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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 NewsletterSubscribe to the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-46 - 2026-01-15

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored a paper published in Sustainability. The article, "Modeling Ecosystem Regulation Services and Performing Cost–Benefit Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation through Nature-Based Solutions Using InVEST Models", was co-authored by Sana Bouguerra (National Institute of Research in Rural Engineering Water and Forestry), Boutheina Stiti (National In

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mitigating-climate-change-tunisia-through-nature-based-solutions - 2026-01-15

This Regional Outlook focuses on the obstacles of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza and the challenges of rebuilding and reconstructing the area after the war. In 2007, the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt in Gaza transformed the Strip into an area entirely dependent on humanitarian aid and external support, with the movement of people and goods under Israeli and Egyptian control. The 7 Octo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-humanitarian-exceptionalism-and-quest-post-war-reconstruction-gaza-strip - 2026-01-15

CMES researchers Mo Hamza and Sinem Kavak have co-authored an article published in Frontiers in Human Dynamics. The article, "Refugee agency in secondary mobility decision-making: a systematic literature review", was written by Sinem Kavak (CMES & LUCSUS), Mo Hamza (CMES & Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety), Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen (University of Copenhagen) and Russell A. Stone (Un

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/refugee-agency-mobility-decision-making - 2026-01-15

This chapter explores feminist activism during and after the so-called Arab Spring, a transformative event that brought new challenges and a new political environment for feminist activists. At first, the overthrow of old regimes raised hopes for a more open and liberated society, but these hopes did not last long. Feminist organizations in countries such as Egypt and Tunisia have faced state repr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/abdelmoez-digital-feminist-practice-during-and-after-arab-spring - 2026-01-15

Why does peace diplomacy fail? What role do nuclear weapons play in security, deterrence, and peace? And is it possible to educate for peace? Welcome to a seminar on Peace Day 2024. 24 September 2024 13:00 to 15:00 Welcome by Isabel Bramsen, Director of Peace and Conflict studies The Failure of Peace Diplomacy, Karin Aggestam, Director of Centre for Advances Middle EasternStudies (CMES) Nuclear we

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/peace-day-2024-elusive-peace-israel-palestine - 2026-01-15

CMES affiliated scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye has authored an article published in Foreign Affairs. The article “Where will Israel’s Multifront War End? There May Not be a Better Day After”, is written by Dalia Dassa Kaye. It was published in Foreign Affairs on 2 October 2024After a year of war, there is a real possibility of no better “day after” in Gaza or the rest of the region. Talk in Washington o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/where-will-israels-multifront-war-end - 2026-01-15

Applications are now open for CMES Project Proposals (2025-2028) as well as CMES Writing Retreats (2025). Call for Project Proposals (2025-2028) CMES supports three-year-research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES encourages collaboration between scholars from different disciplines at Lund University

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-calls-project-proposals-2025-2028-and-writing-retreats-2025 - 2026-01-15

Sami Al-Daghistani has recently published an article discussing the emic-etic distinction in Islamic Studies with a special focus on Norway. Sami Al-Daghistani“Emic-Etic Distinction and Islamic Studies in Oslo/Norway,” Tidsskrift for religion og kultur (Journal for Religion and Culture), Issue 1 (September) 2024, Open Accesshttps://ojs.novus.no/index.php/DIN/article/view/2288/2260

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sami-al-daghistani-emic-etic-distinction-and-islamic-studies-oslonorway - 2026-01-15

Sami Al-Daghistani has won the Islamic Economics Research Award for 2024 by ILKE Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, for his work on Islamic economics and ethics, and his book The Making of Islamic Economic Thought (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021) has won a prestigious award in Islamic Studies and was also nominated for another European award. Congratulations Sami! Awards Research Award Sami

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/awards-sami-al-daghistani - 2026-01-15

In this closing workshop of the project the aim is to present the results and findings of the project’s empirical work and engage the audience in an open dialogue with the researchers and an expert panel in order to provide further insights and challenge some of the misconceptions on refugee movement and decision-making particularly the ones perpetuated in the media. The purpose is to shed light o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/refugee-decision-making-first-countries-asylum - 2026-01-15

Karin Aggestam and Tim Dunne have co-authored the chapter “The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria”, in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (3d edition), eds S. Smith, A. Hadfield, and T. Dunne, Oxford: Oxford University Press AbstractThis chapter argues that the international community’s response to the Syrian civil war was a failure of resolute diplomacy. It first recounts how a pop

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/failure-diplomacy-and-protection-syria - 2026-01-15

On behalf of Lund University and the United Nations University (UNU), Prof. Erik Renström and Prof. Kaveh Madani invite you to the official launch ceremony for the UNU Hub on “Water in a Changing Environment” at Lund University. Lund University is proud to become the second UNU Hub in Europe to address the global issues related to Water in a Changing Environment (WISE). This initiative is created

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/united-nations-university-hub-launch-ceremony - 2026-01-15

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 - 2026-01-15

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 - 2026-01-15

What is the role of urban mining for sustainability? Getting back resources from waste products is essential, but not enough. IIIEE researcher Jessika Luth Richter was interviewed by BBC radio about urban mining. The main messages from stakeholders and researchers are that there is much potential for urban mining and in many cases waste products are rich sources for rare metals that are needed for

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/can-urban-mining-save-planet - 2026-01-15

Lund was the first municipality to create a local climate policy council in 2018. The council consists of researchers from Lund University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Every year the council hands over a report to the municipal board and on May 4 Professor Lena Neij from the IIIEE presented the 2022 report. The council reviews Lund’s work with climate impact and reduction o

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/climate-report-2022-presented-lund-municipality - 2026-01-15

The Lund University Agenda 2030 Award was handed out for the first time at a ceremony in Lund on May 5. The award wants to promote innovative and interdisciplinary research on sustainable development by early career scholars at the university. Steven Curtis, Sofie Sandin Lompar, Frans Libertson, Katherine Shabb and Karolina Södergren received an honorary mention for their innovative approach of sh

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-podcast-advancing-sustainable-solutions-receives-honorary-mention - 2026-01-15

How do we get access to work, meetings, education, shopping, entertainment, healthcare? Today we can get access to many of these things digitally at a distance, reducing our need for travel and offering a preventative and potentially transformative solution to our transport problems. But what are the actual effects from digitalization on transport? What effects will we see in the "new normal", now

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/will-digital-services-make-us-travel-less - 2026-01-15

Urban Living Labs: Visiting researcher James Evans in search of success factors Can urban living labs create more sustainable urban development? Manchester researcher James Evans and colleagues at the IIIEE are studying and comparing four Scandinavian cases, seeking common drivers of success – and of failure.  – Today, cities face the enormous challenge of climate change and are searching for effe

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-visiting-iiiee-researcher-james-evans - 2026-01-15