For the Media: Middle East Experts at CMES
Below, you will find a list of our researchers based on their areas of expertise, ranging from environmental sustainability and democracy to peacebuilding and religion. Clicking on their names will give you access to their contact info.
You are also welcome to get in touch with press officer Ulrika Oredsson or CMES coordinator Linda Eitrem Holmgren.
Armenia, Azerbaijan
- Maria Småberg (History)
- Svante Lundgren (History of Religions)
Egypt
- Dalia Abdelhady (Sociology)
- Joel W. Abdelmoez (Political Science)
- Ronny Berndtsson (Water Resources Engineering)
Iran
- Ali Mansourian (Geographic Information System)
- Amir Naghibi (Water Resources Engineering)
- Behshid Khodaei (Water Resources Engineering)
- Hossein Hashemi (Water Resources Engineering)
- Oliver Scharbrodt (Islamic Studies)
- Ronny Berndtsson (Water Resources Engineering)
- Yafa Shanneik (Islamic Studies)
Iraq
- Ali Mansourian (Geographic Information System)
- Hossein Hashemi (Water Resources Engineering)
- Lina Eklund (Physical Geography)
- Oliver Scharbrodt (Islamic Studies)
- Rola El-Husseini Dean (Political Science)
- Ronny Berndtsson (Water Resources Engineering)
- Yafa Shanneik (Islamic Studies)
Israel, Palestine
- Anne Stein (Political Science)
- Dalia Abdelhady (Sociology)
- Dalia Dassa Kaye (Political Science)
- Karin Aggestam (Political Science)
- Lisa Strömbom (Political Science)
- Maria Småberg (History)
- Nina Gren (Social Anthropology)
- Svante Lundgren (History of Religions)
- Torsten Janson (Islamic Studies)
Kurdistan
- Ali Mansourian (Geographic Information System)
- Lina Eklund (Physical Geography)
- Pinar Dinc (Political Science)
Turkey
- Dalia Abdelhady (Sociology)
- Pinar Dinc (Political Science)
- Torsten Janson (Islamic Studies)
The Levant: Jordan, Lebanon and Syria
- Dalia Abdelhady (Sociology) – Syria, Lebanon
- Karin Aggestam (Political Science)
- Lina Eklund (Physical Geography) – Syria
- Pinar Dinc (Political Science) – Syria
- Rami Zalfou (Economic History) – Syria, Lebanon
- Rola El-Husseini Dean (Political Science)
- Ronny Berndtsson (Water Resources Engineering) – Syria
- Sarah Anne Rennick (Political Science) – Syria
- Torsten Janson (Islamic Studies) – Lebanon
- Yafa Shanneik (Islamic Studies) – Jordan
The Gulf: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen
- Ali Mansourian (Geographic Information System)
- Dalia Abdelhady (Sociology)
- Joel W. Abdelmoez (Political Science) – Saudi Arabia, Qatar
- Karin Aggestam (Political Science)
- Leysan Storie (Strategic Communication) - Saudia Arabia, United Arab Emirates
- Yafa Shanneik (Islamic Studies) – Arab Gulf states
North Africa: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara
- Dalia Abdelhady (Sociology)
- Joel W. Abdelmoez (Political Science) – Tunisia
- Karin Aggestam (Political Science)
- Maria Padrón Hernández (Social Anthropology) – Western Sahara
- Ronny Berndtsson (Water Resources Engineering)
- Sarah Anne Rennick (Political Science) – Morocco, Tunisia, Libya