Portfolio

• The Brexit negotiations in the media: The Northern Ireland peace process
  Master’s degree, thesis
  https://trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024/116226

• British perceptions of immigration: the influence and accuracy of media coverage
  Bachelor's degree, dissertation

• The integration of students with immigrant backgrounds into Finnish education
  Bachelor's degree, European project

• How does the portrayal of the fall of communism in the fild 'Goodbye, Lenin!' differ from its documentation in works by well-known historians?
  International Baccalaureate Diploma, Extended essay in German

• Work time reduction in Finland: motivations for and inequalities in downshifting

• The Åland Example in Use 1990-2019 - Where, When, How, Why and by Whom?

https://peace.ax/en/the-use-of-the-aland-example-in-the-world/

• The Åland Islands Peace Institute's 2019 Annual Report

https://peace.ax/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Activity-report-2019_webb.pdf

• The Åland Islands Peace Institute's 2018 Annual Report

https://peace.ax/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Activity-report-2018_webb.pdf

• This Protocol Could Blockchainize Entire Online Gambling Industry

https://cointelegraph.com/news/this-protocol-could-blockchainize-entire-online-gambling-industry

• Prototype for Blockchain-Based Gambling Protocol Released

https://cointelegraph.com/news/prototype-for-blockchain-based-gambling-protocol-released

• Väestöliitto: "Mentorointi tukee osallisuutta ja työllistymistä"
  https://vaestoliitonblogi.wordpress.com/2024/02/12/mentorointi-tukee-osallisuutta-ja-tyollistymista/

• The Diarist Projects: "The New Normal in Tampere"

https://thediaristprojects.wordpress.com/2020/06/03/the-new-normal-in-tampere/

• Edunation: "British Student in Finland: Kindness of Finnish People Brought Me To This Lovely Country"

https://www.edunation.co/blog/british-student-in-finland-kindness-of-finnish-people-brought-me-to-this-lovely-country/

• Finntastic: "Suomi Love - Twelve amazing stories how people fell in love with Finland: Lauren fell in Love with Finland, her partner and decided to study in Finland"

https://finntastic.de/finland-story/

• Brexit Brits Abroad: "Brexit testimonies: Lauren in Finland"

https://brexitbritsabroad.org/testimony/lauren-in-finland

• Tampere Student Ambassadors Blog: "15 tips for saving money"

https://blogs.tuni.fi/studentambassadors/theme3/15-tips-for-saving-money/

• The Diarist Projects: "Talking about mental health"

https://thediaristprojects.wordpress.com/2019/01/19/talking-about-mental-health/

• Tampere University Student Ambassadors: "15 tips for making and saving money as an international student in Tampere"

https://blogs.tuni.fi/studentambassadors/studentlife/15-tips-for-saving-money/

• Minäkin olen Suomi!: "Lauren Stevens"

https://olen-suomi.blogspot.fi/2017/11/lauren-stevens.html

• Aktivistiviesti: "Aktivistin matkakertomus Oslosta" (a Finnish translation of my original English version)

https://www.amnesty.fi/aktivistin-matkakertomus-oslosta

• Finsider TV: "Happy Birthday Tove Jansson! Who knows? Next year we might be raising a flag to celebrate!"
  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1291249770986510

• United Nations Association of Tampere: "Model United Nations in Helsinki & Model European Union in Vienna"

http://www.tayk.fi/model-united-nations-in-helsinki-model-european-union-in-vienna/

https://tayk.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/model-united-nations-in-helsinki-model-european-union-in-vienna/

• Study Advisory Medium: "Pitching Workshop"

https://medium.com/studyadvisory/pitching-workshop-a26fa2f0d6e3

• Study Advisory Medium: "Jam #2"

https://medium.com/studyadvisory/jam-2-f5bc651fa24a

• Study Advisory Medium: "Usability testing survey"

https://medium.com/studyadvisory/usability-testing-survey-fe1bc03524f2

• The Cestrian (University of Chester alumni magazine): "Campaigning for change, right at the top" (page 18)

https://www1.chester.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Autumn%202015.pdf

• University of Chester Student News: "Campaigning for change right at the top" (page 13)

http://www.chester.ac.uk/sites/files/chester/UoC_Student_News_1_2015_16.pdf

• Elephant magazine (University of Chester Humanities department magazine): "Studying Abroad" (pages 14-15)

https://uocelephant.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/elephant-issue-2-pdf.pdf

• Global Graduates: "The Mole Diaries: Melilla (Volume 2)"

https://globalgraduates.com/articles/mole-diaries-melilla

• Student Christian Movement: "Life at uni as a Christian student"

http://www.movement.org.uk/blog/life-uni-christian-student

• LearnEnglish Teens

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/blogs/15629

• • "Christmas Day in the UK"

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/life-around-world/christmas-day-uk

• • "Who was Nelson Mandela?"

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/life-around-world/who-was-nelson-mandela

• • "Why should we recycle?" (published in a Japanese exam booklet)

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/science-and-technology/why-should-we-recycle

• • "Ethical shopping"

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/life-around-world/ethical-shopping

• • "Culture clash: UK and Finland"

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/life-around-world/culture-clash-uk-finland

• Student Christian Movement: "Melilla, global poverty and the student life"

http://www.movement.org.uk/blog/melilla-global-poverty-and-student-life

• University of Chester Student News: "Make a Difference to Your World" (page 12)

https://www.chester.ac.uk/sites/files/chester/Student%20News%202%202013.pdf

• Tampere University: Our alum Lauren Stevens: Tampere felt like a particularly meaningful place for peace studies
  https://www.tuni.fi/en/about-us/our-alum-lauren-stevens-tampere-felt-particularly-meaningful-place-peace-studies

• Tampereen yliopisto: Alumnimme Lauren Stevens: Tampere tuntui erityisen merkitykselliseltä paikalta rauhantutkimuksen opiskeluun
  https://www.tuni.fi/fi/tutustu-meihin/alumnimme-lauren-stevens-tampere-tuntui-erityisen-merkitykselliselta-paikalta

• Rastor-instituutti: "After graduating with a Master's degree, Lauren Stevens ended up applying for a job as a food delivery courier"
  https://www.rastorinst.fi/en/change/after-graduating-with-a-masters-degree-lauren-stevens-ended-up-applying-for-a-job-as-a-food-delivery-courier/

• Rastor-instituutti: "Valmistuttuaan maisteriksi Lauren Stevens päätyi hakemaan ruokalähetin töitä"
  https://www.rastorinst.fi/muutos/valmistuttuaan-maisteriksi-lauren-stevens-paatyi-hakemaan-ruokalahetin-toita/

• Virkamiehen näkökulma: "Vieraskielisenä suomalaisessa työelämässä"
  A civil servant's perspective: "A foreign-language speaker in Finnish working life"
  https://uudenmaanely.wordpress.com/2024/07/25/lauren-stevens-vieraskielisena-suomalaisessa-tyoelamassa/

• Yle News: "APN Podcast: The "foreign" vote"
  https://yle.fi/a/74-20071324

• Me Naiset: "Lauren haki yli 500:aa paikkaa ennen kuin sai töitä – yksi hänelle esitetty kysymys saa monen meistä hymyn hyytymään"
  https://www.is.fi/menaiset/ilmiot/art-2000010029547.html

• MTV Uutiset, Huomenta Suomi: "Kuinka hyvin maahanmuuttajat työllistyvät?"
  https://www.mtv.fi/sarja/huomenta-suomi-1487/kuinka-hyvin-maahanmuuttajat-tyollistyvat-20655809

• International House Podcast: "Equality in Tampere"
  https://open.spotify.com/episode/08cOKhiZDUluqro3I2MgdO

• Väestöliittö: "Työpaikka löytyi Womento-mentoroinnin avulla"
  https://vaestoliitonblogi.wordpress.com/2022/08/25/tyopaikka-loytyi-womento-mentoroinnin-avulla/

• The Nomad Today: "My first job interview as a master’s graduate was for a warehouse and I was rejected"
  https://www.thenomadtoday.com/articulo/finland/i-had-my-first-interview-master-s-graduate-to-work-in-warehouse/20200530105736006148.html

• A-studio: "Iso-Britannian erotuska: Jakautunut Britannia"
  https://areena.yle.fi/1-4606727

• Yle News: "Lauren Stevens talks about marriage equality, LGBT rights and Helsinki Pride"
  https://areena.yle.fi/podcastit/1-4465042

• Business Tampere: "Join the Nordics: Tampere Ambassador Lauren Stevens"
  https://youtu.be/1LO0QGVpJLI?si=gCqo8FZPqdPZ3FLc

• Amnesty International Norway: "Nordic Youth Conference 2017"
  https://youtu.be/9yTq3NhEW3E?si=5XVN8kGFPDKPDuCO

• Kommenttipuheenvuoro
  Vieraskieliset osaajat voimavaraksi Uudellamaalla -seminaari
  Uudenmaan liitto
  TEPA24 Uusimaa -hanke
  26.11.2024

• Kokemuksia Suomessa opiskelusta ja kotoutumisesta
  Koulutusviennin työpaja
  3.10.2024

• Maahanmuuttaneiden toimiva arki Suomessa: työ, osaaminen ja osallisuus - teema (ESR+)
  Kumppanina kotoutumisessa - koordinaatiohankkeen talous
  Vetureista vauhtia: Strategisten hankkeiden avaustilaisuus
  29.11.2023

• Kommenttipuheenvuoro kotoutumisesta käytännössä
  Kevätkokousseminaari
  Väestöliitto
  31.5.2023

• Kulttuurisensitiivisiä jalkautuvan työn malleja kehittäminen tarttumattomien sairauksien ehkäisemiseksi
  Moninaisuutta palveluihin: Suomeen muuttanut väestö terveyspalvelujen käyttäjinä -seminaari
  Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos
  3.5.2022

• Integration 2024
  Turku, Finland
  14-15.11.2024

• Integration 2022
  Tampere, Finland
  7-8.11.2022

• Collective Security, a Rules-Based International Order and the Åland Islands
  Mariehamn, Åland, Finland
  4-5.10.2018

• Helsinki Open debate tournament
  Helsinki, Finland
  18-20.5.2018

• Nordic Place Branding Conference
  Copenhagen, Denmark
  7.3.2018

• 6th Asia-Europe Foundation Rectors' Conference and Students' Forum
  Singapore
  9-13.10.2017

• Amnesty International Nordic Youth Conference
  Oslo, Norway
  23-28.7.2017

• Official nomination of the Student Ambassadors of South-West Finland
  Turku, Finland
  11.5.2016

• Twinkle, Finland’s biggest business event focused on internationality
  Tampere, Finland
  7-8.12.2015

• How do we end extreme poverty? Ask Bill Gates
  London, United Kingdom
  23.6.2015

• The ONE Campaign Summit
  Munich, Germany
  4-7.6.2015

• People & Planet Shared Planet
  Sheffield, United Kingdom
  10.11.2012

• People & Planet volunteer training
  Oxford, United Kingdom
  4-5.9.2012

• People & Planet Summer Gathering
  Oxford, United Kingdom
  24-28.6.2012

• Amnesty International UK Annual General Meeting
  Warwick, United Kingdom
  9-12.4.2010

• Mentee
  ELY-keskusten kehittämis- ja hallintokeskuksen valmentava mentorointiohjelma
  2023-2024

• Mentee
  TyönhakuRedi verkkovalmennus (Cimson Koulutuspalvelut)
  2023

• Mentee
  Urasparraajat
  2020-2021

• Mentee
  Womento työuramentorointi korkeasti koulutetuille maahan muuttaneille naisille
  Väestöliitto
  2020-2021

• Mentee
  MESH project - Employing immigrants via networks and mentoring
  Turku University of Applied Sciences
  2020-2021

• Mentee
  Talent Tampere Mentoring Programme
  Business Tampere
  2016-2017

• National certificate of intermediate Finnish language proficiency
  31.8.2019

• European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
  5.11.2014

• Finalist for the University of Chester Outstanding Contribution to Community Award
  27.4.2015
  The Outstanding Contribution to Community Award was open to any student who had registered a minimum of 100 hours of volunteering and had made an outstanding contribution to the local community through their volunteering.

• The Chester Difference Excellence Award
  13.3.2015
  The highest of a set of awards which recognise extra-curricular activities by giving them a points value.

• University of Chester Volunteering Excellence Award
  23.2.2015
  I registered 422 hours of volunteering.

• The Baden-Powell Challenge Award
  Girlguiding UK
  3.2009