Theresa Höghammar
Born: 1980
Citizenship: Sweden
Position at SIPRI: Researcher
Subject expertise: International security, crisis management and international cooperation; arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation; the UN system and security regimes; gender and security issues
Regional expertise: Sweden, global
Languages:
Swedish, English
Education: Masters Degree in Political Science; Crisis Management and International Cooperation, Uppsala University, Department of Government, Swedish National Defence College. Bachelor Degree in Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Contact: Email Phone:+46 8 655 97 56
Theresa Höghammar joined SIPRI in January 2009. She currently works as a Research Assistant for the Euro-Atlantic Security Programme and the Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme at SIPRI. She holds a Masters Degree in Political Science from Uppsala University/Swedish National Defence College. She has previously worked as a disarmament, peace and security officer for the Swedish United Nations Association and with gender and security issues for the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in Geneva.
Current activities
- Project Co-ordinator, Strengthening Global Nuclear Disarmament project: the Role of Non-Nuclear Weapon States
- Research Assistant, Iran and Afghanistan, regional security project
- Research Assistant, Multilateralism and the EU in the Contemporary Global Order project, part of the Euro-Atlantic Security Programme
Former positions
- Desk officer for Peace, Security and Disarmament, United Nations Association of Sweden
- Intern for Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/Stockholm
- Theresa Höghammar has lived more than three years in London and in Geneva
