Secretariat

Jan is Managing Director at the EBA. Prior to joining the EBA, he was economic adviser at the Ministry of Finance. Before that he was a reasearch fellow at Uppsala University and Stockholm University, working mainly within development economics. He was the secretary for the Swedish Economic Council between 2006-2007. Jan holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stockholm University.

Nina Solomin is Communications Manager at EBA. Before this, she was the cultural editor at Upsala Nya Tidning and she has worked as a journalist for 25 years at, among others, the Swedish Radio, the daily newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Dagens Nyheter and the magazine Tidningen Vi. Nina worked at the National Coordinator of vulnerable EU-citizens and has also been Communications Manager at the Delegation for Migration Studies. She is the author of the documentary books "ok, amen" and "Gränsen" (The Boarder).

Markus is programme manager at EBA. Prior to joining EBA he held a position as senior advisor at SWECO. During his career as a consultant Markus have been specializing in evaluation, industrial policy and regional growth policy, gender equality and environmental policy. He has been the project manager for a large number of studies and evaluations for the Government Offices of Sweden as well as Swedish state, regional and municipal authorities. Markus holds an MA. degree from Stockholm University.

Anna is assistant programme manager at the EBA. Prior to joining the EBA, she was chief secretary at The National Board of Health and Welfare. Before that, she was working at the sponsorship department at Plan International in Sweden. Anna holds a Bachelor degree in International relations from Stockholm University and a master degree in International Humanitarian Action from Uppsala University.

Mats is Programme Manager at the EBA. Prior to re-joining the EBA for a second round 2018 he was Chargé d’Affaires and Head of Development Cooperation at the Swedish Embassy in Burkina Faso. Further, he has served as senior researcher, research cluster leader and briefly Director General at the Nordic Africa Institute. During 2004 – 2009 he served as head of the secretariat of the Expert Group for Development Issues, EGDI, and later Chief Analyst for development policies at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Mats’ disciplinary background is institutional economics and political science. He holds a PhD degree from the Rural Development Department at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

Lena is programme manager at the EBA. Prior to joining the EBA, she was a senior consultant with Technopolis Group, focussing on evaluation on higher education, research and innovation. Before that she was senior researcher and programme manager at the Nordic Africa Institute. She has worked in research policy, research funding and evaluation nationally and internationally, as well as in international development cooperation for the Swedish Research Council, Sida and the International Center for Local Democracy. In 2010-2012 she chaired the Swedish Expert group for UNESCO’s scientific programs. Lena holds a Ph.D. in Ancient history and classical archaeology and a BSc in International Business, both from Uppsala University.

Iris is assistant programme manager at the EBA. Prior to joining the EBA, she held the position of assistant delegation secretary at the Migration Studies Delegation (Delmi). Iris holds a Bachelor degree in International relations from Stockholm University and a Master’s degree in Political Science from Uppsala University. She presented her M.Sc. Thesis “The Gendered Implications of Securitized Migration” in January 2017.

Eva is programme manager at the EBA. Prior to joining the EBA, she was a senior analyst at the Swedish Research Council, primarily focused on managing evaluations and act as a national expert in research policy issues vis-à-vis the EU and Unesco. Before that, Eva ran her own company focusing on analyses of implementing sustainable development policies. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Umeå University; her thesis is about the role of sustainability indicators in governance and policy making.

Hanna Renkel is an intern at EBA. She is studying for a Bachelor’s degree in Peace and Development at Uppsala University and will graduate in June. For her thesis she examined Swedish development aid from a postcolonial perspective.