A warm welcome to our new intern, Mattias Törnell, from all of us at NCG Sweden. We wish Mattias a rewarding and enjoyable time with us. Mattias has a bachelor´s degree in Development and International Cooperation from Södertörn Högskola and is currently studying the master´s programme of Global Political Economy, specializing in development and international relations, at the University of Stockholm. Apart from having written a thesis on Swedish development aid discourse, he is interested in climate change, environmental economics, and its linkage to questions of inequality, democracy and justice. During his internship at NCG Sweden, Mattias intends to expand his experiences in the development cooperation field, and to develop his knowledge and skills in the area of gender equality.