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Emergency call

“Suicide threat. Young woman with self-harming behaviour who has taken an overdose of pills”. This is one of the emergency calls that come in during Rasmus Eltén’s ten-hour shift at the ambulance station in Helsingborg. He is in his first week of internship on the specialist nursing programme in pre-hospital emergency care and it is going to be a long day. Erblind Mustafa who, like Rasmus Eltén, i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/emergency-call - 2025-10-03

Sustainability Forum broadens its remit to include students and education

The vice-chancellor has decided to give the Sustainability Forum a broader remit with resources increased to SEK 4 million per year as of 2021, from the previous SEK 2 million annually. The Sustainability Forum will also be a permanent fixture, as sustainability issues are long-term. The most significant change in the remit of the Sustainability Forum is the investment in increased sustainability

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-forum-broadens-its-remit-include-students-and-education - 2025-10-03

Sustainability plan approved

With a new sustainability plan, Lund University management wants to increase the level of ambition and develop sustainability work within the organisation. Education and research are to increase their positive impact, while the University is to halve its contribution to climate change by 2023. In autumn 2019 a strategy for sustainable development was adopted. Now the sustainability plan sets goals

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-plan-approved - 2025-10-03

Erik Renström to be the vice-chancellor of Lund University

The Government has appointed Erik Renström as the vice-chancellor of Lund University for the term of office 2021–2026. Renström, a physician and professor of experimental endocrinology, has extensive academic experience. He is currently the dean of Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine. “It feels very exciting and a little solemn to be entrusted with the role of vice-chancellor. The positions brin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/erik-renstrom-be-vice-chancellor-lund-university - 2025-10-03

Coagulants for Urban Wastewater Treatment in Tunisia

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Efficiency of Different Moringa oleifera (Lam.) Varieties as Natural Coagulants for Urban Wastewater Treatment", available in the journal Sustainability. There is a great need to find cheaper but still efficient treatment methods for wastewater. This study aimed to test the purifying performance of three different Moringa oleifera 

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coagulants-urban-wastewater-treatment-tunisia - 2025-10-03

Trendspotting Future Challenges in the Middle East

The war against terror is coming to an end. Has China become the victor? The Middle East seems to be moving towards more authoritarian regimes. A large influx of migrants and refugees and increasing population growth are likely to affect the region over the coming decades. And what about climate change? Is the Middle East becoming wetter, drier, or both? Watch five Middle East scholars trendspotti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trendspotting-future-challenges-middle-east - 2025-10-03

Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#24)

New CMES Newsletter about 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 latest issues of the Newsletter Sign up for the Newslet

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-24 - 2025-10-03

Touching Sound: Passion and Global Politics Workshop Report

CMES scholars Maria Frederika Malmström and Mark LeVine have authored "Touching Sound: Passion and Global Politics Workshop Report", published in the Abdou Filali-Ansary Occasional Paper Series. Among other things, the report is based on findings from a 2019 workshop. Participation was enabled through funding from CMES as well as Aga Khan University. How does sound shape and/or constrain the actio

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/touching-sound-passion-and-global-politics-workshop-report - 2025-10-03

Knowledge About Climate Stress Could Counteract Conflicts

To find out why so many people have left their farms in north-eastern Syria, physical geographer Lina Eklund uses both satellite data and interviews. ‟It is important to understand what can be linked to climate change and what are societal factors, so that we can better equip ourselves for the future.” Lina Eklund has specialised in remote sensing, which enables her to determine what happens over

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/knowledge-about-climate-stress-could-counteract-conflicts - 2025-10-03

Turkish State Discourse on Dersim 1937-38

CMES researcher Pınar Dinç has authored the chapter "Dersim 1937–38: Shifts and continuities in the state discourse and reasoning under Kemalism and Erdoğanism". Pınar's chapter is part of the edited volume The Kurds in Erdogan's "New" Turkey: Domestic and International Implications (2022, editor Nikos Christofis). The book focuses on the AKP government since 2002, during which time the state’s ap

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/turkish-state-discourse-dersim-1937-38 - 2025-10-03

Areal Precipitation Coverage and Monthly Runoff in Iran

Together with Ahmad Fakheri Fard (University of Tabriz), CMES researchers Hasan Hosseini, Hossein Hashemi and Ronny Berndtsson have co-authored the paper "Areal Precipitation Coverage Ratio for Enhanced AI Modelling of Monthly Runoff: A New Satellite Data-Driven Scheme for Semi-Arid Mountainous Climate", available online in the journal Remote Sensing. Satellite remote sensing provides useful gridd

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/areal-precipitation-coverage-and-monthly-runoff-iran - 2025-10-03

Arsenic Pollution Modeling in Surface Waters in Iran

Together with Maziar Mohammadi (Tarbiat Modares University) and Alireza Motevalli (Tarbiat Modares University), CMES researchers Seyed Amir Naghibi and Hossein Hashemi have authored the article "Human-induced arsenic pollution modeling in surface waters - An integrated approach using machine learning algorithms and environmental factors", available online in the Journal of Environmental Management

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/arsenic-pollution-modeling-surface-waters-iran - 2025-10-03

Drivers of Long-Term Land-Use Pressure in Tunisia

Together with Khaoula Khemiri (University of Tunis El Manar), Sihem Jebari (National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry Tunisia), Naceur Mahdhi (Institute of Arid Regions of Medenine, Tunisia), Ines Saidi (National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry Tunisia), and Sinan Bacha (National Centre for Cartography and Remote Sensing Tunisia), CMES Deput

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/drivers-long-term-land-use-pressure-tunisia - 2025-10-03

Reuse of Wastewater Sludge in Tunisian Agriculture

Together with Sonia Sabbahi (Université de Carthage), Layla Ben Ayed (Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie), Monia Trad (Université de Carthage) and Panagiotis Karanis (University of Nicosia Medical School), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Parasitological Assessment of Sewage Sludge Samples for Potential Agricultural Reuse in Tunisia", available in The Internati

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/reuse-wastewater-sludge-tunisian-agriculture - 2025-10-03

Recognition in Israeli-Palestinian Relations

Together with Yoav Kapshuk (Kinneret College on the Sea of Galile), CMES scholar Lisa Strömbom has authored the article "Tracing Responses to Recognition in the Oslo Peace Process and its Aftermath - the Interlinkage between Relational and Internal Ontological Security" in the journal Conflict Resolution Quarterly (open access). The article deals with mechanisms for how formal and relatively super

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/recognition-israeli-palestinian-relations - 2025-10-03

Irrigation Water Risk Assessment in Tunisia

Together with Dalila Souguir (University of Carthage), Sourour Mzahma (University of Carthage), Hanen Filali (University of Carthage), Mohamed Hachicha (University of Carthage), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Vicia–Micronucleus Test Application for Saline Irrigation Water Risk Assessment", available in the journal Plants. In view of climate change, increasing soil

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/irrigation-water-risk-assessment-tunisia - 2025-10-03

CMES Call for Project Proposals

One new research project with the MECW program will be funded by CMES starting in September 2022. The grant period is 3 years. Applications are open to scholars with employment at Lund University that hold doctoral degrees. Deadline is 19 April 2022 CMES supports supports and coordinates research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-call-project-proposals - 2025-10-03

Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#25)

New CMES Newsletter about 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 latest issue of the Newsletter Sign up for the Newslet

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-25 - 2025-10-03

The Oslo Accords and Agonistic Peace

Together with Isabel Bramsen (LU) and Anne Lene Stein (LU), CMES scholar Lisa Strömbom has authored the article "Agonistic peace agreements? Analytical tools and dilemmas", published in the Review of International Studies (open access). Later years have seen the growth of a vibrant theoretical discussion on agonistic peace and the importance of creating space for contestation, plurality, and disse

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/oslo-accords-and-agonistic-peace - 2025-10-03

CMES Scholar Lina Eklund Contributing Author of New IPCC Report

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 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. CMES researcher Dr. Lina Eklund has contributed sections on migration and mobility to the report’s fourth chapter on Water. Her assessment conclu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-scholar-lina-eklund-contributing-author-new-ipcc-report - 2025-10-03