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 - 2025-07-01

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 - 2025-07-01

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 - 2025-07-01

Published 19 August 2024 On 22-23 August, CMES is organising the Third Annual SWEMENA Conference at Lund University. 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 dissemination and disc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/swemena-conference-2024 - 2025-07-01

Published 21 August 2024 CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini has written an article about Lebanese society being split over a potential war with Israel published in the Conversation. The article, "Lebanese society is split over a potential war with Israel", was published on 16 July 2024.IntroductionHezbollah began launching rockets into northern Israel in solidarity with Palestinians shortly after th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lebanon-and-potential-war-israel - 2025-07-01

Published 30 August 2024 Apply for the autumn semester's courses by 11 September! CMES offers three Arabic language courses during the autumn of 2024: - A1, Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners, Part I- A2, Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners, Part I- B1, Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic, Part IThe courses are exclusively offered for Lund University students and staff interested in working and

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/study-arabic-cmes-0 - 2025-07-01

Published 4 September 2024 Welcome to CMES on 11 September to meet our staff and learn more about our research, activities and Arabic language courses! Welcome to an Open House at CMES to enjoy some Arabic sweets, mingle with our staff and learn more about our ongoing research, activities and Arabic language courses!When: 11 September 2024, 11:15-12:30Where: CMES Seminar Room (Finngatan 16)CMES of

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/welcome-open-house-cmes - 2025-07-01

Published 4 September 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-46 - 2025-07-01

Published 5 September 2024 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), B

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mitigating-climate-change-tunisia-through-nature-based-solutions - 2025-07-01

By altea [dot] pericoli [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Altea Pericoli) - published 6 September 2024 The Gaza Strip in 2022. Photo: Mohammed Al Bardawil/Unsplash 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

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-humanitarian-exceptionalism-and-quest-post-war-reconstruction-gaza-strip - 2025-07-01

Published 1 September 2023 Lina Eklund, Pinar Dinc, Maria Andrea Nardi, Hakim Abdi and Mo Hamza presenting their project at CMES. Photo: Karin Aggestam On 31 August, the new MECW project "ECO-Syria: Exploring Conflict-Environment Interactions for Sustainable Development and Conservation" was launched at CMES. The new research project will run from 2023 to 2026 within the Strategic Research Area "T

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/launch-new-mecw-project-eco-syria - 2025-07-01

Published 1 September 2023 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 latest

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-37 - 2025-07-01

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 5 September 2023 CMES researcher Lina Eklund has been interviewed in Swedish online journal Kvartal about climate and migration from Syria. The article "Flydde Syrienflyktingar från klimatet?" (English translation: "Did Syrian Refugees Flee the Climate?"), written by Henrik Höjer, was published online on

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-and-migration-syria - 2025-07-01

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 6 September 2023 CMES researcher Oliver Scharbrodt has been interviewed in Swedish journal Dagen about the Muslim minority in Sweden, protests and inclusive space. The article "Islamolog: Korankrisen är Sveriges 'Satansverserna'" (English translation: "Islamologist: The Qur'an Crisis is Sweden's 'The Sat

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/muslims-sweden-protests-and-inclusivity - 2025-07-01

Published 8 September 2023 Location of the Mahabad dam catchment. Figure taken from the article.. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on predicting hydropower production through machine learning in Iran published in the journal Applied Water Science. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Application of soft computing and evolutionary algori

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/machine-learning-and-hydropower-production-iran - 2025-07-01

Published 11 September 2023 CMES Visiting Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor has published an interview with Marwan Muasher in the journal Israel Affairs. Abstract This interview is part of a major research project that is based on interviews and discussions with influential decision-makers, facilitators, mediators and negotiators who were involved in Arab-Israeli peace negotiations over t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/arab-world-palestinian-israeli-conflict - 2025-07-01

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 12 September 2023 CMES researcher Oliver Scharbrodt has been interviewed by Radio Sweden about the recent Qur'an burnings in Sweden. Oliver Scharbrodt was interviewed for a segment on the Qur'an burnings on 4 July 2023 by Maya Naylor (Radio Sweden). Below are some excerpts from the interview. Listen to t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/swedish-government-muslim-minority-and-quran-burnings - 2025-07-01

Published 15 September 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on GIS-based groundwater vulnerability assessment in Iran published in the journal Water. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Groundwater Vulnerability to Nitrate Contamination from Fertilizers Using Modified DRASTIC Frameworks" together with Maryam Torkashvand (Islamic Azad

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/groundwater-vulnerability-assessment-iran - 2025-07-01

Published 18 September 2023 CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has authored an article on the Israeli-Saudi deal and the United States published in Foreign Affairs Magazine. The United States appears to be seriously probing a Middle East deal that would normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. According to the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and other reporting, U.S. Pre

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/case-against-israeli-saudi-deal - 2025-07-01

Published 20 September 2023 CMES researcher Maria Småberg has authored the article "Witness Reporting as Resistance and Recovery–The Swedish Missionary Alma Johansson and the 1915 Armenian Genocide", published in the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Abstract Western missionaries became important eyewitnesses of the 1915 Armenian genocide, and many reported on the events. This article ana

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/witness-reporting-missionaries-and-armenian-genocide - 2025-07-01