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The series of talks is called "AraBooks: Literature, politics, society and the arts from the Arab world, the Middle East and its diasporas." Thursday 13 May: Maria Frederika Malmström – The Streets Are Talking to Me: Affective Fragments in Sisi’s Egypt (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019) More info about the series  

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-maria-f-malmstrom-gives-talk-university-sydney-may-13 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This study, published in Journal of Hydrology, shows substantial spatial variation of the negative impacts of water supply and future water security across the watershed. This is further increasing the pressure on its inhabitants, their economic activities and ecological values. Water security, a key policy objective

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/modelling-impacts-climate-and-land-use-change-water-security-semi-arid-forested-watershed-using - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The book "Methodological Approaches to Societies in Transformation How to Make Sense of Change" (open access) provides methodological devices and analytical frameworks for the study of societies in transformation. It explores a central paradox in the study of change: making sense of change requires long-term perspecti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/affects-change-ethnography-affective-experiences-2013-military-intervention-egypt-new-book-chapter - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The research group behind this article in the journal Earth´s future: Ronny Berndtsson, Hossein Hashemi, Sadegh Jamali, Cintia B. Uvo, George J. Huffman, Majid Kazemzadeh Ordinary linear regression models have been widely used for trend analysis in many related studies. This procedure implicitly assumes that precipita

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-open-access-research-cmes-linear-and-nonlinear-trend-analyzes-global-satellite-based - 2026-05-07

Research group: Hossein Hashemi, Majid Kazemzadeh, Ali Salajegheh, Arash Malekian, Abdolmajid Liaghat  Soil moisture, vegetation cover, and land surface temperature are vital variables in water-energy balance, eco-hydrological processes, and water resources management, which can be influenced by watershed management activities. This research focused on the spatial and temporal variability of soil

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-cmes-water-research-soil-moisture-change-analysis-under-watershed-management-practice-using-situ - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Accelerated by changes in the geography and capitalist social relations of production, the influx of labor migrants, refugees and asylum seekers has transformed the demography of cities in the global North. In the Swedish context, as the demography of the cities is altering, neoliberal urban planning and regeneration

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/negotiating-invisibility-street-making-margins-malmo-laleh-foroughanfar - 2026-05-07

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 - 2026-05-07

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 - 2026-05-07

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 - 2026-05-07

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 impression that this is a very recent issue emerging in the wake of the Arab rev

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/three-questions-morten-valbjorn - 2026-05-07

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 continues to escalate. Hundreds, many of them children, have been killed in the attac

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israel-palestine-conflict-external-pressure-needed-bring-parties-negotiating-table - 2026-05-07

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 - 2026-05-07

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 - 2026-05-07

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 - 2026-05-07

Vårt minne registrerar detaljer och upptäcker mönster i vardagen – ofta utan att vi tänker på det. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har för första gången lyckats visa att hjärnan i realtid gör båda sakerna samtidigt. För att undersöka detta användes vardagliga situationer från datorspelet The Sims för att förstå hur vi tar in information i verkliga livet. Vi förlitar oss på minnet varje dag. För att

https://www.psy.lu.se/artikel/var-hjarna-mer-flexibel-vi-tidigare-trott - 2026-05-07

Var tredje av Sveriges 18 800 familjehemsplacerade barn tvingas flytta oväntat när en placering bryts. En ny intervjustudie från Lunds universitet visar hur barn själva upplever dessa plötsliga uppbrott – och vad som kan hjälpa dem att läka, återfå trygghet och gå vidare. ”Jag behöver orka med känslan av att jag är som en loppisdocka som byts till olika ställen. Orka leva med den känslan. Orka fly

https://www.psy.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-fran-institutionen-lyfter-familjehemsplacerade-barns-perspektiv - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Under kulturnatten i Lund kommer det firas att det är 50 år sedan det bildades samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteter vid landets universitet. Detta under parollen Samhällsvetare på Eden.  Bland flera föreläsningar kommer bland annat Etzel Cardeña, professor vid institutionen för psykologi, föreläsa om förändrade medvetan

https://www.psy.lu.se/artikel/samhallsvetare-pa-eden-under-kulturnatten-i-lund - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Improvisationsteater är rena vitamininjektionen för kreativiteten. Dessutom gynnar övningarna inte bara den enskilda medarbetaren utan hela organisationen, skriver Svenska dagbladet. – Improvisationsteater går ut på att testa gränser och att våga slänga ur sig obearbetade idéer. Det är häftigt att övningarna påverka

https://www.psy.lu.se/artikel/improvisation-okar-kreativiteten-pa-jobbet - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. På "Hjärndagen 2014", arrangerat av Forskning & Framsteg och Modern Psykologi, pratade professor Mikael Johansson om minnen och om ”Mentala tidsresor". "Episodiskt minne innebär mentala tidsresor som ger oss möjlighet att återuppleva tidigare händelser och att tänka om framtiden. Professor Mikael Johansson ger

https://www.psy.lu.se/artikel/psykologiprofessor-pratade-minnen-pa-hjarndagen-2014 - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Att motion kan förbättra vårt minne vet forskarna. Men exakt på vilket sätt, och hur man kan skräddarsy de mest effektiva träningsprogrammen, tar man reda på just nu i Lund, skriver Sydsvenskan. Lennart Rydberg kämpar på till max på testcykeln. Han har en stor blå andningsmask över mun och näsa, en massa sladdar til

https://www.psy.lu.se/artikel/battre-flas-ska-ge-ett-battre-kom-ihag - 2026-05-07