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Welcome to CMES on 11 September to meet our staff and learn more about our research, activities and Arabic language courses! Welcome to an Open House at CMES to enjoy some Arabic sweets, mingle with our staff and learn more about our ongoing research, activities and Arabic language courses!When: 11 September 2024, 11:15-12:30Where: CMES Seminar Room (Finngatan 16)CMES offers several Arabic languag

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/welcome-open-house-cmes - 2025-11-29

Read the 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 beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars.Read the NewsletterSubscribe to the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-46 - 2025-11-29

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored a paper published in Sustainability. The article, "Modeling Ecosystem Regulation Services and Performing Cost–Benefit Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation through Nature-Based Solutions Using InVEST Models", was co-authored by Sana Bouguerra (National Institute of Research in Rural Engineering Water and Forestry), Boutheina Stiti (National In

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mitigating-climate-change-tunisia-through-nature-based-solutions - 2025-11-29

This Regional Outlook focuses on the obstacles of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza and the challenges of rebuilding and reconstructing the area after the war. In 2007, the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt in Gaza transformed the Strip into an area entirely dependent on humanitarian aid and external support, with the movement of people and goods under Israeli and Egyptian control. The 7 Octo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-humanitarian-exceptionalism-and-quest-post-war-reconstruction-gaza-strip - 2025-11-29

CMES researchers Mo Hamza and Sinem Kavak have co-authored an article published in Frontiers in Human Dynamics. The article, "Refugee agency in secondary mobility decision-making: a systematic literature review", was written by Sinem Kavak (CMES & LUCSUS), Mo Hamza (CMES & Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety), Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen (University of Copenhagen) and Russell A. Stone (Un

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/refugee-agency-mobility-decision-making - 2025-11-29

This chapter explores feminist activism during and after the so-called Arab Spring, a transformative event that brought new challenges and a new political environment for feminist activists. At first, the overthrow of old regimes raised hopes for a more open and liberated society, but these hopes did not last long. Feminist organizations in countries such as Egypt and Tunisia have faced state repr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/abdelmoez-digital-feminist-practice-during-and-after-arab-spring - 2025-11-29

Why does peace diplomacy fail? What role do nuclear weapons play in security, deterrence, and peace? And is it possible to educate for peace? Welcome to a seminar on Peace Day 2024. 24 September 2024 13:00 to 15:00 Welcome by Isabel Bramsen, Director of Peace and Conflict studies The Failure of Peace Diplomacy, Karin Aggestam, Director of Centre for Advances Middle EasternStudies (CMES) Nuclear we

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/peace-day-2024-elusive-peace-israel-palestine - 2025-11-29

CMES affiliated scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye has authored an article published in Foreign Affairs. The article “Where will Israel’s Multifront War End? There May Not be a Better Day After”, is written by Dalia Dassa Kaye. It was published in Foreign Affairs on 2 October 2024After a year of war, there is a real possibility of no better “day after” in Gaza or the rest of the region. Talk in Washington o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/where-will-israels-multifront-war-end - 2025-11-29

Applications are now open for CMES Project Proposals (2025-2028) as well as CMES Writing Retreats (2025). Call for Project Proposals (2025-2028) CMES supports three-year-research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES encourages collaboration between scholars from different disciplines at Lund University

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-calls-project-proposals-2025-2028-and-writing-retreats-2025 - 2025-11-29

Sami Al-Daghistani has recently published an article discussing the emic-etic distinction in Islamic Studies with a special focus on Norway. Sami Al-Daghistani“Emic-Etic Distinction and Islamic Studies in Oslo/Norway,” Tidsskrift for religion og kultur (Journal for Religion and Culture), Issue 1 (September) 2024, Open Accesshttps://ojs.novus.no/index.php/DIN/article/view/2288/2260

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sami-al-daghistani-emic-etic-distinction-and-islamic-studies-oslonorway - 2025-11-29

Sami Al-Daghistani has won the Islamic Economics Research Award for 2024 by ILKE Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, for his work on Islamic economics and ethics, and his book The Making of Islamic Economic Thought (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021) has won a prestigious award in Islamic Studies and was also nominated for another European award. Congratulations Sami! Awards Research Award Sami

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/awards-sami-al-daghistani - 2025-11-29

In this closing workshop of the project the aim is to present the results and findings of the project’s empirical work and engage the audience in an open dialogue with the researchers and an expert panel in order to provide further insights and challenge some of the misconceptions on refugee movement and decision-making particularly the ones perpetuated in the media. The purpose is to shed light o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/refugee-decision-making-first-countries-asylum - 2025-11-29

Karin Aggestam and Tim Dunne have co-authored the chapter “The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria”, in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (3d edition), eds S. Smith, A. Hadfield, and T. Dunne, Oxford: Oxford University Press AbstractThis chapter argues that the international community’s response to the Syrian civil war was a failure of resolute diplomacy. It first recounts how a pop

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/failure-diplomacy-and-protection-syria - 2025-11-29

On behalf of Lund University and the United Nations University (UNU), Prof. Erik Renström and Prof. Kaveh Madani invite you to the official launch ceremony for the UNU Hub on “Water in a Changing Environment” at Lund University. Lund University is proud to become the second UNU Hub in Europe to address the global issues related to Water in a Changing Environment (WISE). This initiative is created

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/united-nations-university-hub-launch-ceremony - 2025-11-29

Det är alltid spännande att komma in i en ny studentlägenhet. Kanske tänker du att alla studentlägenheter ser ungefär likadana ut, både i planlösning och inredning, men det är långt ifrån sanningen. På Furutorpsgatans studentboende bor Ellen Tössberg i en etta på tjugo kvadrat. Lägenheten må vara liten, men den har stor personlighet. När jag kliver in i Ellens lägenhet är det första som fångar min

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/valkommen-hem-till-ellen - 2025-11-29

Marknadsföreningen i Helsingborg (MiH) startar ett nytt pris för att uppmärksamma studenter på Campus Helsingborg och deras examensarbeten. Priset till de vinnande studenterna delas ut på deras årliga Näringslivsgala MiH Guld, som i år äger rum 26 oktober. - Det känns väldigt roligt att vi kommer belysa en viktig del och uppgift för vår förening, nämligen att vara en brobyggare mellan studenter oc

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/studentprestationer-ska-hyllas-under-gala-i-host - 2025-11-29

I framtiden kommer våra kläder att innehålla en tagg som vi kan skanna för att få information. På så vis kan vi få se hur plaggen är producerade, var vi kan få dem lagade och hur de kan återvinnas. Kanske kan vi till och med se vem som tidigare har burit plagget eller ges möjlighet att hyra ut det. Under våren startades ett innovationsprojekt där studenter på Campus Helsingborg tar reda på vad kon

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/kladerna-far-en-egen-identitet - 2025-11-29

Nu finns en ny podd som lyfter frågor om hur offentlig sektor leds, organiseras och styrs. Bakom CLOO-podden är forskare vid Lunds universitet, knutna till nätverket Centrum för ledning av offentliga organisationer vid Lunds universitet. Första avsnittet är ute och handlar om expanderande administration. Med i första poddavsnittet är Robert Holmberg, lektor i psykologi som samtalar med Johan Alveh

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/premiar-cloo-podden - 2025-11-29

Vattenhallen Science Center vid Campus Helsingborg har fått bidrag på 40 000 kr från Sparbanksstiftelsen Skåne. Anslaget ska användas för att möjliggöra att 500 skolelever från Helsingborg kan uppleva vetenskap på ett roligt, interaktivt och pedagogiskt sätt. - Idag har vi ungefär ett skolbesök i veckan så detta är ett välkommet bidrag för att utveckla vår verksamhet här och en fantastisk möjlighe

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/fler-skolelever-kan-besoka-vattenhallen-vid-campus-helsingborg - 2025-11-29

Mötesplatsen, en landgång över vattnet, ligger i Oceanhamnen som genom Helsingborgs historia varit en viktig arbetsplats för många av stadens invånare. Det är just hamnarbetarnas minnen och berättelser som inspirerat utformningen av mötesplatsen. Under 2018 pågick ett samarbete mellan Helsingborgs stad och Institutionen för Tjänstevetenskap för att samla in helsingborgarnas minnen från Oceanhamnen

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/forskningsprojekt-om-minnen-bidrar-till-utformning-av-ny-motesplats-i-helsingborg - 2025-11-29