Thomas Jonter, Director of Stockholm University Graduate School of International Studies and professor of international relations at the Department of Economic History. He has PhD in history (cold war history) from Uppsala University (1995) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Organisational Leadership from University of Oxford (2010). Professor Jonter has also been head of department of the Department of Economic History 2006-2010. His research focuses on nuclear non-proliferation and energy security. His next book, the key to nuclear restraint. The Swedish Plans to Acquire Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War will be published with Palgrave Macmillan

Professor Jonter has been visiting scholar at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Cornell University and Stanford University. He is also project leader for different educational and research programs in Russia with the aim to initiate academic courses and programs in nuclear non-proliferation at different universities in the regions of Tomsk and Yekaterinburg. These projects are carried out in collaboration between Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), Monterey, United States, and SIPRI. Professor Jonter is also chair of Swedish Pugwash.