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4 Mar 2026
Islamic Aid and Gulf States in Contemporary Crises
Former researcher Altea Pericoli has published a new book with Edinburgh University Press.
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3 Mar 2026
Scholarly Paper Prize Winner: Dr. Rami Zalfou and Prof. Martin Dribe
Former CMES researcher Dr Rami Zalfou and CMES board member Prof Martin Dribe have been awarded the 2025 Alixa Naff Prize for Best Scholarly Paper in Migration Studies.
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27 Feb 2026
Sudan’s internal hesitance over the GERD: policy, polarization, and national strategy
New publication in the journal Water International from CMES researcher Filippo Verre, Ronny Berndtsson & Hossein Hashemi.
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26 Feb 2026
Seminar at Centre for Advanced Middle East Studies: Yemen Between War and Peace
A full room and an engaged audience characterised the CMES seminar
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24 Feb 2026
Come Work with Us! Student Internships at CMES Spring 2026
CMES will offer several part-time internships for Lund University students during the spring of 2026.
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13 Feb 2026
Workshop on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in Jordan.
Bringing together a wide and intellectually diverse audience, including Master's and doctoral students, early career and senior academics from multiple disciplines as well as pract...
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9 Feb 2026
Occupied intimacies: Borderisation in Palestine, Georgia and Western Sahara
New publication in the journal Kritisk Etnografi from CMES researcher Nina Gren.
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12 Jan 2026
Mitigation of groundwater salinity vulnerability through land cultivation scenarios
New publication from CMES researcher Hossein Heshemi and Ronny Berndtsson.
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22 Dec 2025
Read the latest CMES Newsletter! #55
Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications.
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22 Dec 2025
CMES Yearbook 2025 is now available to read and download.
The CMES Yearbooks summarize the Centre's activities during the year.
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22 Dec 2025
Joel W. Abdelmoez Successfully Defends his PhD Thesis on Feminist Activism and Solidarities in Egypt and Tunisia
Joel W. Abdelmoez, PhD Candidate in Political Science, has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation
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18 Dec 2025
New book on democratic backsliding in Israeli politics and protracted conflict
CMES director, Karin Aggestam has edited the book Israel: Democratic Backsliding and Elusive Peace.
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18 Dec 2025
International Workshop - Green extractivism
Harvesting wind, stirring sands: the expansion of renewable energy frontiers
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5 Dec 2025
Improving the performance of daily pan evaporation (Evp) prediction.
New article from CMES.
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2 Dec 2025
Rami Zalfou Successfully Defends His PhD Thesis on Syrian Economic Development and Migrant Integration
CMES is proud to announce that CMES researcher, Rami Zalfou, PhD Candidate in Economic History, has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Lund University.
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26 Nov 2025
CMES Seminar Explores Shared Homeland Paradigm for Palestine-Israel
CMES hosted a highly topical seminar titled “It’s Time to Think About the Future of Palestine-Israel.”
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26 Nov 2025
Joel Abdelmoez Nails His PhD Dissertation on Feminist Activism and Solidarities in Egypt and Tunisia
Joel W. Abdelmoez marked a major milestone in his academic journey by performing the traditional ritual known as "spikning".
