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Published 28 February 2022 CMES Scholar Lina Eklund is a contributing author of the 6th IPCC assessment report released today. Today the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its 6th assessment report: Climate Change…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-scholar-lina-eklund-contributing-author-new-ipcc-report- 2022-02-28

Published 1 March 2022 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "A Combination of Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms and Machine Learning Methods Improves the Prediction of Groundwater Level" together with Zahra…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/predicting-groundwater-levels-iran- 2022-03-01

Published 3 March 2022 CMES Doctoral Researcher Laleh Foroughanfar has co-authored the article "Migration, place-making and the rescaling of urban space" together with Mattias Kärrholm (LU), Tina Gudrun Jensen (Malmö University) and…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/migrants-and-re-scaling-nordic-urban-space- 2022-03-03

Published 7 March 2022 Ukraine (Wikimedia Commons) CMES Director participates in a public panel to discuss the wider repercussions in the Middle East. The Russian invasion has ended the post-Cold War era in Europe bringing war and death,…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/russian-invasion-ukraine-why-history-matters-and-what-will-be-impact- 2022-03-09

Published 8 March 2022 CMES scholars Seyed Amir Naghibi, Behshid Khodaei and Hossein Hashemi have authored the article "An integrated InSAR-machine learning approach for ground deformation rate modeling in arid areas", available in the…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/measuring-groundwater-induced-land-subsidence-iran- 2022-03-08

Published 10 March 2022 Cover: Transnational Press CMES scholar Sarah Anne Rennick has edited the volume "Reassessing Activism and Engagement Among Arab Youth", published by Transnational Press London (2022). This collective volume…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/reassessing-activism-and-engagement-among-arab-youth- 2022-03-10

Published 21 March 2022 New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-26- 2022-03-21

Published 22 March 2022 Photo: Ahmed Akacha on Pexels CMES scholars Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund have co-authored an annotated bibliography about the Syrian climate-migration-conflict nexus, together with Gianna Angermayr (Lund University)…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrian-climate-migration-conflict-nexus- 2022-03-29

Published 29 March 2022 Source: Arya Azar et al. 2022 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "A hybrid approach based on simulation, optimization, and estimation of conjunctive use of surface water and…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/estimating-sustainable-groundwater-use-iran-through-machine-learning- 2022-03-29

Funding agency: MECW. Duration: 2022-2023 A decade after the 2011 uprisings, what has been the impact of the revolutionary moment for MENA youth in terms of their activism, participation, and political socialization? On one hand, the…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/research-projects/after-uprising-mena-youth-activism-and-political-socialization-post-2011- 2023-10-31

Published 1 April 2022 Demonstrators during the Iraqi October Revolution. Photo: Mondalawy on Wikimedia Commons Sarah Anne Rennick has co-authored the paper "National Ambition, Divergent Vision: Consensus and Fracture Among Iraqi Youth…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/consensus-and-fracture-among-iraqi-youth-activists- 2022-04-04

Published 5 April 2022 CMES scholar Pinar Dinc has authored "Environmental Racism and Resistance in Kurdistan", available online (open access) in The Commentaries. Environmental degradation is identified as a key factor that threatens the…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/environmental-racism-and-resistance-kurdistan- 2022-04-05

Published 6 April 2022 CMES scholar Lina Eklund has co-authored the article "Societal drought vulnerability and the Syrian climate-conflict nexus are better explained by agriculture than meteorology” together with Ole Magnus Theisen …

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/effects-drought-agriculture-pre-war-syria- 2022-04-06

Published 11 April 2022 The Pufendorf Institute at Lund University has produced a short video about the the research theme "Hydrosolidarity 2.0: Ethics and Conflict Resolution in International Water Governance." Participating from CMES are…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/want-learn-more-about-hydrosolidarity-and-conflict-resolution-middle-east- 2022-04-11

Published 12 April 2022 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Urban Flood-Risk Assessment: Integration of Decision-Making and Machine Learning" together with Fereshteh Taromideh (Sari Agricultural Sciences and…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/urban-flood-risk-assessment-through-machine-learning-iran- 2022-04-12

Published 13 April 2022 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Can Potato Crop on Sandy Soil Be Safely Irrigated with Heavy Metal Polluted Water?" together with Tarek Selim (Port Said University), Samah M…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/crop-irrigation-heavy-metal-polluted-water-egypt- 2022-04-13

Published 14 April 2022 New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-27- 2022-04-14

Published 22 April 2022 CMES supports writing retreats on Middle East research with the aim to finalise an article, book chapter, edited volume or a book for publication in peer-reviewed outlets. Two writing retreats will be granted during…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-writing-retreats- 2022-04-22

Published 25 April 2022 Cover: Palgrave Macmillan CMES researcher Pınar Dinç has edited the book "Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey: Construction, Consolidation, and Contestation" together with İmren Borsuk (Berlin Forum…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-book-launch-may-2-authoritarian-neoliberalism-and-resistance-turkey- 2022-04-26

Published 4 May 2022 Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren On May 18, CMES scholars will be showcasing their ongoing Middle East research with posters on display at Finngatan 16. Come mingle, learn something new and enjoy some drinks, snacks and…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/welcome-cmes-open-house-may-18- 2022-05-11