Publicerad 21 september 2020 Biträdande lektor Isabel Schoultz och forskningsassistent Heraclitos Muhire vid Rättssociologiska institutionen leder ett forskningsprojekt de hoppas kan leda till förändrad policy och praktik på arbetsmarknaden och förbättrade villkor för migrantarbetare. Samhällsvetenskapliga forskare från Danmark, Finland, Norge och Sverige undersöker skillnader mellan ländernas han

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/rattssociologer-undersoker-utnyttjandet-av-migrantarbetare-i-norden - 2024-12-23

Publicerad 13 oktober 2020 Sveriges radio P4 Blekinge rapporterar att flera personer med utländsk bakgrund hotats efter att de medverkat i lokala medier. I inslaget hörs Rättssociologiska institutionens doktorand Oscar Björkenfeldt, som forskar om hur hot och hat mot journalister påverkar det offentliga samtalet och demokratin.– Det finns en kollektiv avsikt att tysta vissa frågor från det offentl

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/oscar-bjorkenfeldt-intervjuad-som-expert-i-sveriges-radio-p4-blekinge - 2024-12-23

Publicerad 26 oktober 2020 Statens utredning om stärkt rätt till skadestånd för brottsoffer ser över vissa regler kring brottsoffers rätt till skadestånd. Rättssociologen Karl Dahlstrand disputerade på brottsofferersättning och besökte nyligen utredningens expertkommitté. Karl Dahlstrands forskning om kränkningsersättning till brottsoffer tangerar regeringens utredning om stärkt rätt till skadestå

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/karl-dahlstrand-presenterade-sin-forskning-regeringens-utredningsgrupp - 2024-12-23

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 1 March 2021 New calls for interdisciplinary research on the Middle East and writing retreats at CMES!  While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to restrict physical interaction that we all long for, CMES is trying to look ahead and stimulate exciting research on the Middle East by announcing new calls. Lund University sc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-february-2021 - 2024-12-24

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 2 March 2021 Photo: Hans-Peter Gauster on Unsplash The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies supports research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW).  CMES encourages research collaboration between scholars from different dis

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-project-proposal - 2024-12-24

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 2 March 2021 Welcome to Finngatan 16 in Lund! The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies supports research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW).  The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports writing retreats

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-cmes-writing-retreat - 2024-12-24

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 5 March 2021 March 23, 7 pm Swedish time at University of Virginia Register for the book talk here   About the book This sophisticated book presents new theoretical and analytical insights into the momentous events in the Arab world that began in 2011 and, more importantly, into life and politics in the aftermath of th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/maria-f-malmstrom-giving-online-talk-about-her-latest-book-streets-are-talking-me - 2024-12-24

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 8 March 2021 Photo: Christian Wiediger on Unsplash During the pandemic mediators and conflict parties have had to interact, discuss and even negotiate via computer screens. Women negotiators have benefited from this and describe how they experienced the virtual medium as a more equal space since it is more difficult fo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/virtual-meetings-more-equal-space-women-peace-negotiators - 2024-12-24

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 March 2021 “Yemen’s Higher Education Crisis” – the second webinar of the IIE-SRF Dialogues series – will focus on Yemen’s higher education emergency and its impact on university professionals. Scholars from Yemen who have directly experienced the crisis will share their stories and offer insights on the unique chall

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/yemens-higher-education-crisis-cmes-mohammed-almahfali-one-speakers - 2024-12-24

Published 22 October 2021 Together with Khaoula Khemiri (University of Tunis El Manar), Sihem Jebari (National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry), and Khlifa Maalel (Laboratory of Modelling in Hydraulics and Environment), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Is Climate or Direct Human Influence Responsible for Discharge Decrease in the Tunisian

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/discharge-decrease-tunisian-merguellil-basin - 2024-12-24

Published 25 October 2021 Deadline for application: 30 November 2021 The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports writing retreats on Middle East research with the aim to finalise an article, book chapter, edited volume or a book for publication in peer reviewed outlets. Three writing retreats will be granted during the spring of 2022. CMES offers office space and modern research

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/apply-writing-retreat-cmes-spring-2022 - 2024-12-24

Published 25 October 2021 Together with Esam Wasel (Thamar University), CMES researcher Mohammed Al-Mahfali has authored the article "Women Stereotype in the Book: Yemeni Tales and Legends", available online in the journal Ansaq. The paper aims to understand how women stereotypes are formed in Ḥekayᾱt Wa Asaṭīr Yamanī [Yemeni Tales and Legends] book compiled by Ali Muhammad Abdo. The paper consist

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/women-stereotypes-book-yemeni-tales-and-legends - 2024-12-24

Published 29 October 2021 CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has recently been promoted to Associate Professor at the Division of Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University.  Hossein Hashemi received his Ph.D. in the field of Water Resources Engineering from Lund University in 2014. His Ph.D. research was focused on groundwater management, ground

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/hossein-hashemi-promoted-associate-professor - 2024-12-24

Published 26 October 2021 CMES researcher Spyros Sofos has authored the article "Space and the emotional topography of populism in Turkey: The case of Hagia Sophia", available online in the journal Cogent Social Sciences. Over the past decade, as ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) initiated Turkey’s authoritarian populist turn, it sought to derive legitimacy through extra-institutional ave

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/space-and-emotional-topography-populism-turkey - 2024-12-24

Published 27 October 2021 Cover: Lexington Books CMES researcher Pinar Dinc has authored the chapter "Forest Fires in Dersim and Şırnak: Conflict and Environmental Destruction". Pinar's chapter is part of the edited volume Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities (2021, editor: Stephen Hunt). The book is a pioneering text that examines

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/forest-fires-dersim-and-sirnak - 2024-12-24

Published 1 November 2021 CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has authored the article "A piece of the Middle East in the north - the Armenian Community of Sweden", available in the Haigazian Armenological Review. The Armenian community of Sweden is small (approximately 12,000 persons) and young (established in the second half of the 20th century). In this article the history of the community is descr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/armenian-community-sweden - 2024-12-24

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 22 March 2021 Thursday this week Kaveh Madani is participating in a CMES Research seminar on "Rethinking Environmental Security: The Lessons Learned from the Middle East". The attention to the topic of environmental security is on the rise in the 4D (Development, Disaster, Diplomacy and Defense) circles. We have enough

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/three-quick-questions-kaveh-madani-yale-university - 2024-12-24

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 24 March 2021 During the First World War the Assyrians suffered great losses as a result of massacres and deportations organized by the Ottomans. Between 250.000 and 300.000 Assyrians are estimated to have lost their lives during the Seyfo, the Syriac word for “sword”. Several Assyro-Chaldean delegations, from differen

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/failure-assyrian-lobbies-paris-peace-conference-1919-new-article-cmes-svante-lundgren - 2024-12-24

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 24 March 2021 The review summarizes key findings of 53 peer-reviewed publications, published in English in the period 1994–2020 identified with the search terms “global learning” and “sustainable development”, sustainability or GLSD, respectively.   Despite continued efforts by educators, UN declarations and numerous i

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/global-learning-sustainable-development-historical-review-cmes-helen-avery - 2024-12-24

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 26 March 2021 The title in Turkish: "Üzülmeden özür mümkün mü? Devlet söyleminde Dersim 1937-38" in a lecture series organized by Bogazici University philosophy students “Phil-Free”. Phil-Free is an educational community, established by the students of the Philosophy Department at Boğaziçi University. They are trying t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-pinar-dinc-gives-talk-apologies-and-changing-state-discourse-dersim-1937-38-turkey - 2024-12-24