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CMES scholar Rola El-Husseini Dean has received a sabbatical grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. Rola will use the sabbatical to complete her book manuscript Performing Gender Equality: Arab State Feminism and the Sectarian Exception. In this book, she argues that most Arab governments instrumentalize women’s rights to show the West their adoption of gender-equality norms. She studies the link b

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/rola-el-husseini-dean-receives-sabbatical-grant - 2026-05-21

Swedish universities and colleges condemn the violence in Iran where security forces have fired at protesting students. Academic cooperation and exchange with Iranian universities, researchers and students can therefore be precarious according to Karin Aggestam and Ronny Berndtsson at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES). Karin Aggestam is Director of CMES and Coordinator of the S

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/research-cooperation-iran-precarious - 2026-05-21

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson and CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi have co-authored the article "Detecting the Greatest Changes in Global Satellite-Based Precipitation Observations" together with Majid Kazemzadeh (Lund University), Sadegh Jamali (Lund University), Cintia Bertacchi Uvo (Lund University) and George Huffman (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center). The article is published in the jo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/detecting-changes-global-precipitation - 2026-05-21

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 till fotbolls-VM kantad av okl

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel-abdelmoez-interviewed-about-world-cup-qatar - 2026-05-21

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 and Millennials in the region give unexpected answers but still hold some optimism for further democratisation. Sarah

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/young-tunisia-value-democracy-choose-otherwise - 2026-05-21

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 cover changes threaten biodiv

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/landscape-composition-modeling-iran - 2026-05-21

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 (Water Research Institute I

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/predicting-groundwater-footprints-iran-machine-learning - 2026-05-21

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 following: Groundwater potentia

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-papers-special-issue-groundwater-modeling - 2026-05-21

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 issue of the Newsletter Sub

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-32 - 2026-05-21

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 translated into English. Listen to the interview in Swedish here On 17 December 2010 Mohammed Bouazizi set fire

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel-abdelmoez-interviewed-about-arab-spring - 2026-05-21

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 (Tunisian National Research Inst

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mixed-cropping-systems-and-climate-change-tunisia - 2026-05-21

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 journal Water. Soil degrada

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/subsurface-soil-drainage-egypt - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anna Lindberg earned her Ph.D. in history from Lund University in 2001. She is the author of an interdisciplinary book of class, caste, and gender in the Indian state of Kerala from the 1930s to 2000. She has lived in India for many years and was affiliated with the Centre for Development Studies in Thiruvanathapuram.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/anna-lindberg-rejoins-sasnet-affiliated-researcher - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Within the framework of the ongoing collaboration between SASNET and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, the latter hosted today an exciting round-table on the past, present and future challenges of American-Indian relations. The event, organized by SASNET affiliated researcher Henrik Chetan Aspengren, saw

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/roundtable-swedish-institute-international-affairs - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Kristina Myrvold joins SASNET as an affiliated researcher which will broaden SASNET:s cooperation with other universities in Sweden. Kristina Myrvold earned her Ph.D. in History of Religions from Lund University and is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Linnaeus University with a focus on Indian religions and

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/kristina-myrvold-joins-sasnet-affiliated-researcher - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET is proud to announce that as of 2020 it will become a research-focused center in the Faculty of Social Sciences. This development testifies to growing importance of South Asian Studies at Lund University, and the confidence the university has in SASNET’s ability to create a strong research environment and netwo

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-will-become-research-focused-center-2020 - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Therese Boje Mortensen recently got accepted as an PhD student at the department of Human Rights at Lund University and now she joins SASNET as an affiliated researcher. Therese Boje Mortensen is a PhD student in Human Rights Studies at Lund University. She holds a BA in South Asian Studies from Copenhagen University,

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/therese-boje-mortensen-joins-sasnet-affiliated-researcher - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A scientific collaboration organised by the Department of Food Science, Copenhagen University in association with Danish Ministry of External Affairs, Danish Ministry of Food and Environment, Danish Embassy in India and Indian Embassy in Denmark. A scientific workshop was organised on 6th and 7th of September the Depa

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/report-indo-danish-workshop - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET in collaboration with MAVA invites you to a documentary screening and lecture held by the founder of the Indian organization MAVA (Men Against Violence and Abuse). MAVA is the first men's organization in India directly opposing gender-based violence against women. Spearheaded by Mr. Harish Sadani, MAVA has supp

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/screening-movie-boys-who-girls - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Tuesday October 9 at 11-13 Professor Ashok Swain i will give a talk on climate change and river disputes in South Asia at : LUMES Josephson - Room Maathai (3rd floor). Ashok Swain is a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, UNESCO Chair of International Water Cooperation, and the Director of Research School of I

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/talk-climate-change-and-river-disputes-south-asia - 2026-05-21