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This study identifies obstacles and barriers in distance learning and the use of electronic exams, comparing them to pursue success in the distance education system during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). It also aimed to determine the similarity and differences between the two main components of distance education. This is based on a sample of evaluations from professors and students at unive
The demand for water supply is continuously rising due to population growth and development across the world. In arid and semi-arid areas, particularly the Middle East, aquifers form the central freshwater reserves, hence are being uncontrollably exploited to meet water demand for an ever-increasing population and industrialization. To achieve sustainability in groundwater supply, the potential of
Groundwater resources provide a large share of the world’s water demand for various sectors such as agriculture, industry, and drinking water. Particularly in the Middle East's arid and semi-arid regions, with surface water scarcity and high evaporation, groundwater is a valuable commodity. Yet, groundwater data are often incomplete or nonexistent. Therefore, it is a challenge to achieve a groundw
In this article CMES Spyros A. Sofos and Nazanin Shahrokni present a case analysis of Sahar Khodayari’s transformation into a global injustice icon, the #BlueGirl, after she set herself ablaze outside a courthouse in Tehran, Iran, allegedly in protest against the ban on women entering football stadiums. We focus on the ways in which ‘pity’ was generated, mobilized, and transformed into indignation
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mobilizing-pity-dialectics-narrative-production-and-erasure-case-irans-bluegirl - 2025-11-21
The present article by CMES Orwa Ajjoub provides a thematic analysis of Hadid’s essay titled “Between Chechnya and al-Sham … Lessons and Examples: A Brief Political Study of the Chechen Experience and the Future of al-Sham,” which was published on the AQ-affiliated website Bayan in July 2020. In his recent article for Jihadica, Aaron Zelin proposed the emergence of a tripolar jihadi world consisti
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/reading-kadyrov-al-sham-adnan-hadid-chechnya-syria-and-al-qaidas-strategic-failure - 2025-11-21
CMES Helen Avery has published a chapter (together with Birgitta Nordén) in the book "Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals". Urgent structural change is required in higher education to allow collaboration both within and across universities so that achieving a rapid sustainability transition can become the overarching and main
Watch Rola El-Husseini give a talk on her current research project at the Winter doctoral school of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Doha. "Theorizing Gender and the Sectarian State: Evidence from Iraq and Lebanon." (a film on Youtube) Winter doctoral school of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Doha, Qatar The objective of the winter school/program is to provid
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/theorizing-gender-and-sectarian-state-evidence-iraq-and-lebanon - 2025-11-21
Message from the director Starting off the new year with an exciting seminar program for the spring! CMES continues to be closed until 31 March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, we start off the new year with an exciting seminar program for the spring 2021. CMES program covers a broad range of topics ranging from the Arab Spring ten years on to the protection of refugees and environmental sec
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-17-january-2021 - 2025-11-21
By CMES Helen Avery (and Larmbert Ebitua, Khaldoon A.Mourad, Joshua Enyetua) A systematic literature review of 27 peer-reviewed articles Farmers as volunteers in research could potentially provide a rich resource for exploring sustainable agricultural research questions. To discern emerging patterns in citizen science-based studies on topics with relevance for sustainable agriculture, and reveal s
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/citizen-science-sustainable-agriculture-systematic-literature-review - 2025-11-21
Orwa Ajjoub`s new report explores the historical development of the theological concepts of jihadi Salafism and their implications on the ground. By doing so, it interrogates the complicated relationship between these concepts and the ever-changing socio-political context in which they have developed. (CMES Research Seminar Feb 25) 1 What is the background to this report; why have you written it?
When we think of the gruelling journeys refugees often take to reach Europe, our minds often cast back to 2015, when more than a million people fled danger in search of a better life. For many refugees, destinations in northern Europe such as Germany and Sweden were the ultimate goal. Word-of-mouth had it that in these welfare states, the stability, democracy and human rights they were looking for
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/welcoming-european-welfare-states-are-forcing-refugees-through-mazes-harmful-rules - 2025-11-21
Paul Bourgine is studying skeletal tissue regeneration. “We study how human bones form, regenerate and how they function as a blood production center and use this knowledge for the design of specific regenerative therapies” Paul Bourgine is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center. WC
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-paul-bourgine - 2025-11-21
Filipe Pereira explore if reprogramming cells can pave the way for new cancer treatment. “We explore cell reprogramming strategies that can be applied for the treatment of human diseases and benefit of our whole society". Filipe Pereira is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center. WCM
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-filipe-pereira - 2025-11-21
Stefan Karlsson has been active as a researcher at Lund University for 25 years and during that time has received many major grants and awards. However, never a gold medal. - It feels like a very great honor because the medal is only awarded every nine years for medical research efforts, says Stefan KarlssonThe Royal Physiographic Society will be awarding the commemorative medal to Stefan Karlsson
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gold-medal-stefan-karlsson - 2025-11-21
In October, Predrag Bakic received a research grant from the Swedish Breast Cancer Association for 600 000 SEK. His research focuses on the evaluation of a novel clinical imaging system for early breast cancer screening, which combines X-ray and mechanical imaging of the breast. Predrag Bakic is a visiting researcher in diagnostic radiology at Lund University, supported by a Marie Curie Fellowship
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/grants-swedish-breast-cancer-association-breast-cancer-imaging-research - 2025-11-21
Iben Lundgaard is studying the cleaning system of the brain. “Our goal is to discover a mechanism that can be targeted so we can achieve effective brain cleaning even in old age.” Iben Lundgaard is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center. WCMM at Lund University is a research centre
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-iben-lundgaard - 2025-11-21
A cancer diagnosis often entails many hospital visits and intensive treatments that can be very tiring for the patient. In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, cancer patients were identified as an at-risk group, so forms of treatment were modified. Now a group of physicians at Lund University want to evaluate how these new forms of treatment were experienced by the patients themselve
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/wake-pandemic-new-methods-cancer-care - 2025-11-21
Congratulations to Cheng Luan, research engineer from China and postdoc in the research group Diabetes - Islet Patophysiology who is given the Chinese government award for outstanding self finance students abroad. – I would never forget how excited I was when I got the phone call from the Embassy of China in Sweden notifying me that I got this award. It is one of greatest moments in my life. Being
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/award-outstanding-chinese-student-abroad - 2025-11-21
It's official! Vice-Chancellor has approved proposed Dean and Pro-Dean at the Faculty of Medicine. Professor Kristina Åkesson will be Dean and Professor Martin L Olsson will be Pro-Dean, starting January 1, 2021. The current dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Erik Renström, will be Vice Chancellor of Lund University from the turn of the year. Following an election within the Faculty of Medicine, the
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-dean-and-pro-dean - 2025-11-21
Darcy Wagner develops therapies for patients with lung diseases. “This could help to overcome the shortages in donor tissue available for patients and could further improve long-term survival.” Darcy Wagner is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center. The WCMM at Lund University is m
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-darcy-wagner - 2025-11-21
