Category Archives: University

And so it begins…

Object: Production of bachelor thesis in the areas of political and military communication, legitimization of security structures in post-war country through national and international media. Location: Växjö, Sweden and Prishtina, Kosovo. Status: Preparation stage finalized. :) And so it begins… “There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but [...]
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Dedicated to…

I met Rene for the first time in March 2009. I was visiting Kosovo to meet with the colleagues from the NATO team at the Ministry for the Kosovo Security Force, where I would later become an intern. We were having coffee together in the office in the government building in Prishtina when Rene rushed [...]
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Frau Wiman, können Sie wirklich die deutsche Sprache beherrschen?!

Oh, happy day. Today I received the result from the Advanced German language exam I took in the end of March. I can now, with a DSH2 in my pocket, whenever I might want to, decide to take on master studies or take a job in Germany and not worry about a response like “Ms. [...]
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Transition

Sweden. Kosovo. Germany. Connected to all of them at the same time. June 2009 – June 2010: Sweden – Kosovo – Germany - Sweden – Kosovo. I can’t stay still. In about 2 months I lift off from Swedish soil and head down south, yet again. Transition is going on right now. My days are fairly simple but very busy. [...]
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6 months of a young, European life

More than half a year based in northern Germany. What does one do? I… lived in a shared apartment for the first time in my life in a room with 4 metres to the ceiling, passed an awful exam in statistics despite the fact that I’m a math idiot, passed all my finals with great grades, [...]
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An era coming to an end.

March 28th 2010. Time for an era to come to an end. After more than 6 months as an international student at the University of Lüneburg in northern Germany I found myself driving onboard a ferry bound for Sweden. I will remember and leave Germany with mixed feelings. I had so many expectations on what the semester would [...]
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Moving in the middle of statistics

“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damn lies and statistics” The last two weeks have been intense. Two days ago, I took the statistics exam that had been a weight on my shoulders for months. I was determined to try and do my best, although maths is truly one of my biggest horrors (not my strong side what [...]
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