Pim Valdre

Special Assistant to the President
valdre@ipinst.org

Ms. Pim Valdre serves as Special Assistant to the President. Pim joined IPA in January 2006 as Program Officer for Coping with Crisis, Conflict and Change: The United Nations and evolving capacitates for global crises. In this research program she focused on crisis theory, multilateral diplomacy, and the ongoing reform of the United Nations.

Prior to IPI, Pim was working in the Office of the President of the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly where she served as Assistant Attaché. During this time, her responsibilities included performing various diplomatic tasks with a special focus on the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (4th Committee). In addition, Pim tracked various processes related to the reform of the United Nations and the follow-up and implementation of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document. She also assisted in organizing high-level events such as the 2006 High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS.

Pim obtained a BA in Political Science from the University of Stockholm and a Diplôme de Programme Internationale from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. She is currently completing her Masters’ Degree at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. She is fluent in Swedish and English and has working knowledge in French and German.