BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:53dee3259d83fae5eb31ea10f2e889c0 DTSTAMP:20260414T090038Z SUMMARY:A sustainable Middle East in a turbulent world? DESCRIPTION:Contact: lisa.strombom@svet.lu.se\n\nBringing together research ers from across Lund University\, this panel explores the prospects and ch allenges of achieving sustainability and peace in the Middle East amidst e scalating ecological pressures\, political instability\, and ongoing confl icts. Bringing together interdisciplinary expertise from peace diplomacy\, political ecology\, human geography\, and water resource engineering\, th e discussion examines how environmental degradation\, protracted conflicts \, everyday peacebuilding and diplomacy intersect\, shape the region’s f uture and the possibilities for a more sustainable future in the region.Th is event will be held in English.Participants:Moderator: Lisa Strömbom\, CMES and Department of Political Science.Speaker: Karin Aggestam\, CMES an d Department of Political Science.Title: “The prospect of sustainable pe ace diplomacy”.Speaker: Pinar Dinc\, CMES and Department of Political Sc ience.Title: “No Sustainability Without Peace: Rethinking Sustainability Through Peace Ecology and the Kurdish Question”.Speaker: Maria Andrea N ardi\, CMES and Department of Human Geography.Title: “The challenges of everyday life peacebuilding with nature in North and East Syria”.Speaker : Hossein Hashemi\, CMES and Department of Water Resources Engineering.Tit le: “The Middle East Under Pressure: Drought\, Dust Storms\, and Sinking Land”. \;Additional InformationNo registration required. The event is free and open to all.Organiser: Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Stud ies \;The event is part of Sustainability Week 2026\, which runs betwe en 13-18 April. \;Sustainability Week is an annual event in Lund organ ised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. The week serves as a platform for bringing together ideas\, raising public awarene ss and for inspiring sustainable change. \; \;\n\nMore information about the event: https://www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/sustainable-middle-east- turbulent-world DTSTART;TZID=GMT:20260414T080000 DTEND;TZID=GMT:20260414T090000 LOCATION:Pufendorf Institute\, Biskopsgatan 3\, Lund END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR