced with the fact that most consumer goods are produced without regards to workers rights or the environment, he tried to start his own factory to prove that there is another way. When he couldn’t find a book keeping firm who spoke (and

Ylva Löwenborg is an organisational consultant and a leader who drives system change at many levels. She does this by leveraging over 20 years of experience as a manager in civil society and the public and private sectors to coach organisations, groups and leaders to develop strategic partnerships and implement lasting change. Ylva is committed to human rights and diversity. Her work is rooted in theoretical and practical experience, allowing her to provide process-oriented coaching that supports empowerment, inclusion and

Dr. Raman Preet is a global health professional, trained as a dentist specializing in dental public health and public health. Her more than 25 years of work experience traverse that of a clinical dentist, global health educator, researcher, and research coordinator. She calls herself a ‘Global Health Optimist’. At Umeå University, Sweden, Raman is a Senior Research Manager and Equal Opportunities Officer, based at the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health. Here she is an expert on the grants funded

Kerstin Engström is a senior lecturer, researcher and consultant in media and communication, with special competence within the areas of gender analysis, journalism and communication for development and social change. She has extensive experience of working with education and research in higher education institutions, and is also experienced in academic leadership and management of higher education. Since many years, Kerstin is committed to international solidarity and gender equality. She has worked as a mentor in journalism and communication for the

January 31st 2023, we recieved information about the death of our friend Will Steffen, who died in Canberra aged 75. This is a tremendous loss for us, and we send our condolensces to Will´s family. He will be with us in our future work as a source of insipration, and we will remember him as dear friend of us. This is how we have written about him at our homepage when he was an active advisor to Another Development Foundation: