UPEI’s Island Studies program presents public lecture about the Aland Islands

UPEI's Island Studies program will present a public lecture by Bjarne Lindstrom, director of the Statistical Agency of the Aland Islands, on Wednesday, March 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Atlantic Veterinary College's (AVC) faculty lounge.

Located on AVC's fourth floor, the lounge may be accessed via the elevators on the right at the far end of the college's main entrance.

Lindstrom's presentation is entitled 'Economic Capacity and Political Room for Manoeuvre: Lessons from the Aland Islands.'

Lindstrom has been a key player in the development of the North Atlantic Islands program which developed at the Institute of Island Studies in the early 1990s. He was then research manager at the Nordic Institute of Regional Policy Research (NordREFO), based in Stockholm. He is currently deputy director of the Alands International Institute for Comparative Island Studies (AICIS) and a member of the International Editorial Board of Island Studies Journal. He has written some 150 publications in the course of his career, mainly in the area of regional policy and regional development.

The Aland Islands is an autonomous archipelago of some 26,000 people, located in the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Finland. It is part of the state of Finland, but its distinct culture and Swedish language have been protected by an international treaty since 1920. They are also outside the customs area of the European Union.

The lecture is free and open to all. Light refreshments will be available, courtesy of the Dean of Arts.