Rebecka Salim Shirazi

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Born: 1984
Citizenship: Sweden
Position at SIPRI: Project Coordinator / Research Assistant
Subject expertise: International politics and security; conflict management and international cooperation; conflict resolution; post-conflict reconstruction and development.
Regional expertise: Greater Middle East
Languages: English, Farsi, Swedish                                                                  Education:MSc Comparative Politics (Conflict Studies), London School of Economics and Political Science; MA Joint Honours, International Relations and Middle East Studies, University of St Andrews
Contact: Email  ; Phone: +46 8 519 59 811

Rebecka Salim Shirazi is a SIPRI Project Coordinator and Research Assistant and is involved in several of the institute's projects. She is a recent graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in London, from which she holds a MSc in Comparative Politics, Conflict Studies. She also holds an MA in International Relations and Middle East Studies from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Rebecka has previously worked as an intern at SIPRI and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

Current activities
  • Project Coordinator and Research Assistant, Iran and Multilateral Security Cooperation in Southwest Asia
  • Project Coordinator, Strengthening Global Nuclear Disarmament: the Role of Non-Nuclear Weapon States
  • Research Assistant, MERCURY: Multilateralism and the EU in the Contemporary Global Order
Former positions
  • Research Intern, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London, October 2009 to March 2010
  • Research Assistant, Iran and Multilateral Security Cooperation in Southwest Asia, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), April 2009 to October 2009
  • Intern, Armed Conflict and Conflict Management Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), January 2009 to April 2009
  • Analyst Intern, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St Andrews, June 2005 to October 2006