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Together with İmren Borsuk (Berlin Forum Transregionale Studien & Stockholm University), Sinem Kavak (Lund University) and Pınar Sayan (Beykoz University), CMES researcher Pınar Dinç has edited the book "Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey: Construction, Consolidation, and Contestation". This book offers new clarity on three important political concepts: authoritarianism, neoliber

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/authoritarian-neoliberalism-and-resistance-turkey - 2025-11-24

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. Click here to read the latest issue Click here to sign up for the Ne

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter - 2025-11-24

As part of the Future Week at Lund University, CMES organises a panel with five Middle East scholars who will discuss future trends in the region on topics ranging from climate change, migration, human rights, protracted conflict, democratization to peace and regional security. The public event takes place on 20 October at Skissernas Museum. All are warmly welcome! The CMES panel on trendspotting

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trendspotting-middle-east - 2025-11-24

Together with Neşe Kınıkoğlu (İstanbul Medeniyet University), CMES researcher Torsten Janson has authored the article "Sacred (re)Collections: Culture, Space and Boundary Negotiation in Turkish-Islamic Memory Politics", available online in the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication. This article discusses how state-organized, memory-cultural production drawing on religious signifiers con

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/culture-space-and-boundary-negotiation-turkish-islamic-memory-politics - 2025-11-24

Together with Khaoula Khemiri (University of Tunis El Manar), Sihem Jebari (National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry), and Khlifa Maalel (Laboratory of Modelling in Hydraulics and Environment), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Is Climate or Direct Human Influence Responsible for Discharge Decrease in the Tunisian Merguellil Basin?", avail

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/discharge-decrease-tunisian-merguellil-basin - 2025-11-24

Deadline for application: 30 November 2021 The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (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. Three writing retreats will be granted during the spring of 2022. CMES offers office space and modern research facilities in a stimulati

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/apply-writing-retreat-cmes-spring-2022 - 2025-11-24

Together with Esam Wasel (Thamar University), CMES researcher Mohammed Al-Mahfali has authored the article "Women Stereotype in the Book: Yemeni Tales and Legends", available online in the journal Ansaq. The paper aims to understand how women stereotypes are formed in Ḥekayᾱt Wa Asaṭīr Yamanī [Yemeni Tales and Legends] book compiled by Ali Muhammad Abdo. The paper consists of a preface that includ

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/women-stereotypes-book-yemeni-tales-and-legends - 2025-11-24

CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has recently been promoted to Associate Professor at the Division of Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University.  Hossein Hashemi received his Ph.D. in the field of Water Resources Engineering from Lund University in 2014. His Ph.D. research was focused on groundwater management, groundwater artificial recharge,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/hossein-hashemi-promoted-associate-professor - 2025-11-24

CMES researcher Spyros Sofos has authored the article "Space and the emotional topography of populism in Turkey: The case of Hagia Sophia", available online in the journal Cogent Social Sciences. Over the past decade, as ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) initiated Turkey’s authoritarian populist turn, it sought to derive legitimacy through extra-institutional avenues, notably the emotiona

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/space-and-emotional-topography-populism-turkey - 2025-11-24

CMES researcher Pinar Dinc has authored the chapter "Forest Fires in Dersim and Şırnak: Conflict and Environmental Destruction". Pinar's chapter is part of the edited volume Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities (2021, editor: Stephen Hunt). The book is a pioneering text that examines the ideas about social ecology and communalism b

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/forest-fires-dersim-and-sirnak - 2025-11-24

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has authored the article "A piece of the Middle East in the north - the Armenian Community of Sweden", available in the Haigazian Armenological Review. The Armenian community of Sweden is small (approximately 12,000 persons) and young (established in the second half of the 20th century). In this article the history of the community is described based on written sour

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/armenian-community-sweden - 2025-11-24

The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfil previous pledges to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and water and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030. It’s a noble aim, yet Colombia itself shows just how far we have to go. If you travel south east fr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/colombia-hosts-un-biodiversity-summit-its-own-amazonian-rainforest-crisis - 2025-11-24

What were the main outcomes of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 and what happened behind the scenes? Here are key takeaways from our webinar with negotiators, researchers, NGOs and other experts. On 21 November, some 150 people tuned into the webinar Post COP16 analysis: From biodiversity commitments to action. The event was co-organized by SIANI, Focali, Stockholm Environment Institute, WWT,

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/post-match-analysis-cop16-learn-what-happened-and-why-it-matters - 2025-11-24

Bioenergy plays a vital role in the transition to a fossil-free society. However, the "unused" agricultural land, so-called marginal land, deemed suitable for bioenergy cultivation in southern Sweden is practically nonexistent, according to a new study from Lund University. Much of the land is already in use, for example, for horse grazing. "Our study shows that the potential for bioenergy product

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/land-identified-crucial-swedish-bioenergy-already-occupied-new-study-shows - 2025-11-24

Lund University has achieved third place globally in the QS Sustainability Rankings, according to a press release issued by the university on Tuesday. The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability evaluates approximately 1,750 institutions worldwide on their contributions to sustainable development. Lund University ranks first in Sweden, second in Europe, and third globally. Henrik Smith, Profe

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-systematic-efforts-behind-lund-universitys-top-sustainability-ranking - 2025-11-24

With his cycling helmet perched on his head, he rushes in like a whirlwind, fires off monosyllabic replies to emails and then asks thoughtful questions during meetings while simultaneously managing to work away on his computer. For Henrik Smith, life moves at a hundred miles an hour. But he is also a lauded professor with an awful lot to do. Henrik Smith, you see, wants to save the world. Has he g

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-visionary-who-never-slows-down - 2025-11-24

Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. Previous research has investigated the presence of heavy metals in hedgehogs from other urban areas in Europe and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/high-levels-environmental-pollutants-and-heavy-metals-hedgehogs - 2025-11-24

On 15 May 2025, scientists, engineers, and environmental stakeholders will gather to celebrate a milestone for Swedish climate research: the 10-year anniversary of ICOS Sweden’s national greenhouse gas observation network; a decade of operation for ICOS Sweden’s station Hyltemossa and 30 years of data collection at the Norunda site. This year sees a decade of operation for ICOS Sweden’s station Hy

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/celebrating-decade-data-icos-sweden-marks-milestone-climate-science - 2025-11-24

Facts and research must carry more weight when planning the greening of cities in the future. A new research article calls for a paradigm shift – from 'arbitrary decisions' to more evidence-based urban planning, where urban nature is managed as a resource for both people and biodiversity. Biodiversity is under pressure and many species are at risk of disappearing due to human activity. Research sh

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/researchers-call-evidence-based-urban-greening - 2025-11-24

In 2025, the Faculty of Science launched a new doctoral programme in computational science to meet the growing demand for advanced computational methods in research. This initiative aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and train doctoral students in handling and analysing large datasets across fields such as medicine, environmental science, and engineering. The doctoral programme was cr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/faculty-invests-computational-science-new-doctoral-programme-meets-growing-demand-advanced-analysis - 2025-11-24