Published 4 July 2016 Karin Aggestam has been appointed the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations Chair in Commemoration of Samuel Pufendorf. Karin Aggestam’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-appointed-pufendorf-chair - 2025-06-09

Published 6 July 2016 Annica Kronsell and Annika Bergman Rosamond participated in the launching workshop of the Feminist Peace Research Network at the University of Tampere, Finland (27-30 June). The next workshop will take place in Lund in 2017. You can read more about the network on their websiteAnnica Kronsell’s personal pageAnnika Bergman Rosamond’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/feminist-peace-research-network - 2025-06-09

Published 30 August 2016 Ole Elgström's article "Norm Advocacy Networks: Nordic and Like-Minded Countries in EU Gender and Development Policy" has been accepted and published electronically by Cooperation and Conflict. The article analyses how informal Member State groupings act to promote their values to fellow Member States. Abstract:This article investigates the informal networks of Member Stat

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-how-state-groupings-act-promote-their-values - 2025-06-09

Published 31 August 2016 Karin Aggestam and Tim Dunne have co-authored ”The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria” in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (Oxford University Press), edited by Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield and Tim Dunne. Learn more on Oxford University Press’s webbsiteKarin Aggestam’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/agggestam-and-dunne-failure-diplomacy-and-protection-syria - 2025-06-09

Published 2 September 2016 Lisa Strömbom’s article “Counter-conduct in divided cities – resisting urban planning practices in Jerusalem” has been published in Peacebuilding. Abstract:This article explores practices of counter-conduct in Jerusalem. Its aims are threefold: (1) to deepen understandings of how practices of counter-conduct relates to the structures it aims to subvert; (2) to probe how

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/strombom-counter-conduct-jerusalem - 2025-06-09

Published 16 September 2016 Cecilia von Schéele defended her dissertation "The void: Urban wasteland as political space" today at 10:00 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Associate Professor Nils Hertting, Uppsala University.The void: Urban wasteland as political spaceCecilia von Schéele’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/cecilia-von-scheele-has-defended-her-thesis - 2025-06-09

Published 5 September 2016 Fabio Cristiano presented his work on augmented reality and Pokémon Go at the University of York’s event “Imagining Jerusalem”, in East Jerusalem on September 1. Programme for “Imagining Jerusalem” (PDF)Fabio Cristiano’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/cristiano-augmented-reality-and-pokemon-go - 2025-06-09

Published 8 September 2016 Roxanna Sjöstedt, Erik Noreen and Jan Ångström have co-authored the article "Why small states join big wars: The case of Sweden in Afghanistan 2002–2014" in International Relations. Abstract:The security behavior of small states has traditionally been explained by different takes of realism, liberalism, or constructivism – focusing on the behavior that aims toward safegu

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sjostedt-why-small-states-join-big-wars - 2025-06-09

Published 13 September 2016 Karin Aggestam has contributed with a chapter on ”Diplomatic Mediation” in The Sage Handbook of Diplomacy. Learn more on sagepub.comKarin Aggestam's personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-diplomatic-mediation - 2025-06-09

Published 21 November 2022 CMES doctoral student Joel Abdelmoez has been interviewed in an article about the ongoing soccer World Cup in Qatar in the magazine Forskning & Framsteg. The article was written (in Swedish) by Maja Lundbäck and published in Forskning & Framsteg on 18 November, 2022. Below are some excerpts from the article translated into English. Read the article in Swedish: "Vägen til

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel-abdelmoez-interviewed-about-world-cup-qatar - 2025-06-09

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 22 November 2022 Photo: Ulrika Oredsson What happened to the generation that experienced the Jasmine revolution in Tunisia as young? How are their views different from those who were only small children and do not remember the expectations of more freedom and bread? Studies in focus groups representing both Generation Z

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/young-tunisia-value-democracy-choose-otherwise - 2025-06-09

Published 28 November 2022 CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored the paper "Analysis of Landscape Composition and Configuration Based on LULC Change Modeling" together with Masoomeh Yaghoobi (Shahid Beheshti University), Alireza Vafaeinejad (Shahid Beheshti University) and Hamidreza Moradi (Tarbiat Modares University). The article has been published in the journal Sustainability. Land co

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/landscape-composition-modeling-iran - 2025-06-09

Published 29 November 2022 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Using machine learning to determine acceptable levels of groundwater consumption in Iran" together with Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran), Zahra Kayhomayoon (Payame Noor University), Naser Arya Azar (University of Tabriz), Mohammad Reza Ramezani (Griffith University), and Hamid Kardan Moghaddam

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/predicting-groundwater-footprints-iran-machine-learning - 2025-06-09

Published 14 December 2022 The special issue "Applying Remote Sensing, Geospatial Information Systems, and Machine Learning Algorithms to Manage Groundwater Resources" is now open for submission in Remote Sensing MDPI (Impact Factor 2021: 5.349). In this Special Issue in Remote Sensing, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the foll

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-papers-special-issue-groundwater-modeling - 2025-06-09

Published 23 December 2022 New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and 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

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-32 - 2025-06-09

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 11 January 2023 CMES doctoral student Joel Abdelmoez has been interviewed by Radio Sweden about the 12th anniversary of Mohammed Bouazizi's death in Tunisia and its aftermath in terms of the Arab Spring. The interview aired on 5 January 2023 on P4 Kristianstad. Below are some excerpts from the interview

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel-abdelmoez-interviewed-about-arab-spring - 2025-06-09

Published 12 January 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Forage Potential of Cereal–Legume Mixtures as an Adaptive Climate Change Strategy under Low Input Systems" together with Rajia Kchaou (Tunisian National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry), Salah Benyoussef (National Institute of Agronomic Research of Tunisia), Sihem Jebari (Tunis

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mixed-cropping-systems-and-climate-change-tunisia - 2025-06-09

Published 16 January 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Noninvasive Monitoring of Subsurface Soil Conditions to Evaluate the Efficacy of Mole Drain in Heavy Clay Soils" together with Akram Aziz (Port Said University), Tamer Attia (Port Said University), Yasser Hamed (Port Said University) and Tarek Selim (Port Said University). The article is published in the j

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/subsurface-soil-drainage-egypt - 2025-06-09

Av johanna [dot] mellgren [at] fs [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Mellgren) - publicerad 29 januari 2024 Varje år utlyses universitetsgemensamma medel för forskningsinfrastruktur. Minimalt kan 250 000 kronor per år sökas och maximalt 10 miljoner kronor. Infrastrukturen kan som längst beviljas stöd under 5 år. Fokus ligger på tvärvetenskapliga forskningsmiljöer med strategisk betydelse för universitetet

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/sok-pengar-till-forskningsinfrastruktur-senast-den-1-mars - 2025-06-10

Av ida [dot] thelander [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Ida Thelander) - publicerad 28 januari 2024 Mottagande av nyanlända studenter under Arrival Day i augusti 2023. Universitetskanslersämbetet (UKÄ) har tagit fram statistik för internationell studentmobilitet på grund- och avancerad nivå för alla Sveriges lärosäten under läsåret 2022/23. Lunds universitet ligger högt i nationell jämförelse. UKÄ:s rap

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/okning-av-bade-och-utresande-utbytesstudenter - 2025-06-10