C H R I S T I N E P E T R É

 

 

CHRISTINE PETRÉ Telephone: +216 25779636 (Tunisia)

Website: www.christinepetre.com

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @christinepetre

- EDUCATION MA Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies, King’s College London September 2010 –September 2011 During my MA I focused on Africa and the Middle East. Dissertation topic: Divided by distinction? An examination of memory, symbolic power and cultural capital in post-Apartheid South Africa.

BA International relations, Lund University, Sweden

September 2007 – June 2010 My BA dissertation was about conflict resolution with regards to Israel-Palestine with focus on water as a scarce resource and a reason for cooperation – Building or burning bridges? Examining cooperation possibilities between Israelis and Palestinians over water scarcity at the Jordan River Basin.

BA Economics, Lund University, Sweden

September 2007 – December 2009 My BA dissertation was within health and development economy. My aim was to break stereotypes regarding HIV/AIDS prevalence in Africa and examined how its prevalence varies between the African countries – Exploring determinants of HIV/AIDS in Africa.

 

- PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE •

Christine  Petré  Freelancing                                                                                                                                                                                January 2013 – Present

Articles on Africa and the Middle East, see website: www.christinepetre.com

Editor  and  Partner,  Your  Middle  East     August 2012 – Present In charge of contributors, news wires, editing, social media, administration and outreach. • Assistant,  WaterTech  of  Sweden       Back and forth 2009 – Present   Administration and accountancy (Visma). • In-­‐house  blogger,  Consultancy  Africa  Intelligence July 2012 – April 2013 Blogging on African politics and economics. • Social  media  assistant,  Consultancy  Africa  Intelligence June 2012 – December 2012 Overseeing the media stream on Twitter and Facebook and editing blog posts for CAI blog. • Teacher  primary  school April 2012 – June 2012 French, Spanish, English and the social sciences. • Consultant,  Consultancy  Africa  Intelligence January 2012 – June 2012 Traineeship, particular focus on human rights. • Correspondent  for  Africa  Times  News   November 2011 – March 2012 Correspondent for South Africa. • Researcher,  Human  Rights  Department,  University  of  Pretoria October 2011 – January 2012 Researcher, focusing on South African foreign policy. • Volunteer  at  the  Moot  Court  Competition  at  University  of  Pretoria July 2011 Assisting Dr. Magnus Killander, Head of Research. • Coordinator  for  ‘The  challenge  of  building  a  private  sector  in  MENA’,  King’s  College 2011-06-20 Assisting Dr. Ashraf Mishrif. • Assistant  to  Dr.  Michael  Kerr,  King’s  College September 2010 – June 2011 Assisting and coordinating guest speakers’ events. • Internship  at  Peace  One  day  (the  two  days  a  week  I  had  no  lectures) February 2011 – April 2011 Research, expansion of database and writing fact sheets. • Volunteer  at  Merton  &  Wandsworth  Asylum  Welcome September 2010 - December 2010 Teaching English, paper work (filling in forms), cooking lunch etc. • Ombudsman  for  the  Liberal  Party  for  the  Swedish  elections August 2010 – September 2010 Coordinating the Liberal Party’s campaign work in one Swedish district. • Internship  at  the  Swedish  Foreign  Ministry,  Swedish  Embassy  in  The  Hague February – July 2010 •

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  Administration and attending meetings at the OPCW, ICJ, ICTY and ICC.

Volunteer  in  Xela,  Guatemala Volunteer  in  Quito,  Ecuador

June 2007 – July 2007 September 2006 – December 2006

- OTHER COURSES & ENGAGEMENTS   Arabic  (Tunisia,  part-­‐time)                                                                                        November 2013 – Present   Arabic  (part-­‐time)                        January 2013 – March 2013   French     January 2012 – June 2012 Advanced  human  rights  courses,  Centre  for  Human  Rights,  University  of  Pretoria Autumn 2011 Amnesty  Society’s  steering  committee,  King’s  College  London September 2010 – June 2011 Red  Cross  youth  organization’s  steering  committee,  Lund  Sweden January 2009 – December 2009 UNICEF  (started  a  language  café),  Lund  University  Sweden August 2009 – December 2009 Election  supervisor  of  the  EU-­‐election June 2009 Association  of  Foreign  Affairs’  steering  committee,  Lund  University  Sweden August 2008–June 2009 Spanish  course,  Quito  Ecuador September 2006 – December 2006

- OTHER SKILLS Languages: Swedish (Native Speaker), English (Fluent), French (Conversational), Spanish (Basic), Arabic (Beginner).

IT: Office (Very Good Knowledge), SPSS (Basic Knowledge), E-views (Basic Knowledge)

- REFERENCES Amina Semlali, The World Bank. Email: [email protected] Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat. Email address on request. Imran Garda, writer and former Al Jazeera news anchor. Email: [email protected] David Hedengren, co-founder and managing editor Your Middle East. Email: [email protected] Alison Lake, Washington Post. Email: [email protected] Dr. Michael Kerr, Senior Lecturer at King’s College London. Email: [email protected]

- Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further enquires  

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