By hossein [dot] hashemi [at] tvrl [dot] lth [dot] se (Hossein Hashemi) - published 12 June 2024 AI generated image This Regional Outlook provides insight into an emerging environmental hazard: dust storms in the Middle East, one of the driest regions in the world. It also sheds light on the typical drivers and new technologies that can help investigate this phenomenon. Some sustainable mitigation

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-dust-storms-middle-east-insights-satellite-data-and-ai - 2025-01-29

Published 17 June 2024 Photo: Ahmed Akacha/Pexels The course runs between 4 December 2024 and 15 January 2025 and isopen for PhD students in Sweden and beyond. Application deadline: 4 November 2024 CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi is coordinating a course for PhD students offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences as an interdisciplinary single–subject course next academic year.  Interdisciplinary P

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/phd-course-environment-and-sustainable-development-mena - 2025-01-29

Published 14 June 2024 Read the new CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars.Read the New

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-45 - 2025-01-29

Published 17 June 2024 Photo: Ulrika Oredsson Article by Fulbright Schuman scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye on her research on Iran and visiting fellowship at CMES In the article, "From LA to Lund: The 'Iran Challenge' from a (surprisingly) Swedish Perspective" (published on 13 June), Dalia reflects on her research on shifting European perceptions and policies toward Iran at a time of great geopolitical f

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/la-lund-fulbright-scholar-dalia-dassa-kaye-her-visiting-fellowship-cmes - 2025-01-29

Published 18 June 2024 LU i Almedalen CMES is organizing two events in Almedalen this year on 26 June. The events are in Swedish. Welcome to attend! CMES i Almedalen: Israel Palestina – en olöslig konflikt?26 juni 2024 13:15 till 14:30, Hästgatan 13, Visby, Gotland Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson Vilka är de långsiktiga konsekvenserna av kriget? Hur kan destruktiva våldspiraler förhindras i framtid

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-0 - 2025-01-29

Published 1 July 2024 CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored a new article published in the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research. The article, "A machine learning framework for spatio‑temporal vulnerability mapping of groundwaters to nitrate in a data scarce region in Lenjanat Plain, Iran", was authored by Reza Jalali (Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz), Parvaneh Tishehza

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mapping-groundwater-contamination-machine-learning-iran - 2025-01-29

Published 2 July 2024 CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini has written an article published by the Arab Center Washington DC. The article, "Violence Against Women in Lebanon: The Challenge of Legislative Action", was published on 6 June 2024.AbstractIn March 2024, Lebanon’s “reform MPs,” a group of legislators who were elected in 2022 from outside the country’s traditional sectarian system, proposed a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/violence-against-women-lebanon - 2025-01-29

Published 2 July 2024 Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren On June 13, the first three-year MECW project was successfully concluded with a seminar at CMES. The results from the project, AI in the Service of Socio-Politically Adapted Sustainable Dust-Storm Control in the Middle East, were presented by project members Hossein Hashemi (Water Resources Engineering), Amir Naghibi (Water Resources Engineering),

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/summer-celebration-and-conclusion-mecw-project - 2025-01-29

Published 3 July 2024 CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written an article published in Sydsvenskan. The article, "Nej, den kristna historien i Mellanöstern håller inte på att ta slut" (English translation: "No, Christian history in the Middle East is not coming to an end"), was published on 23 June 2024.AbstractThe number of Christians has increased dramatically, but their share of the populati

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/christians-middle-east - 2025-01-29

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 4 July 2024 LU i Almedalen On June 26, CMES organised two panels in Almedalen on global water resources and the Israel Palestine conflict. Israel Palestine - an unsolvable conflict?June 26, 2024 Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson What are the long-term consequences of the war? How can destructive spirals of

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-2024 - 2025-01-29

Published 4 July 2024 CMES affiliated researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has co-edited a book published by the Arab Reform Initiative. The book, Knowledge as a Public Good: Reconceiving the Purpose and Methods of Knowledge Production, was co-edited by Jamil Mouawad (American University of Beirut), Sarah Anne Rennick (CMES and Arab Reform Initiative) and Andrew Findell-Aghnatios (Arab Reform Initiative)

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/knowledge-public-good - 2025-01-29

Published 5 July 2024 CMES researcher Maria Småberg has participated in a podcast and written an article about what it is like to teach about Israel Palestine. The article, "Att undervisa om Israel-Palestinakonflikten efter den 7 oktober" (English translation: "Teaching about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after 7 October"), was published in Svenska Jerusalemsföreningens Tidskrift in June 2024. 

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/teaching-about-israel-palestine - 2025-01-29

Published 5 July 2024 Photo: Nastaran Taghipour/Unsplash Read the summary conclusions from the CMES policy-research dialogue that explored the multifaceted relationship between Iran and Europe. The report is based on a policy-research dialogue organised by CMES in April 2024 with international scholars and practitioners. Executive SummaryFor more than two decades, Iran’s nuclear program has been a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-policy-report-europes-changing-perceptions-and-policies-toward-iran - 2025-01-29

Published 11 July 2024 Come work with us as a postdoctoral fellow! Apply by 14 August. Postdoctoral Fellow in Earth Observation of Land Cover and Vegetation Dynamics in the Middle East Work duties The main duties involved in a post-doctoral position is to conduct research. Teaching may also be included, but up to no more than 20% of working hours. The position shall include the opportunity for thr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-postdoctoral-fellow-earth-observation-middle-east - 2025-01-29

Publicerad 30 oktober 2017 För första gången någonsin arrangeras Vietnam Internet Forum. Bakom evenemanget står Sveriges ambassad i Hanoi i samarbete med LUii, Vietnam Program for Internet and Society, Vietnam Internet Association, Unesco och Unicef. Syftet med Vietnam Internet Forum är att diskutera möjligheterna kring den pågående digitaliseringen i Vietnam. Fokus är tillgänglighet och digitala

https://www.journalistik.lu.se/artikel/journalistutbildningen-medverkar-i-vietnam-internet-forum-2017 - 2025-01-29

Publicerad 15 oktober 2017 Vad innebär egentligen en medieskandal? Dels för de drabbade och dels för massmedia och samhället i stort. Finns det några inbyggda mekanismer i ett drev och vad säger journalisterna om sin egen roll i dramat? Lyssna på Mia-Marie Hammarlin, prefekt och lektor i journalistik och medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, när hon gästar podden Allt du velat veta.Lyssna på podavsn

https://www.journalistik.lu.se/artikel/podcast-mia-marie-hammarlin-om-medieskandaler - 2025-01-29

Publicerad 20 november 2017 Celia Boltes, journalist student at Lund University, received SASA travel grant in the spring of 2017. In September 2017 she travelled to Nepal for a field work. Celia has now returned to Lund and has written a report. Read the full report here 

https://www.journalistik.lu.se/artikel/journalist-student-celia-boltes-conducted-field-work-nepal - 2025-01-29

Publicerad 26 februari 2018 On Friday March 16, 09.00-10.30, there will be a lecture on Indian independent documentary at Gamla Kirurgen, floor 3 at Lund University. The event is a collaboration with SASNET at Lund University and the event is open to everyone. Abstract of the talk:The documentary participant is largely a site of anxiety, viewed through the discourse of documentary image ethics and

https://www.journalistik.lu.se/artikel/lecture-about-indian-indepent-documentary-dr-shweta-kishore - 2025-01-29

Publicerad 13 april 2018 Jakob Ohme is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Journalism at the University of Southern Denmark. He recently finished his dissertation titled ‚New Media, New Citizens? How media exposure in a digital age shapes political participation’. In his research, he explores digital media effects on political participation and democratic citizenship. His work is concerned with

https://www.journalistik.lu.se/artikel/guest-researcher-seminar-april-18-does-make-you-click - 2025-01-29

Publicerad 16 april 2018 På lördagskvällen delades årets guldspadar ut vid Grävseminariet i Helsingborg. Bland vinnarna fanns den årligen återkommande gästläraren Kristoffer Örstadius som till vardags arbetar vid Dagens Nyheter. Kristoffer Örstadius vann tillsammans med DN-kollegan Mikael Holmström i kategorin Storstadstidning för sitt avslöjande om IT-skandalen på Transportstyrelsen.  Juryns moti

https://www.journalistik.lu.se/artikel/kristoffer-orstadius-prisades-med-guldspade - 2025-01-29