Published 29 January 2024 Anna Karin Eneström and Karin Aggestam CMES Director Karin Aggestam participated in a panel at the Swedish "Folk och Försvar" conference on 7-9 January 2024. The panel (in Swedish), "Behövs nya fredsskapande verktyg?" (English translation: "Are New Peacebuilding Tools Needed?"), took place in Sälen, Sweden on 9 January 2024. It was part of a larger discussion on how to bu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/rethinking-peace-diplomacy-middle-east - 2025-04-01

Published 29 January 2024 David Kaye (Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren) On 29 January, Professor David Kaye (Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Public International Law) held a rapid response seminar on the ICJ case between South Africa and Israel. On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed a claim in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is committing genocide in its military campa

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/south-africa-v-israel-international-court-justice - 2025-04-01

Published 30 January 2024 CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored a paper on uncoordinated water resources development in Iran. The article, "When rain does not run, a fingerprint of uncoordinated water resources development", was published in the Journal of Hydrology. It was co-authored by Ali Torabi Haghighi (University of Oulu), Alireza Sharifi (University of Oulu), Hamid Darabi (Univer

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/uncoordinated-water-resources-development-iran - 2025-04-01

Published 1 February 2024 CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has co-authored an article on the path to a post-American regional order in the Middle East, published in Foreign Affairs. The article "Only the Middle East Can Fix the Middle East: The Path to a Post-American Regional Order" was written by Dalia Dassa Kaye and Sanam Vakil. It was published in Foreign Affairs on 1 February 2024.Int

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/only-middle-east-can-fix-middle-east - 2025-04-01

Published 2 February 2024 President Macron and CMES Director Karin Aggestam CMES Director Karin Aggestam attended the Farewell Reception. On Wednesday 31 January, French President Emmanuel Macron visited Lund. After visiting the European Spallation Source (ESS) together with the Swedish King, he participated in "Studentafton", where he spoke to and answered questions from 200 Lund University stude

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/french-president-emmanuel-macron-visits-lund-university - 2025-04-01

Published 2 February 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

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-41 - 2025-04-01

Published 7 February 2024 Charlotta Sparre speaking to staff and students at CMES. Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren On 6 February, Director Charlotta Sparre visited CMES and spoke about the work at the Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa in Amman, Jordan. Charlotta Sparre is the Director of the Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa. She has previou

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/director-swedish-dialogue-institute-charlotta-sparre-visits-cmes - 2025-04-01

Published 2 July 2020 The International Energy Agency releases a Special Report on Clean Energy Innovation on Thursday, 2 July. Professor Lena Neij from the IIIEE Policy analysis team participated in the process.The new report identifies the critical areas where accelerated innovation is urgently needed if countries and companies are to meet their ambitions for net-zero emissions.This special repo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/launch-ieas-special-report-clean-energy-innovation - 2025-04-01

Published 9 July 2020 IIIEE Phd Student Steven Kane Curtis presented at the 5th International (and Virtual) Conference on New Business Models on 1-2 July 2020. The conference was hosted by Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, with the theme to explore the role of business models in transition. Among the nearly 100 presenters, Steven was awarded the award for “Best Presenter”. In his pr

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/phd-student-steven-curtis-receives-best-presenter-award-new-business-models-conference - 2025-04-01

Published 13 July 2020 City Report no. 2: "Urban Sharing in Toronto" The Urban Sharing Team at IIIEE, lead by Principal Investigator Prof. Oksana Mont, has published their second City Report for the Urban Sharing research programme.“Urban Sharing in Toronto” explores the landscape of the sharing economy in the city context. This research is a result of a Mobile Research Lab conducted in the autumn

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-urban-sharing-research-team - 2025-04-01

Published 10 August 2020 IIIEE Professor Oksana Mont was interviewed by Kristianstadsbladet about the climate crisis and sustainable consumption management.Read the article here

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/prof-oksana-mont-kristianstadsbladet - 2025-04-01

Published 11 August 2020 "Agency and capacity in the planning and design phase of building renovations" Postdoctoral fellow Katharina Reindl has published a new article in Energy Efficiency.Abstract:The building sector is a large energy consumer and is responsible for high CO2 emissions; hence, improving the energy performance of buildings is vital. Building renovations open opportunities to impro

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-katharina-reindl - 2025-04-01

Published 12 August 2020 Funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, the IIIEE at Lund University in collaboration with researchers at Linköping University are launching a new project called Massive Urban Missions (MUM) on advancing and delivering climate neutral cities. Associate Professor Kes McCormick and Professor Jenny Palm are the researchers at the IIIEE leading the activities. Two doctoral resear

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-launches-new-project-massive-urban-missions - 2025-04-01

Published 14 August 2020 New publications, an online summit, best presenter award, and more.Check out our latest Newsletter here

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Published 19 August 2020 The post-doctoral candidate will work in the area of policy analysis related to the Circular Economy. The post-doctoral candidate will contribute to the development of knowledge, and policy analysis addressing policies to further Circular Economy developments, with a special focus on policies as drivers and barriers for Circular Business Models. Read more about the positio

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-postdoctoral-position - 2025-04-01

Published 27 August 2020 Maria Jäppinen awarded by ISWA Young Professionals Group Our MSC graduate Maria Jäppinen participated in the 3rd ISWA YPG Online Conference on the 17th and 18th of July 2020. The theme of the conference was “Transition to a Circular Economy: Innovation and sustainability in waste management systems”. In an abstract competition for young researchers, Maria was awarded first

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/msc-graduate-gains-double-awards - 2025-04-01

Published 26 August 2020 Read more about the position here

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/we-are-hiring-phd-student-circular-business-value - 2025-04-01

Published 28 August 2020 IIIEE, represented by Professor Jenny Palm, together with the solar cell association Solar Region and the City of Malmö will host a joint online workshop on solar cells.The focus of the workshop is on solar cells and how they are contributing to the realisation of Malmö's vision of a sustainable city district in Sege Park. The event will take place on Thursday the 3rd Sept

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-participates-online-workshop-solar-cells - 2025-04-01

Published 11 September 2020 The Urban Sharing Team at IIIEE, lead by Principal Investigator Prof. Oksana Mont, has published their third snapshot for the Urban Sharing research programme.“Urban Sharing in Shanghai” explores the landscape of the sharing economy in the city context. The snapshot is a first outcome of the data collection conducted in the spring 2020. The snapshot highlights the follo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-output-urban-sharing-research-team - 2025-04-01

Published 16 October 2020 IIIEE Researchers Steven Kane Curtis, Oksana Mont, and Jagdeep Singh published a new article in PLOS ONE, in collaboration with Alexandra Kessler from the Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP). The article synthesizes the potential social impacts of sharing platforms and proposes a systematic framework to assess these impacts at an organiza

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-social-impacts-sharing-platforms - 2025-04-01