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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 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/cmes-research/research-projects/after-uprising-mena-youth-activism-and-political-socialization-post-2011- 2022-04-01

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

Published 2 May 2022 We are happy to announce the launch of the CMES YouTube channel with brand new content on the latest in Middle East research! Want to learn more about what is happening in the Middle East in terms of climate change,…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/launch-new-cmes-youtube-channel- 2022-05-02

Published 29 April 2022 CMES welcomes applications for travel grants and research initiation from employees at Lund University. Application deadline: May 30, 2022 Travel Grants CMES provides travel grants for conducting field work in the…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-calls-travel-grants-and-research-initiation- 2022-04-29

Published 5 May 2022 CMES will host two events on democracy and gender-just peace in the MENA region (in Swedish) on July 6 during the Almedalen week in Visby. All welcome! Please note that the events will be held in Swedish! Democracy in…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen- 2022-07-04

Published 9 May 2022 Shia Shrine in Iraq. Photo: Mhrezaa on Unsplash Welcome to a CMES Roundtable about current research on transnational Twelver Shiism with LU researchers Oula Kadhum, Fouad Marei, Stefan Williamson Fa, Nada Al-Hudaid and…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-roundtable-may-19-resistance-diaspora-and-sensory-material-culture- 2022-05-09

Published 10 May 2022 CMES scholar Dalia Abdelhady has co-authored the article "Human Interest Stories in the Coverage of Syrian Refugees: A Case Study from Turkey" together with Fatmanur Delioglu (Yildiz Technical University), published…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/media-coverage-syrian-refugees-turkey- 2022-05-10

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson (English translation: Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 13 May 2022 Political scientist Sarah Anne Rennick is a guest researcher at the Centre for Advanced…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sarah-anne-rennicks-research-profiled-lund-university-magazine- 2022-05-16

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Original article by TT (English translation: Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 16 May 2022 CMES scholar Rola El-Husseini Dean has been interviewed for an article about the…

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/rola-el-husseini-dean-interviewed-about-lebanese-election-goteborgs-posten- 2022-05-16