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Duration: 2021 Hydrosolidarity 2.0 has been granted a Theme at the Pufendorf IAS (autumn 2021). A major global challenge during the coming decades is working towards sustainability. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to create a better and and more peaceful world by 2030, thus ending poverty, inequality, and urgently addressing peace and climate change. However, integrative methods fo
Funding agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2019-2021 The Middle East faces various environmental challenges, including water scarcity. Climate change makes surface waters less reliable and consequently adds up the pressure on groundwater resources, which are already the main supply for agriculture, industry, and drinking sectors. Overexploitation of groundwater leads to the depletion of groundwater resou
Funding by Human Rights Studies, Department of History, Lund University The ultimate aim of this project is to investigate the connection between Swedish democracy promotion policies and what is actually being implemented by Swedish aid practitioners in the name of democracy promotion in the Middle East. The empirical sources used in this study are official Swedish policy documents relating to dem
https://www.cmes.lu.se/cmes-research/research-projects/investigating-swedish-democracy-promotion-middle-east - 2025-01-31
Members of the Scientific Advisory Board Anders Jägerskog Senior Water Resources Management Specialist at the World Bank Anders Jägerskog is Senior Water Resources Management Specialist at the Water Global Practice at the World Bank. Previously he was Counsellor for regional water resources in the MENA region at the Swedish Embassy in Amman, Jordan; Director, Knowledge Services, at the Stockholm I
https://www.cmes.lu.se/centre-advanced-middle-eastern-studies-cmes/cmes-scientific-advisory-board - 2025-01-31
The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies supports and coordinates research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). Researchers at Lund University are invited to apply to the following calls: Contact Karin Aggestam, CMES director, MECW coordinatorKarin [dot] aggestam [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se +46-46 222
https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/cmes-calls-and-research-grants - 2025-01-31
Funding Agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2021-2024 The goals of this interdisciplinary project are to identify the climate- and human-induced sources of dust and to determine and explain the factors affecting the dust-source areas such as climate variation, land-use change, social, political, and economic drivers, and water management in time and space using remote sensing and artificial intelligence t
Find our latest publications in the research portal. Latest publications The latest publications from CMES are available via the Lund University research portal. You can also find our researchers and current projects via the research portal. MECW Research Find the latest MECW publications in Lund University's Research Portal. Do you already know who wrote it? It is also possible to find publicatio
https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/publications - 2025-01-31
Funding agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2021-ongoing Feminist solidarity transcends borders. Yet, there is a tension arising from an entrenched view of feminism as inherently “Western.” Challenging such a dichotomized worldview and exploring the transnational within Arab feminist activism is at the heart of this project, which aims to explore how feminist practices and strategies for change-making tra
https://www.cmes.lu.se/cmes-research/research-projects/comparative-feminist-activism-middle-east - 2025-01-31
Funding agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2021-ongoing The Middle East (ME) is an arid area with low precipitation and high evapotranspiration in most seasons of the year. Several natural factors and non-natural human activities have put the groundwater and surface water resources of the ME in risk. In this project, advanced remote sensing (RS), machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI) me
https://www.cmes.lu.se/cmes-research/research-projects/comparative-water-resources-availability-middle-east - 2025-01-31
CMES is a member of the Swedish Middle East & North Africa Network (SWEMENA). The CMES Director is also part of SWEMENA:s Steering Commmittee. SWEMENA gathers researchers and practitioners from institutions across Sweden who work and conduct research on issues related to the Middle East and North Africa region. On its website you can find information about SWEMENA activities and publications. You
https://www.cmes.lu.se/swemena - 2025-01-31
CMES is a member of the Swedish Middle East & North Africa Network (SWEMENA). The CMES Director is also part of SWEMENA:s Steering Commmittee. SWEMENA gathers researchers and practitioners from institutions across Sweden who work and conduct research on issues related to the Middle East and North Africa region. On its website you can find information about SWEMENA activities and publications. You
https://www.cmes.lu.se/middle-east-contemporary-world-mecw/swemena - 2025-01-31
FUNDING AGENCY: SRA-MECW. DURATION: 2021-ONGOING Since the start of the civil war, Syria has transformed into one of the most significant immigrant sending countries, both in absolute terms and when expressed as a share of the population. The Syrian exodus has had immense impacts on the Syrian economy and societies and has also affected neighboring countries in the Middle East region, as well as t
https://www.cmes.lu.se/cmes-research/research-projects/syrians-work-essays-labor-markets-syria-and-host-countries - 2025-01-31
CMES is a long-standing collaborative partner of the Association of Foreign Affairs in Lund (UPF). Each semester CMES and UPF co-arrange a public event together to broaden knowledge and encourage discussion on human rights issues and the Middle East. In February 2023, CMES and UPF hosted Dr. Pınar Dinç who gave the talk "Eleventh Hour Elections - The Past and Future of Democracy in Turkey".
https://www.cmes.lu.se/upf - 2025-01-31
Funding agency: MECW. Duration: 2022-2023 A decade after the 2011 uprisings, what has been the impact of the revolutionary moment for MENA youth in terms of their activism, participation, and political socialization? On one hand, the experiences of 2011 shaped for many the ideals of State-society relations, citizenship, and systems of redistribution. Yet, the outcomes of the 2011 mobilizations hav
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https://www.cec.lu.se/form/farewell-party-yvonne-persson - 2025-01-31
Photo credit: Grand Hotel Lund Dear ClimBEco students!You are cordially invited to this ClimBEco winter meeting in Lund on January 15-16, 2025. It is a 1.5 day event, starting at 10am on day 1 (optional morning mingle starts already at 9am) and finishing with lunch on day 2. Please note that the first day includes dinner and your participation is expected the entire time. Accommodation at Grand Ho
https://www.cec.lu.se/form/climbeco-winter-meeting-grand-hotel-lund-15-16-january-2025 - 2025-01-31
The Computational Science for Health and Environment (COSHE) theme gathers interdisciplinary research based on developing and using computational methods with applications that address scientific problems in areas related to health and environment. Progress in science is increasingly dependent on computational methods. Modern measurement techniques generate large amounts of data that require sophi
https://www.cec.lu.se/research/research-themes/computational-science-health-and-environment - 2025-01-31
Here you find information on CECs internal process for HEU proposals. General informationIf you are planning to place an EU-project at CEC, this must be approved by the CEC Director beforehand. Approval is obtained by contacting the CEC finance team, primarily Louise Berglund, who will ensure that all documentation needed is in order before the material is presented to the director. Please contact
https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/applying-funding/heu-proposals-general-information - 2025-01-31
Approval for HEU proposals by the CEC Director is administrated by the CEC finance team. HEU ChecklistsAll EU proposals must be approved by the CEC Director beforehand, 3 months in advance is advisable, as soon as possible otherwise. Please let the CEC finance team, primarily Louise Berglund, know as soon as possible that you are preparing a HEU proposal – send a quick e-mail straight away, and th
https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/applying-funding/heu-proposals-checklists - 2025-01-31
This interdisciplinary course will introduce the climate-biodiversity-health nexus and consider Nature-based Solutions through the lens of social and natural science. It will include both theoretical lectures and application of the knowledge in group work, group discussions, and a study visit to two Nature-based Solutions in Skåne. You can contact marlis [dot] wullenkord [at] abm [dot] lth [dot] s
