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5 Dec 2025
Improving the performance of daily pan evaporation (Evp) prediction.
New article from CMES.
5 Dec 2025
ECO-Syria Workshop Report. Now available in Arabic and Kurdish!
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.
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.”
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".
24 Nov 2025
Mapping Fires.
How citizen engagement and satellite data are helping researchers.
24 Nov 2025
GONGOs, Zombies, and Astroturfers: Rethinking Hybrid Institutions in Autocracies through the Case of Jordanian Youth Governance.
CMES researcher Adam Almqvist, has recently published an article in The Journal of Comparative Politics.
19 Nov 2025
Environmental Politics in North and East Syria/Rojava: A Scoping and Conceptual Literature Review
This article presents a scoping and conceptual literature review on environmental politics in North and East Syria/Rojava.
14 Nov 2025
Managing coastal aquifer salinity risks: Strategies for balance, recharge, and crop adaptation.
New article from CMES.
13 Nov 2025
ECO-Syria Workshop Report
Read the ECO-Syria Workshop Report.
7 Nov 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.
6 Nov 2025
PhD Viva: Time, Difference, and the Transnational. Feminist Activism and Solidarities in Egypt and Tunisia
CMES researcher Joel Abdelmoez will defend PhD thesis.
6 Nov 2025
CMES Regional Outlook: The Ceasefire in Gaza and Trump’s 20-Point Plan
This CMES Regional Outlook (2025:3) by Karin Aggestam examines the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas.
5 Nov 2025
PhD Viva: Borders and Pathways: Essays on Syrian Economic Development and Migrant Integration.
On December 1, 2025, at 10.15 a.m, at EC2:101, Lund, CMES PhD student Rami Zalfou will defend the PhD thesis titled: Borders and Pathways. Essays on Syrian Economic Development an...
24 Oct 2025
Western Sahara: Between Extraction and Self-Determination
At a recent seminar at Lund University, CMES researcher Yahia Mahmoud traced the complex history and ongoing struggles of Western Sahara.
24 Oct 2025
PhD Thesis: From Deformation to Hydrology - A Comparative Evaluation of InSAR and Modelling Techniques for Assessing Water Availability.
15 Oct 2025
The cooking pot that became a symbol of Sweden’s commitment to helping Palestine.
CMES researcher Maria Småberg has recently published an article in The Conversation
2 Oct 2025
Read the latest CMES newsletter!
Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications.
1 Oct 2025
Now Open: CMES Call for Writing Retreats
Writing retreat spring & autumn 2026 Apply by 20 november 2025
29 Sep 2025
Extreme Loss – new project receives seed funding to explore farming futures in a changing climate
Associate Professor Pinar Dinc (Department of Political Science), together with colleagues from several faculties at Lund University and external partners, has received seed fundin...