Published 13 January 2025 Isak Svensson, Uppsala University and Isabel Bramsen, Lund University. ❔ Who is best positioned for mediation and negotiation efforts to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine? ❔ When should such diplomatic efforts be launched? ❔ How should the processes of peace talks be designed? These are some of the questions examined in a new article by Isabel Bramsen from our departme

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/peace-talks-russia-ukraine-war-when-who-and-how - 2025-03-08

Published 17 January 2025 In recent years, male social media influencers (sometimes called "manfluencers") have gained many followers by promoting negative views about women and feminism. These influencers often inform their male followers that women and feminist movements constitute a threat to masculinity and men’s social status. In this article, Bäck and Renström examine how perceived threats t

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hanna-back-and-emma-renstrom-manfluencers-and-misogynistic-attitudes-among-young-men - 2025-03-08

Published 16 May 2022 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 issue

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-28 - 2025-03-08

Published 19 May 2022 Photo: Ahmed Akacha With the aid of satellite images, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have uncovered unique data on the severe drought that hit Syria between 2007 and 2009. Previously, many politicians and researchers believed that it was decisive for the outbreak of war in 2011. However, the new results indicate that agricultural land had already recovered by 2010.

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/role-drought-syrian-war-was-exaggerated - 2025-03-08

Published 20 May 2022 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Groundwater Extraction Reduction within an Irrigation District by Enhancing the Surface Water Distribution" together with Hamed Tork (University of Tehran), Saman Javadi (University of Tehran), Seyed Mehdy Hashemy Shahdany (University of Tehran) and Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran). The article is p

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/developing-surface-water-distribution-systems-iran - 2025-03-08

Published 20 May 2022 Photo by Charbel Karam on Unsplash CMES scholar Rola El-Husseini Dean has been interviewed in an article about the Lebanese election in Dagens Nyheter. CMES scholar Rola El-Husseini Dean was recently interviewed in an article about the Lebanese general election published in Dagens Nyheter. The article was written (in Swedish) by Hanna Rydén and published on May 15, 2022. Belo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/rola-el-husseini-dean-interviewed-about-lebanese-election-dagens-nyheter - 2025-03-08

Published 25 May 2022 Satellite image showing fires in an agricultural area in the southwestern part of Chernobyl. Satellite image by Lina Eklund. In the wake of climate change and an increasingly warmer and drier climate, wildfires are becoming more common. In Ukraine, the war further increases the risk. Already in March this year, fires broke out around Chernobyl. CMES researcher Lina Eklund fea

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-researchers-warn-increased-fire-risk-war-torn-ukraine - 2025-03-08

Published 30 May 2022 Cover: Lund University On Thursday June 2, Fabio Cristiano is defending his PhD thesis in Political Science "The Blurring Politics of Cyber Conflict: A Critical Study of the Digital in Palestine and Beyond". Welcome to attend! Fabio Cristiano is defending his PhD thesis in Political Science, The Blurring Politics of Cyber Conflict: A Critical Study of the Digital in Palestine

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/phd-thesis-defence-blurring-politics-cyber-conflict-palestine-and-beyond - 2025-03-08

Published 2 June 2022 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Evaluation of modified Hilhorst models for pore electrical conductivity estimation using a low-cost dielectric sensor" together with Nessrine Zemni (University of Tunis El Manar), Fethi Bouksila (National Institute for Research in Rural Engineering, Water, and Forestry Tunisia), Fairouz Slama (University of Tu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/estimating-pore-electrical-conductivity-tunisian-soil - 2025-03-08

Published 2 June 2022 Karin Aggestam (supervisor), Annika Björkdahl (supervisor), Fabio Cristiano (Dr.) and Anna Leander (discussant). Congratulations to Fabio Cristiano for successfully defending his thesis "The Blurring Politics of Cyber Conflict: A Critical Study of the Digital in Palestine and Beyond" earlier today! Dr. Fabio Cristiano has successfully defended his PhD thesis in Political Scie

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/fabio-cristiano-successfully-defends-phd-thesis - 2025-03-08

Published 3 June 2022 Photo (top left): Ricky Rachman/Tower of David Museum. Photo (bottom left): Gila Brand/Wikimedia Commons. Photo (top right): Torsten Janson/Panorama 1453 History Museum. Photo (bottom right): Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) The new MECW project starting in the fall of 2022 is titled "Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities: Exploring Politics of Memory, Space, and Religion in Middle Ea

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-mecw-project-politics-memory-space-and-religion-middle-eastern-nationalisms - 2025-03-08

Published 13 June 2022 Cover art: Hasan Hosseini On Thursday June 16, Hasan Hosseini is defending his PhD thesis in Water Resources Engineering, "Advanced Remote Sensing Precipitation Input for Improved Runoff Simulation – Local to Regional Scale Modelling". Welcome to attend! Hasan Hosseini is defending his PhD thesis in Water Resources Engineering, Advanced Remote Sensing Precipitation Input for

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/phd-thesis-defence-advanced-remote-sensing-precipitation-input-improved-runoff-simulation - 2025-03-08

Published 10 June 2022 CMES scholar Lisa Strömbom has co-edited the Special Issue "Agonistic Peace: Advancing Knowledge on Institutional Dynamics and Relational Transformation" in the journal Third World Quarterly, together with Isabel Bramsen (Lund University). The special issue contains several articles focusing specifically on the MENA region. The Special Issue is comprised of empirical studies

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/agonistic-peace-middle-east - 2025-03-08

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 16 June 2022 Children of immigrants are sorted on the basis of preconceived notions with measures that do not take into account their own perspectives. Photo: iStockphoto How does migration and globalisation shape the lives of individuals in various countries and how does it affect the children of immigrants in terms of

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/other-side-story-how-children-immigrants-experience-life - 2025-03-08

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 17 June 2022 Søren Liedtke Thorndahl (opponent), Hossein Hashemi (supervisor), Hasan Hosseini (Dr.) and Ronny Berndtsson (supervisor). Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren Congratulations to Hasan Hosseini for successfully defending his thesis "Advanced Remote Sensing Precipitation Input for Improved Runoff Simu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/hasan-hosseini-successfully-defends-phd-thesis - 2025-03-08

Published 21 June 2022 New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. Summer greetings from CMES! The Centre will be closed from July 4 to August 14. Have a great summer and we hope to see you at our events in the fall! The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-29 - 2025-03-08

Published 6 July 2022 In this article published in Sydsvenskan, CMES scholars Sarah Anne Rennick and Dalia Abdelhady argue that the political mobilization of Middle Eastern migrants in European states represents a unique opportunity to revitalize our own democratic practices. Read the article in Swedish in Sydsvenskan Last decade, pinpointing political mobilization in the Middle East was a straigh

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-political-mobilization-opportunity-european-democracy - 2025-03-08

Published 8 July 2022 CMES is looking to employ an ambitious Middle Eastern scholar and political scientist. Last application day: September 15, 2022 General Information Last application date: September 15, 2022 11:59 PM CEST Type of employment: Permanent position Contract type: Full time First day of employment: By agreement Reference number: PA2022/2541 Link to the job listing in English Link to

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/open-position-associate-senior-lecturer-middle-eastern-studies-and-political-science - 2025-03-08

Published 1 July 2022 Cover: MTM CMES researcher Lina Eklund has been interviewed by climate journalist Peter Alestig for his new book on the effects of climate change in Sweden. The book,Världen som väntar: vårt liv i klimatförändringens Sverige (English translation: The World That Awaits: Our Life in Sweden During Climate Change) addresses the changes we are seeing in Sweden in terms of climate

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lina-eklunds-research-featured-new-book-climate-change-sweden - 2025-03-08

Published 15 August 2022 Cover: Springer CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the chapter "Mitigation and Adaptation Measures" together with Sahar Baghban (University of Tehran), Omid Bozorg-Haddad (University of Tehran), Mike Hobbins (University of Colorado-Boulder) and Nadhir Al-Ansari (Luleå University of Technology) in a new edited volume published by Springer. The chapter, wh

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sustainable-water-management-mitigation-and-adaptation - 2025-03-08