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The Aurora group are young people who recently initiated a process against the state of Sweden for not taking action and treating the climnate crisis as a crisis. More than 1600 researchers and teachers including researchers from our department, agreeing with the Aurora, have signed a debate article in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Many researchers and teachers from academies all over Sweden have

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/academics-debate-article-young-people-are-right-sue-state - 2026-01-01

Old- growth forests are to a large extent unprotected to logging, and the rate of cutting them down is high, not least in Sweden. Even protected forests are at risk, and the EU is on the way to failure, writes researches from Europe and USA in a debate article in Science. The pressure on Europe´s biomass rich old-growth forests have increased with the rising prices, and the logging rate was alread

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/risk-failure-protecting-old-forests - 2026-01-01

SVT has interviewed Anders Lindroth about the long-term measurements of forest carbon uptake conducted by ICOS and researchers at the department outside Perstorp in northern Skåne. Previous measurements have shown that the drought in 2018 reduced carbon uptake in southern forests, while northern pine forests fared better. This year's drought is now affecting ongoing measurements, and researchers a

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/drought-affects-forest-carbon-uptake-research-department-highlighted-svt-segment - 2026-01-01

A new study by an international group of researchers, including three scientists from the department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, offers critical insights into the immediate impact of meteorological drought on vegetation across Europe. The information can strengthen the information base for planning of water management and drought responsiveness. Droughts are becoming increasingly

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/recent-study-reveals-sub-seasonal-drought-sensitivity-across-europe - 2026-01-01

The first physical project meeting of the EU-funded project entitled “Intelligent Geotechnologies for Resilient Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Lao PDR (INTEGRAL), took place at Lund University the 20-21 September 2023. Intelligent geotechnologies, which integrate mapping, earth observation, geographic information systems and artificial intelligence, can play a fundamental role in sup

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/project-intelligent-geotechnologies-sustainability - 2026-01-01

Perennial crops have the potential to reduce the need for ploughing and pesticides, which in turn can lead to reduced soil degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. Recently, a unique research infrastructure that has the potential to transform agriculture was inaugurated by the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science and LUCSUS, in collaboration with SLU Alnarp. The new facility, fu

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/can-agriculture-shift-perennial-grain-crops - 2026-01-01

Are you curious about the Arctic, and what it is like to work there? INTERACT is a network of stations around the Arctic that is building capacity for research and monitoring in the Arctic. INTERACT has earlier published several books, and this autumn they had a film premiere, and released short films in collaboration with BBC, giving interested a great opportunity to learn more about the Arctic.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/interact-docu-series-and-bbc-short-films-about-arctic - 2026-01-01

Over five years, the EU invests SEK 163 million in the POLARIN research project. The aim is to promote interdisciplinary research in both polar regions. Physical geographer Dr Margareta Johansson is one of the researchers who will work in the project. Why is this polar research project needed?- The ongoing climate change is noted most clearly at our northernmost and southernmost latitudes. We ther

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/eu-lifts-polar-research-arctic-and-antarctica - 2026-01-01

This Regional Outlook focuses on the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections, their political consequences, and how the elections were affected by the War on Gaza. Earlier this fall, on September 10th, almost 1.5 million Jordanians (31% of eligible voters) cast their ballots to elect the country’s 20th parliament. The election’s major victor was the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-jordanian-parliamentary-elections - 2026-01-01

During Almedalsveckan 2024, CMES hosted a variety of events. Two panel discussions are now available to watch in their entirety: "Israel Palestina en olöslig konflikt" and "Kriser, krig och klimatförändringar – hur tar vi hand om begränsade vattenresurser?" Please note that the following article as well as the Almedalen videos are in Swedish.Israel Palestina – en olöslig konflikt?Vilka är de lång

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/watch-cmes-events-almedalsveckan-2024 - 2026-01-01

This Regional Outlook focuses on the prospect for Israeli and Palestinian peace activism and how, during times of pressure, solidarity groups redress their methods. In the aftermath of October 7th, with Israeli hostages still in captivity and ongoing war, destruction and violence in Gaza, prospects for future peaceful coexistence in the region seem more distant than ever. In conjunction, Hamas’ ha

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-any-prospect-peace-activism - 2026-01-01

Application deadline: 9 December 2024. A 4-year fully funded PhD position at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) is now open for applications.The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies is coordinating the Strategic Research Area (SRA) and the research program “The Middle East in the Contemporary World” (MECW). The program conducts cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-phd-student-political-science-nuclear-politics-middle-east - 2026-01-01

CMES Researcher Lisa Strömbom has written an article published in The Conversation on Israel's relations with the United Nations. AbstractIsrael’s relationship with the United Nations has historically been strained, but over the past year, tensions have reached new levels. On October 28, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) passed a law to prohibit operations of the UN’s relief and works agency (U

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israels-relations-un-hit-new-low-unrwa-ban-0 - 2026-01-01

CMES Researcher Torsten Janson has written a review of Alison Scott-Baumann’s study "Paul Ricoeur: Empowering Education, Politics and Society" (published in 2023). The review is published on The London School of Economics and Political Science website blog. Review summaryAlison Scott–Baumann’s Paul Ricoeur: Empowering Education, Politics and Society employs Ricoeur’s philosophy to unpack contempor

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/paul-ricoeur-empowering-education-politics-and-society-review - 2026-01-01

Read the November CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications. The CMES Newsletter offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research. It is distributed regularly to a diverse audience of scholars, both within Lund University and beyond. Each issue features:Message From the DirectorLatest Research NewsUpcoming EventsRecent Publicat

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-47 - 2026-01-01

CMES Researcher Lisa Strömbom was interviewed in the Danish newspaper Politiken on Israel's relations with the UN, following the UNRWA ban. Lisa Strömbom is Associate Professor in Political Science and researcher at CMES. She studies identities in conflict, conflict transformation and historiography, recognition in intrastate conflict as well as on grassroots peacebuilding. Her main empirical focu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lisa-strombom-interviewed-politiken-israels-relations-un - 2026-01-01

LUCSUS researcher Sinem Kavak visited CMES to hold a seminar on Syrian refugees in Turkey and Lebanon. How can we understand the complex dynamics of gender and bodily strategies in the context of forced migration? As part of the CMES Seminar Series, Sinem Kavak, researcher at the Center for Sustainability Studies at Lund University (LUCSUS) and a research affiliate at the Raoul Wallenberg Institut

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/gendered-refugee-bodies-feminist-analysis-syrian-refugee-mobility-turkey-and-lebanon - 2026-01-01

CMES researcher Sami Al-Daghistani has recently published an edited volume on premodern and contemporary economic and environmental approaches in Islamic traditions. Recovering Environmental and Economic Traditions in the Islamic World. Leiden: Brill’s Themes in Islamic Studies Series, Volume 9, 2024.The book is published in Open Access thanks to financial support from Lund University Library Fund

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/recovering-environmental-and-economic-traditions-islamic-world - 2026-01-01

CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has co-authored an article published in The International Spectator. Donelli, F., Pericoli, A. (2024). Foreign aid, identities, and interests: Qatar and the UAE in Sudan. The International Spectator. DOI: 10.1080/03932729.2024.2416892.The article is published with Open Access. Read it here.About Altea PericoliDr. Altea Pericoli is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in ge

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/foreign-aid-identities-and-interests-qatar-and-uae-sudan - 2026-01-01

Det händer mycket i Iran just nu. Irankännaren Laleh Foroughanfar, forskare vid Centrum för Mellanösternstudier vid Lunds universitet, analyserar läget just nu och vad som har lett fram till dagens situation. To the full article

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/det-iranska-samhallet-mer-uppdelat-nagonsin - 2026-01-01