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https://www.cec.lu.se/about-website - 2026-01-15
The thematic activities consist of PhD courses, workshops, PhD summer school, seminars, guest lectures, field trips et cetera.Thematic areas 2020The role of forests in the bioeconomyWood use in the construction sectorBiobased polymers/plastics/materialsSustainable food systemsAlternative proteinsMarine food resourcesFuture diets, food systems and land useThe circular bioeconomy and the 2030 Agenda
https://www.cec.lu.se/education/postgraduate-studies/bioeconomy/activities/thematic-areas - 2026-01-15
From the management We are experiencing difficult times which inevitably will affect our work in multiple ways. It is important to remind ourselves that what we are doing is important as a contribution to make the world sustainable! And most work at CEC continues as usual, with modifications, but still towards the same long term goal. Below some examples, as well as information on what’s going on
https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/staff-newsletters/april-20th-2020 - 2026-01-15
The Biodiversity and Conservation Science research group aims to increase knowledge of the consequences of climate and habitat change for different species. Human activities lead to changed conditions for humans as well as plants and animals. The climate changes and what was a good environment for a population to live in can suddenly be a bad environment. In return, better conditions can arise els
https://www.cec.lu.se/research/research-groups/biodiversity-and-conservation-science - 2026-01-15
Researchers/teachers
https://www.cmes.lu.se/researchersteachers - 2026-01-15
Universities of Lund and Copenhagen Workshop Last day to register: 2 October 2023 This workshop will focus on the Nordic aid to Palestine. The aim with this workshop is to initiate research which will add to the literature on “new humanitarianism” and to develop theory, ethics and practice of humanitarianism with perspectives from research in humanities and social sciences by focusing on Nordic in
https://www.cmes.lu.se/form/workshop-registration-nordic-humanitarian-aid-palestinians-24-october-2023 - 2026-01-15
Administration
https://www.cmes.lu.se/administration - 2026-01-15
Guest/affiliated researchers
https://www.cmes.lu.se/guestaffiliated-researchers - 2026-01-15
Welcome to contact us!
https://www.cmes.lu.se/administration-0 - 2026-01-15
Funding agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2024- CMES aims to coordinate and compile data and analyses on the MENA region to be openly shared through a data infrastructure platform. CMES aims to coordinate and compile data and analyses generated through a range of PhD, postdoctoral and interdisciplinary research projects on the MENA region to be openly shared through a data infrastructure platform. Othe
https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/research-projects/research-data-infrastructure-mena - 2026-01-15
Funding Agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2024- This is a collaborative research project between CMES and Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) on political youth in conflicts in the Middle East. Since 2011, two broad societal changes challenge the political exclusion of youth: (1) new spaces and institutions have opened up for youth action, allowing young women and men to assume new roles as political and socia
https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/research-projects/being-young-conflict - 2026-01-15
CMES hosts and coordinates a large number of interdisciplinary research projects. Whereas a majority of them are part of the MECW-research program there are additional projects with external research funding from the Swedish Research Council, Fortes, Riksbankens Jubileumsfund, the European Commission, Australian Research Council and more. Recognizing that the complexities of the Middle East region
https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/research-projects - 2026-01-15
Researcher Contact details Email: hebatalla [dot] taha [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] seOrganisation Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) Service point: 18 WebpageHebatalla Tahas profile in Lund University research portalOther affiliations Associate senior lecturer Department of Political Science Member of Strategic Research Area MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary WorldHebatalla Taha
https://www.cmes.lu.se/hebatalla-taha - 2026-01-15
PhD Student Contact details Email: wan_ni [dot] lin [at] mgeo [dot] lu [dot] seOrganisation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo) Service point: 16 WebpageWan Ni Lins profile in Lund University research portalOther affiliations Doctoral student Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) Doctoral student Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science Profile area member LU
https://www.cmes.lu.se/wan-ni-lin - 2026-01-15
Researcher Contact details Email: ilkin [dot] mehrabov [at] iko [dot] lu [dot] seOrganisation Department of Communication WebpageIlkin Mehrabovs profile in Lund University research portalOther affiliations Researcher Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) Member of Strategic Research Area MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary WorldIlkin Mehrabov is a Senior Lecturer at the Departmen
https://www.cmes.lu.se/ilkin-mehrabov - 2026-01-15
Funding agency: EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 796086. Duration: 2018-ongoing Interest in the relationship between environmental degradation and conflict is growing despite the lack of consensus over its nature. Yet most discussions of the environment-conflict nexus still take for granted the direction of causality and seek to demonstra
https://www.cmes.lu.se/cmes-research/research-projects/fire-fighting-insurgency-ruining-environment - 2026-01-15
Funding Agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2024- Water security, scarcity and climate change are urgent pressing issues in the Middle East and North Africa. The region is marked by increasing environmental challenges, population growth, and changing climate patterns. This research project aligns with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a particular emphasis on Goal 6: Clean Wat
Funder: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2024- The Middle East and North Africa region is today witnessing a combination of upheavals, conflicts, and civil wars, but also increasing diplomatic activities and greater cooperation. The increased involvement of China and Russia, changing relationships between Arab countries and Israel as well as competition for regional leadership while the US is disengaging are e
This is a reading course on the Israel-Palestine conflict offered free of charge for Lund University staff and students during the 2024 spring semester at CMES. Course DescriptionThe reading course introduces and elaborates on various perspectives on the Israel-Palestine conflict, focusing on (1) the history and causes of the conflict, (2) the Middle East peace process and its collapse (3) mechani
https://www.cmes.lu.se/centre-advanced-middle-eastern-studies-cmes/reading-course-israel-palestine-conflict - 2026-01-15
CMES is organising the Third Annual Swedish Middle East and North Africa Network (SWEMENA) Conference, Lund University, 22-23 August 2024. This interdisciplinary annual conference reflects SWEMENA’s main objective to bring together different communities of researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers across Sweden with an interest in the Middle East and North Africa region SWEMENA encourages the
https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/swemena-annual-conference-2024 - 2026-01-15
