20 Jan 2021

Application of extreme gradient boosting and parallel random forest algorithms for assessing groundwater spring potential using DEM-derived factors

Groundwater resources provide a large share of the world’s water demand for various sectors such as agriculture, industry, and drinking water. Particularly in the Middle East's ari...

19 Jan 2021

Mobilizing pity: the dialectics of narrative production and erasure in the case of Iran’s #BlueGirl

In this article CMES Spyros A. Sofos and Nazanin Shahrokni present a case analysis of Sahar Khodayari’s transformation into a global injustice icon, the #BlueGirl, after she set he...

18 Jan 2021

Application of advanced machine learning algorithms to assess groundwater potential using remote sensing-derived data

The demand for water supply is continuously rising due to population growth and development across the world. In arid and semi-arid areas, particularly the Middle East, aquifers fo...

13 Jan 2021

Obstacles in Distance Learning and Applying Electronic Exams during COVID-19 - new CMES research

This study identifies obstacles and barriers in distance learning and the use of electronic exams, comparing them to pursue success in the distance education system during the coro...

12 Jan 2021

New CMES research about dust source detection and dust source susceptibility mapping

The majority of the new dust sources are due to environmental degradation caused by human activities.

22 Dec 2020

Middle East Forum Newsletter #16 December, 2020

Middle Eastern research news from Lund University

17 Dec 2020

LU doctor with water focus and CMES connections new minister in Tunisia

It is during a difficult time that Akiça Bahri has taken over the responsibility as Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in Tunisia. But with a doctorate in water...

15 Dec 2020

CMES Maria Frederika Malmström´s new article: Female Circumcision/Genital Mutilation and Human Rights

Co-writer Lisen Dellenborg. The article is published in the book "FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING The Global North and South" (Malmö University). Open access.

14 Dec 2020

"The Role of Citizen Science  in Sustainable Agriculture" - new article by CMES Helen Avery

The article has been published in Sustainability and is available online. Co-writers are Khaldoon A. Mourad and Hasan Hosseini, also from CMES.

10 Dec 2020

CMES Hasan Hosseini has got Pre-seed funding for 2021 by LU innovation

Local weather often is not what news reports for cities and counties. As transient, local, and intense as a cloudburst, rainfall can be highly variable, impractical to measure for ...

9 Dec 2020

New PhD thesis: “The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy”

CMES Spyros Sofos was awarded a PhD in Regional and Cross-cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen after the examination of his thesis entitled “The Meanings of the People ...

3 Dec 2020

CMES Svante Lundgren is one of the editors of the new book "Armenia, mon amour Ten Europeans Speak"

Ten non-Armenians from ten European countries write about their interest in and experiences of Armenia.

1 Dec 2020

Exploring the broader field of environmental dimensions of conflict – in the Middle East region and beyond

As part of the Climate Stress in Syria-research project, there was a closed interactive online workshop on October 14th to discuss the nexus around drought, vulnerability and confl...

1 Dec 2020

Middle East Forum Newsletter #15

Message from the director: New CMES board in place 

26 Nov 2020

CMES Pınar Dinç is presenting 'Fake news? Understanding the conflict and forest fire nexus through media breakdown’

The workshop is called: Unpacking ‘the Opposition’ in undemocratic regimes: The Role, Transformation and Challenges of the Oppositional Actors in Turkey and beyond

19 Nov 2020

Coffeehouses (Re)Appropriated: Counterpublics and Cultural Resistance in Tabriz, Iran

New article by CMES Laleh Foroughanfar. Over the last decade, traditional coffeehouses have attracted increasing interest in the city of Tabriz, Iran, in the context of consistent ...

18 Nov 2020

Project Launch - Turkey beyond Borders

November 17 there was the launch for “Turkey Beyond Borders: Critical Voices, New Perspectives”, a project supported by the Swedish Institute.  

30 Oct 2020

Newsletter: Middle East Forum Newsletter October

Very exciting to start up as new CMES director! Karin Aggestam: "It has been some hectic, but very exciting weeks as new director for CMES. I am deeply impressed by the large nu...

13 Oct 2020

Vad betyder de nya fredsavtalen som med Trumps hjälp slutits i Mellanöstern?

Karin Aggestam, ny föreståndare för Centrum för Mellanösternstudier, om det nya fredsavtalet i Mellanöstern: För ett par veckor sedan slöt Bahrain och Förenade Arabemiraten ett fre...

29 Sep 2020

Middle East Forum Newsletter September

We cordially welcome the new Director for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and as well the new Coordinator for the strategic research area Middle East in the Contemporary Worl...