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By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 22 May 2017 EASAC has issued a new report on the multifunctional role of forests. Among other things, the report debunks the idea about the climate neutrality of bioenergy. EASAC - European Academies 'Science Advisory Council - has published a new report dealing with the multifunctional role of forests, focusing o
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/new-report-easac - 2025-05-07
Published 28 March 2024 The Inverse Modelling group at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES), Lund University, seeks to appoint a post-doctoral fellows to work on the quantification of biogenic and anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions based on assimilating relevant observational data. The main duties involved in a post-doctoral posistion is to conduct research.
https://www.nateko.lu.se/pdf_ccmodelling - 2025-05-07
By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 30 July 2024 Postdoctoral fellow in Earth Observation of land cover and vegetation dynamics in the Middle East. The Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science and the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) announce one vacant position as a 2-year postdoctoral fellow with an orientation towards
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/open-position-postdoctoral-fellow-earth-observation - 2025-05-07
By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 7 August 2024 Photo by Jan Huber on Unsplash. Researcher Patrik Vestin writes in a " news and views " article in Nature that the woody surfaces of trees may take up methane on a scale of global importance. This is a missing piece in the estimation of global methane budgets, and hence in climate models. Future resear
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/bigger-role-trees-global-carbon-cycling - 2025-05-07
Published 16 October 2024 Photo by E. Diop, Unsplash. Africa, despite its large area and thus large impact on the global carbon cycle, is relatively unexplored with respect to ecosystem functions and impact on climate change. Now one of few in situ studies over a long period of time, 2010-2022, shows that the Sahel area has lost a lot of its power as a carbon sink during the time period examined.
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/reduced-carbon-sink-power-sahel - 2025-05-07
By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 10 April 2025 The study shows that rewilding-inspired forest management has several benefits, including for biodiversity. Photo by Scott Walsh on Unsplash Allowing nature to cover up after human activities, known as rewilding, has several benefits. It improves the resilience of ecosystems, increases biodiversity and
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/rewilding-good-planet-and-people - 2025-05-07
Published 4 September 2024 Read the 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
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-46 - 2025-05-07
Published 5 September 2024 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored a paper published in Sustainability. The article, "Modeling Ecosystem Regulation Services and Performing Cost–Benefit Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation through Nature-Based Solutions Using InVEST Models", was co-authored by Sana Bouguerra (National Institute of Research in Rural Engineering Water and Forestry), B
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mitigating-climate-change-tunisia-through-nature-based-solutions - 2025-05-07
By altea [dot] pericoli [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Altea Pericoli) - published 6 September 2024 The Gaza Strip in 2022. Photo: Mohammed Al Bardawil/Unsplash This Regional Outlook focuses on the obstacles of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza and the challenges of rebuilding and reconstructing the area after the war. In 2007, the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt in Gaza transformed the Strip
Published 10 September 2024 CMES researchers Mo Hamza and Sinem Kavak have co-authored an article published in Frontiers in Human Dynamics. The article, "Refugee agency in secondary mobility decision-making: a systematic literature review", was written by Sinem Kavak (CMES & LUCSUS), Mo Hamza (CMES & Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety), Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen (University of Copenhag
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/refugee-agency-mobility-decision-making - 2025-05-07
Published 19 September 2024 This chapter explores feminist activism during and after the so-called Arab Spring, a transformative event that brought new challenges and a new political environment for feminist activists. At first, the overthrow of old regimes raised hopes for a more open and liberated society, but these hopes did not last long. Feminist organizations in countries such as Egypt and T
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/abdelmoez-digital-feminist-practice-during-and-after-arab-spring - 2025-05-07
Published 23 September 2024 Illustration DALL-E Why does peace diplomacy fail? What role do nuclear weapons play in security, deterrence, and peace? And is it possible to educate for peace? Welcome to a seminar on Peace Day 2024. 24 September 2024 13:00 to 15:00 Welcome by Isabel Bramsen, Director of Peace and Conflict studies The Failure of Peace Diplomacy, Karin Aggestam, Director of Centre for
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/peace-day-2024-elusive-peace-israel-palestine - 2025-05-07
Published 3 October 2024 CMES affiliated scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye has authored an article published in Foreign Affairs. The article “Where will Israel’s Multifront War End? There May Not be a Better Day After”, is written by Dalia Dassa Kaye. It was published in Foreign Affairs on 2 October 2024After a year of war, there is a real possibility of no better “day after” in Gaza or the rest of the reg
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/where-will-israels-multifront-war-end - 2025-05-07
Published 4 October 2024 Applications are now open for CMES Project Proposals (2025-2028) as well as CMES Writing Retreats (2025). Call for Project Proposals (2025-2028) CMES supports three-year-research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES encourages collaboration between scholars from different discip
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-calls-project-proposals-2025-2028-and-writing-retreats-2025 - 2025-05-07
Published 7 October 2024 Sami Al-Daghistani has recently published an article discussing the emic-etic distinction in Islamic Studies with a special focus on Norway. Sami Al-Daghistani“Emic-Etic Distinction and Islamic Studies in Oslo/Norway,” Tidsskrift for religion og kultur (Journal for Religion and Culture), Issue 1 (September) 2024, Open Accesshttps://ojs.novus.no/index.php/DIN/article/view/2
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sami-al-daghistani-emic-etic-distinction-and-islamic-studies-oslonorway - 2025-05-07
Published 7 October 2024 Sami Al-Daghistani has won the Islamic Economics Research Award for 2024 by ILKE Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, for his work on Islamic economics and ethics, and his book The Making of Islamic Economic Thought (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021) has won a prestigious award in Islamic Studies and was also nominated for another European award. Congratulations Sami! A
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/awards-sami-al-daghistani - 2025-05-07
Published 15 October 2024 In this closing workshop of the project the aim is to present the results and findings of the project’s empirical work and engage the audience in an open dialogue with the researchers and an expert panel in order to provide further insights and challenge some of the misconceptions on refugee movement and decision-making particularly the ones perpetuated in the media. The
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/refugee-decision-making-first-countries-asylum - 2025-05-07
Published 15 October 2024 Karin Aggestam and Tim Dunne have co-authored the chapter “The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria”, in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (3d edition), eds S. Smith, A. Hadfield, and T. Dunne, Oxford: Oxford University Press AbstractThis chapter argues that the international community’s response to the Syrian civil war was a failure of resolute diplomacy. I
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/failure-diplomacy-and-protection-syria - 2025-05-07
Published 25 October 2024 On behalf of Lund University and the United Nations University (UNU), Prof. Erik Renström and Prof. Kaveh Madani invite you to the official launch ceremony for the UNU Hub on “Water in a Changing Environment” at Lund University. Lund University is proud to become the second UNU Hub in Europe to address the global issues related to Water in a Changing Environment (WISE). T
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/united-nations-university-hub-launch-ceremony - 2025-05-07
By adam [dot] almqvist [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Adam Almqvist) - published 5 November 2024 Election Ink at the Jordanian General Election 2016. Photo: Raya Sharbain (CC BY-SA 4.0). This Regional Outlook focuses on the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections, their political consequences, and how the elections were affected by the War on Gaza. Earlier this fall, on September 10th, almost 1.5 mill
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-jordanian-parliamentary-elections - 2025-05-07
