Shannen Young

Shannen Young is a Digital Communications Assistant at SIPRI, responsible for generating creative content for SIPRI’s digital platforms. Prior to joining SIPRI, she gained her MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies from Uppsala University, Sweden, with a focus on women’s and minorities’ rights in transitional justice mechanisms and conflict analysis. She also worked as Head of Layout for Uttryck Magazine, a division of the Uppsala Association of Foreign Affairs, and volunteered with Amnesty International in Vancouver, Canada.