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CMES Welcomes New Interns

A photo of 9 people standing next to a CMES roll-up
From left to right: Lilljan Daoud, Jaara Chikfa, Boran Zhang, Marine Lambotte, Rupert von der Kammer, Irene Vanni, Fadi Azzo, Asma Ben Salam and Renee Nienhuis. Not pictured: Szebasztián Simic and Firat Berk Sivaslioğlu. Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren

CMES is delighted to welcome 11 part-time project interns for the 2024 spring semester.

The interns are all masters students at Lund University and are doing their internships in four different CMES projects:

AI in the Service of Socio-Politically Adapted Sustainable Dust-Storm Control in the Middle East

  • Szebasztián Simic (Disaster Risk Management & Climate Change Adaptation)
  • Boran Zhang (Middle Eastern Studies)

Being Young in Conflict

  • Asma Ben Salam (Middle Eastern Studies)
  • Lilljan Daoud (LUMID)
  • Marine Lambotte (Middle Eastern Studies)

Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities - Exploring Politics of Memory, Space, and Religion in Middle Eastern Nationalisms

  • Firat Berk Sivaslioğlu (Middle Eastern Studies)
  • Jaara Chikfa (Global Studies)
  • Renee Nienhuis (Middle Eastern Studies)

ECO-Syria: Exploring Conflict-Environment Interactions for Sustainable Development and Conservation

  • Fadi Azzo (Political Science)
  • Irene Vanni (Middle Eastern Studies)
  • Rupert von der Kammer (Disaster Risk Management & Climate Change Adaptation)