Therése Sjömander Magnusson is a Swedish
water researcher and, since 2019, Director of the
Nordic Africa Institute (NAI).
Biography
Therése Sjömander Magnusson has a PhD in water resources management from
Linköping University in
Sweden
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and many years' experience of development assistance to developing countries. On 18 July 2019, the Swedish government appointed her as new Director of the
Nordic Africa Institute, a position which she has taken up on 1 October 2019.
Therése Sjömander Magnusson has previously worked at
Stockholm International Water Institute
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, and as head of
UNESCO's first research centre in Sweden.
References
1970 births
Living people
Swedish women writers
Swedish women academics
Linköping University alumni
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