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Together with Dalila Souguir (University of Carthage), Sourour Mzahma (University of Carthage), Hanen Filali (University of Carthage), Mohamed Hachicha (University of Carthage), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Vicia–Micronucleus Test Application for Saline Irrigation Water Risk Assessment", available in the journal Plants. In view of climate change, increasing soil

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/irrigation-water-risk-assessment-tunisia - 2026-05-27

One new research project with the MECW program will be funded by CMES starting in September 2022. The grant period is 3 years. Applications are open to scholars with employment at Lund University that hold doctoral degrees. Deadline is 19 April 2022 CMES supports supports and coordinates research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-call-project-proposals - 2026-05-27

New 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. Read the latest issue of the Newsletter Sign up for the Newslet

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-25 - 2026-05-27

Together with Isabel Bramsen (LU) and Anne Lene Stein (LU), CMES scholar Lisa Strömbom has authored the article "Agonistic peace agreements? Analytical tools and dilemmas", published in the Review of International Studies (open access). Later years have seen the growth of a vibrant theoretical discussion on agonistic peace and the importance of creating space for contestation, plurality, and disse

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/oslo-accords-and-agonistic-peace - 2026-05-27

CMES Scholar Lina Eklund is a contributing author of the 6th IPCC assessment report released today. Today the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its 6th assessment report: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. CMES researcher Dr. Lina Eklund has contributed sections on migration and mobility to the report’s fourth chapter on Water. Her assessment conclu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-scholar-lina-eklund-contributing-author-new-ipcc-report - 2026-05-27

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "A Combination of Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms and Machine Learning Methods Improves the Prediction of Groundwater Level" together with Zahra Kayhomayoon (Payame Noor University), Faezeh Babaian (Islamic Azad University Tehran), Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran) and Naser Arya Azar (University of Tabriz). The arti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/predicting-groundwater-levels-iran - 2026-05-27

CMES Doctoral Researcher Laleh Foroughanfar has co-authored the article "Migration, place-making and the rescaling of urban space" together with Mattias Kärrholm (LU), Tina Gudrun Jensen (Malmö University) and Rebecka Söderberg (Malmö University). The article is available in the journal European Planning Studies. The purpose of this article is to contribute to a refined perspective on how the prac

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/migrants-and-re-scaling-nordic-urban-space - 2026-05-27

CMES Director participates in a public panel to discuss the wider repercussions in the Middle East. The Russian invasion has ended the post-Cold War era in Europe bringing war and death, civilian casualties, and refugees to Ukraine. The panel of Lund University experts will consider: Why history matters to the invasion and conflict? What does the invasion mean for Putin’s Russia, Ukraine, and beyo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/russian-invasion-ukraine-why-history-matters-and-what-will-be-impact - 2026-05-27

CMES scholars Seyed Amir Naghibi, Behshid Khodaei and Hossein Hashemi have authored the article "An integrated InSAR-machine learning approach for ground deformation rate modeling in arid areas", available in the Journal of Hydrology. Land subsidence is an increasing human-induced disaster that not only damages building and transportation structures but also diminishes the water storage capacity o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/measuring-groundwater-induced-land-subsidence-iran - 2026-05-27

CMES scholar Sarah Anne Rennick has edited the volume "Reassessing Activism and Engagement Among Arab Youth", published by Transnational Press London (2022). This collective volume contributes to the conceptual understanding of Arab youth and their relationship to politics by making explicit how civic engagement in seemingly ‘apolitical’ fields can be conceived as a form of political activism. In

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/reassessing-activism-and-engagement-among-arab-youth - 2026-05-27

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 issues of the Newsletter Si

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-26 - 2026-05-27

CMES scholars Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund have co-authored an annotated bibliography about the Syrian climate-migration-conflict nexus, together with Gianna Angermayr (Lund University). The bibliography is available to read online. The scientific debate about the Syrian civil war being linked to climate change that manifested through a prolonged drought took off in 2014. This annotated bibliography

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrian-climate-migration-conflict-nexus - 2026-05-27

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "A hybrid approach based on simulation, optimization, and estimation of conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater resources" together with Naser Arya Azar (University of Tabriz), Zahra Kayhomayoon (Payame Noor University), Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran), HamedReza Zarif Sanayei (Shahre Kord University) and Zahra

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/estimating-sustainable-groundwater-use-iran-through-machine-learning - 2026-05-27

Doktorand Pernilla Danielsson har författat avhandlingen "User Orientation in Welfare Services: Challenges from a Public Service Logic Perspective". Den 9 april spikades avhandlingen upp och Pernilla är därmed redo att försvara sitt arbete vid disputationen som äger rum 24 april. I avhandlingen undersöker Pernilla Danielsson vilka förutsättningar som finns för användarorienterat arbete i välfärden

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/spikningsceremoni-pernilla-danielsson - 2026-05-27

I en ny artikel i The Conversation argumenterar docent Tullia Jack för att Sveriges gemensamma tvättstugor (tvättstugor i flerbostadshus) skyddar hyresgäster från stigande energikostnader. Men trots att de är ett exempel på hållbar och social infrastruktur, blir det ovanligare och ovanligare i nyproduktioner. "Människor i många delar av världen oroar sig för skyhöga energiräkningar i takt med att

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/sveriges-kollektiva-tvattstugor-raddar-hyresgasten-fran-dyra-elrakningar - 2026-05-27

Den 23-24 april avgjordes årets upplaga av Retail and Wholesale Challenge, en tävling där universitetsstudenter får ta sig an ett skarpt affärscase från näringslivet. Vinnare blev Devina Chudasama och Alexis Matta, studenter på masterprogrammet i Service management med inriktning mot supply chain management. Tävlingen arrangeras av Handelsrådet och genomfördes i år i samarbete med REAL på Lunds un

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/tavling-studenter-med-malet-att-forbattra-hbg-city - 2026-05-27

Annabell Merkel är ett steg närmare sin doktorsexamen efter att ha genomfört spikningsceremoni. Hon har författat avhandlingen "Valorising seaweed: Novel food valuation in everyday encounters”, som ställer frågan om vad det är som gör att råvaror ses som mat och hur sjögräs kan göra den resan på den svenska matmarknaden. Disputationen äger rum den 22 maj. "Nya livsmedel, som ofta framställs som lö

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/annabell-merkel-har-spikat-sin-avhandling - 2026-05-27

För andra året delades excellensstipendier ut av Helsingborgs Handelsföreningen till medlemmar i forskningscentrumet REAL. Frida Eggert och Christian Fuentes från institutionen för tjänstevetenskap mottog stipendium. De gav även en kort presentation om sin senaste forskning. Genom excellensstipendierna vill Helsingborgs Handelsförening uppmuntra och belöna forskningsexcellens och bidra till högkva

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/arets-mottagare-av-excellensstipendier-framstaende-forskning-inom-handel-och-logistik - 2026-05-27

Under den sista veckan i april hade institutionen nöjet att välkomna Scott Cohen, professor i turism och transport på den Ekonomiska fakulteten vid Algarve universitet (Portugal). Under besöket kunde Cohen bidra till både forskning och undervisning. Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap välkomnade 28–30 april Scott Cohen, en högt citerad och internationellt erkänd forskare verksam inom transport, mob

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/scott-cohen-pa-gastbesok-pa-institutionen - 2026-05-27

Hållbarhetsforskaren Tullia Jack har intervjuat ensamboende om varför de bor ensamma. Gemensamt för flera av dem var att ensamboende inte varit ett aktivt val. – Många av de som jag intervjuade ville gärna bo med någon annan. Gärna en kärlekspartner men även kompisar eller i kollektivboende. Ensamboendet var något som bara blivit så, säger Tullia Jack. Den sociala biten menar Tullia Jack är ytterl

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/darfor-bor-vi-ensamma-och-vad-det-betyder-klimat-och-gemenskap - 2026-05-27