Funding agency: Swedish National Space Agency. Duration: 2023-2027 Wildfires have cross-sectoral impacts and are often harmful to ecosystems and societies. In recent years, there have been several large and devastating wildfires in Australia, the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, the West Coast of the United States, and in British Columbia, Canada. With the combined effects of climate change, an increa

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Research Seminars (Thursdays 13.15-14.30) The CMES Research Seminar is the main collective seminar at the Centre. LU researchers and invited national and international leading scholars present ongoing research and analyses of a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for the Middle East.Download the CMES Research Seminar Program for the spring semester 2025 here. Calendar Link to RSS 10 April

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Registration of interest in attending the presentation by Arvin Khoshnood (Department of Human Geography, Lund University) on May 11. Please note that there are a limited number of seats available, and therefore not all registrations will be accepted. If your registration is accepted, you will receive a confirmation email from CMES. First name (required) Last name (required) Place of work (require

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CMES has several collaborative partners. Swedish Middle East & North Africa Network (SWEMENA) The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSMES) Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East & North Africa The Association of Foreign Affairs Lund (UPF) Arab Reform In

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Based on the multi-disciplinary expertise held by researchers at CMES, the Regional Outlook series provides in-depth analyses and explanations of topical developments in the MENA region. CMES Regional Outlook: The Rising Tide of Dissent in Turkey: A Call for Democracy and Justice This CMES Regional Outlook by Pinar Dinc focuses on the recent political developments in Turkey. CMES Regional Outlook:

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Funding agency: MECW. Duration: 2023-2026 There is a heated debate –both scholarly and non-scholarly– about the links between the climate change that manifested through a prolonged drought in Syria after 2005, the political-unrest-turned-into-civil-war after 2011, and migration. However, not enough attention has been paid to the differentiated effects of the conflict-environment interactions for d

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The majority of CMES' research projects are situated within the strategic research area (SRA) called “The Middle East in the Contemporary World” or MECW. This project, funded by the Swedish Research Council, is the foundation for research efforts organized by the center with the aim of coordinating, redirecting, and expanding research at Lund University. Read more about MECW and the four research

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CMES organises a range of public outreach events every year, publishes regional outlook analyses on current affairs and briefs based on research results for policy makers. CMES believes that our research is vital for individuals working in or with the Middle East and aims to frequently and effectively work with state institutions and organizations, the business sector, NGOs, the public and others

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Researchers/teachers

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Universities of Lund and Copenhagen Workshop Last day to register: 2 October 2023 This workshop will focus on the Nordic aid to Palestine. The aim with this workshop is to initiate research which will add to the literature on “new humanitarianism” and to develop theory, ethics and practice of humanitarianism with perspectives from research in humanities and social sciences by focusing on Nordic in

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Funding agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2024- CMES aims to coordinate and compile data and analyses on the MENA region to be openly shared through a data infrastructure platform. CMES aims to coordinate and compile data and analyses generated through a range of  PhD, postdoctoral and interdisciplinary research projects on the MENA region to be openly shared through a data infrastructure platform. Othe

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Funding Agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2024- This is a collaborative research project between CMES and Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) on political youth in conflicts in the Middle East. Since 2011, two broad societal changes challenge the political exclusion of youth: (1) new spaces and institutions have opened up for youth action, allowing young women and men to assume new roles as political and socia

https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/research-projects/being-young-conflict - 2025-04-01

CMES hosts and coordinates a large number of interdisciplinary research projects. Whereas a majority of them are part of the MECW-research program there are additional projects with external research funding from the Swedish Research Council, Fortes, Riksbankens Jubileumsfund, the European Commission, Australian Research Council and more. Recognizing that the complexities of the Middle East region

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Welcome to the IIIEE! See our master's programs We equip future sustainability decision-makers, leaders and practitioners to provide solutions for complex challenges Explore our research topics We produce rigorous, impactful and solution-oriented interdisciplinary research in close collaboration with business and other societal partners. This is who we are We advance knowledge on how to catalyse t

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Excellence and Renewal in Interdisciplinary Research The IIIEE is a centre of excellence conducting interdisciplinary and collaborative research focused on advancing sustainable solutions. We provide excellence and renewal in interdisciplinary research, involving stakeholders from government, industry, and society. The transformation to a sustainable society involves a multitude of actors such as

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This website is run by the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE). We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website, and this document describes how www.iiiee.lu.se complies with the accessibility regulations, any known accessibility issues, and how you can report problems so that we can fix them. How accessible is www.iiiee.lu.se? We know some part

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ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS Missions are being discussed widely within the European Union and beyond as a tool to steer policy, innovation, and research. Similar to other missions – to the moon, to cure cancer, and to eradicate smallpox – the missions-oriented approach seeks to set bold and radical goals to tackle our pressing environmental and social challenges. In this episode, we discuss th

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