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15 Mar 2024
Now Open: CMES Call for Project Proposals
Apply for a CMES project grant by 30 April 2024!
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5 Mar 2024
Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#42)
Read the new CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications.
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5 Mar 2024
Nuclear Proliferation in Iraq
CMES researcher has co-authored an article published in the Journal of Strategic Studies.
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1 Mar 2024
Deep Learning and Runoff Prediction in Iran
CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article in the journal Applied Soft Computing.
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29 Feb 2024
Nuclear Histories in the Middle East
CMES researcher Hebatalla Taha has written an article in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.
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28 Feb 2024
CMES Workshop: Conflict and Environment in Kurdistan
The workshop focused on the intersections between conflict, environment and policy to explore the politico-environmental dimensions of the Syrian war.
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28 Feb 2024
Groundwater Depletion and Land Subsidence in Iran
CMES PhD researcher Behshid Khodaei & researcher Hossein Hashemi have co-authored an article published in the journal Science of the Total Environment
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28 Feb 2024
Destruction of Gaza Monitored From Space
CMES researcher and physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images.
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27 Feb 2024
CMES Welcomes New Interns
CMES is delighted to welcome 11 part-time project interns for the 2024 spring semester.
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21 Feb 2024
46,000 Reads of Lund University Articles on the Middle East in The Conversation 2023
25% of all articles from Lund University published in the Conversation in 2023 addressed the Middle East, generating about 46 000 reads.
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20 Feb 2024
CMES Visiting Fulbright Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye on the War in Gaza
CMES Visiting Fulbright Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has been interviewed about the war in Gaza and the need for new leadership as the only way forward.
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9 Feb 2024
Jewish Settlers Make Bid for Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem
CMES Researcher Svante Lundgren has written an article in The Conversation.
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8 Feb 2024
Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University, Assigned to Review UNWRA
Lund University's Raoul Wallenberg Institute will be part of the group of institutions doing a review of UNWRA.
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7 Feb 2024
Director of Swedish Dialogue Institute Charlotta Sparre Visits CMES
On 6 February, Director Charlotta Sparre visited CMES and spoke about the work at the Swedish Dialogue Institute in Amman.
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2 Feb 2024
Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#41)
Read the new CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications.
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2 Feb 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron Visits Lund University
CMES Director Karin Aggestam attended the Farewell Reception.
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1 Feb 2024
Only the Middle East Can Fix the Middle East
CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has co-authored an article on the path to a post-American regional order in the Middle East.
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30 Jan 2024
Uncoordinated Water Resources Development in Iran
CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored a paper on uncoordinated water resources development in Iran.
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29 Jan 2024
Rethinking Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East
CMES Director Karin Aggestam participated in a panel at the Swedish "Folk och Försvar" conference on 7-9 January 2024.
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29 Jan 2024
South Africa v Israel at the International Court of Justice
On 29 January, Professor David Kaye held a rapid response seminar on the ICJ case between South Africa and Israel.