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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During summer the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research (CEC) are announcing six new research positions within the Strategic Research Area Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate (BECC). Associate Senior University Lecturer in Ecological-Economic ModellingThe appointee will be expected to pla

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/six-open-research-positions-cec - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ullrika Sahlin has been appointed Reader in Environmental Science at the Faculty of Science. Her research focus on the management of uncertainty in risk analysis and evidence-based decisionmaking. Have you ever missed a train or been stunned by a surprise you did not expect to happen? In retrospect, could you have don

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ullrika-sahlin-new-reader-environmental-science - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It has previously been unsure whether microplastics from playgrounds spread to fresh water and aquatic environments. Detailed studies of schoolyards in the city of Lomma now clearly show that microplastics end up in nearby Höje river. Rubber-based surfaces with the purpose to protect our children also threaten wildlif

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/playgrounds-lomma-are-leaking-microplastics - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ullrika Sahlin, risk specialist at CEC, was awarded 15,000 Euros for her project “Gaming for better decisions under uncertainty” at the Climate-KIC Ideation Day II this Tuesday. Ullrikas project aims at developing a fun and educational game for decision-makers where they can develop skills in making decisions on clima

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ullrika-sahlin-awarded-project-money-climate-kic-ideation-day - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Increasing cultivation of oilseed rape may have consequences for pollinators and wild plant pollination. A recently published study from CEC suggests that oilseed rape can affect later flowering plants. By providing pollinating insects with pollen and nectar, oilseed rape benefits short-tongued, generalist insect spec

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cultivating-oilseed-rape-can-affect-later-flowering-plants - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In conjunction with the IPCC authors’ meeting in Malmö in October Sustainability Forum and Climate-KIC, both operating from the CEC, are co-organizers of three arrangements concerning climate change, climate policy and innovation as a solution. Climate change – from knowledge to politicsMonday, October 23 at 11, at Ma

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-state-knowledge-politics-and-innovations-solution - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Emilie Öström has written a thesis that increases our knowledge of how airborne particles, so-called aerosols, affect the climate. Globally, eight out of ten people live in environments where the amount of air pollution, in the form of small airborne particles, is above the guidelines set by the World Health Organizat

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/aerosol-particles-impact-climate - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Pollination is more important for strawberry growth than previously thought. A rich pollination gives better strawberry harvesting with strawberries that grow faster and weigh more. This is shown in a recently published study from the Center for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC. Three out of four cultivated cro

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/rich-pollination-improves-strawberry-harvesting - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Maria F Malmström is taking part of the conference: "Gender and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa: A Decade after the Arab Uprisings" Virtual Workshop Series (University of Gothenburg). The title of her talk is "Navigating the Ocean of Suspicion: Affective Politics and Ambivalent Cairene Masculinities". The

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/navigating-ocean-suspicion-affective-politics-and-ambivalent-cairene-masculinities - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies supports research with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). Research initiation CMES offers seed money for research initiation and preparation of applications for national and international rese

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-travel-grant-and-research-initiation-now-open-applications - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New calls for research funding, and scientific advisory board in the making! While we are still waiting for warmer spring weather to arrive there are some encouraging signs that we are now moving towards brighter times. The surrounding of CMES is distinguished by beautiful Magnolia trees in full blossom and the vaccin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-20-april-2021 - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Thursday 20 May Morten is giving a CMES Research Seminar on the topic: What is so Sectarian about Sectarian Politics? Identity Politics and Authoritarianism in a New Middle East. 1.    How has sectarian politics been debated before, during and after the Arab Revolts? The public debate on sectarianism easily leaves the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/three-questions-morten-valbjorn - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Strong external pressure is needed to stop the violence between Israel and Hamas, which  has harvested immense humanitarian suffering on both sides. And it must happen quickly, according to Peace and conflict researcher Lisa Strömbom. The UN warns of full-scale war if the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas cont

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israel-palestine-conflict-external-pressure-needed-bring-parties-negotiating-table - 2026-06-05

External research grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC). This project aims to interrogate existing boundaries to women’s participation in peace processes and identifies reasons for the failure of peace making to address the gendered foundations and impacts of conflict. The interdisciplinary research team consists of Karin Aggestam and Linda Eitrem Holmgren, CMES, Lund University, Jacqui

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-research-project-gendering-peacemaking-middle-east - 2026-06-05

A major global challenge during the coming decades is working towards sustainability. However, integrative methods for joint social, ethical, human, and engineering approaches in SDG implementations are to a great extent still lacking. Access to safe water is a key element in many of the SDGs. Hydrosolidarity principles are important on a national and international scale. They seek to apply equita

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-pufendorf-research-theme-hydrosolidarity-20 - 2026-06-05

Several researchers at the Center for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies were doing field work during the Arab Spring. It has left deep traces in them - but also resulted in new research projects. The Arab Spring is a term describing the uprisings that started in several countries in North Africa and the Middle East in 2011. The first one took place in Tunisia and was then followed by unrest in Egypt

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/arab-spring-ten-years-after - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. #21 May, 2021 Message from the director   Summer greetings from the team at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies Finally, warm sunny weather has arrived and slowly but surely Sweden is opening up again since the vaccination program is now in full swing. At CMES, we are able to enjoy outdoor “Corona-safe” mee

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter - 2026-06-05

One important step in binary modeling of environmental problems is the generation of absence-datasets that are traditionally generated by random sampling and can undermine the quality of outputs.   To solve this problem, this study by Seyed Amir Naghibi, Hossein Hashemi and Biswajeet Pradhand, develops the Absence Point Generation (APG) toolbox which is a Python-based ArcGIS toolbox for automated

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/apg-novel-python-based-arcgis-toolbox-generate-absence-datasets-geospatial-studies - 2026-06-05

A new study by Ivan Radelyuk, Mehran Naseri Rad, Hossein Hashemi, Magnus Persson, Ronny Berndtsson, Madeniyet Yelubay and Kamshat Tussupova. A common problem when studying groundwater contamination in low-income countries is that data required for a detailed risk assessment are limited. This study presents a method for assessment of the potential impact of groundwater contamination by total petrol

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/assessing-data-scarce-contaminated-groundwater-sites-surrounding-petrochemical-industries - 2026-06-05

Published Open Access in the journal Human Ecology. The article is authored by Pinar Dinc, Lina Eklundh, Aiman Shahpurwala, Ali Mansourian, August Aturinde and Petter Pilesjö Environmental destruction has long been used as a military strategy in times of conflict. A long-term example of environmental destruction in a conflict zone can be found in Dersim/Tunceli province, located in Eastern Turkey.

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/fighting-insurgency-ruining-environment-dersim-province-turkey - 2026-06-05