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CMES scholar Lina Eklund has been interviewed in an article about climate migration in Göteborgs-Posten. The article was written (in Swedish) and published in Göteborgs-Posten on 24 October 2022. Read the article in Swedish: "En miljard människor tvingas fly – på grund av klimatkrisen". Below are some excerpts from the article translated into English. In a new report, the United Nations and the Re

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lina-eklund-interviewed-goteborgs-posten-about-climate-migration - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

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 - 2025-10-01

The interface when loggging in to our IT services that require strong authentication will be implemented shortly. All users will see a partially altered login flow. This will give better support to both international Freja users and for logins on mobile phones. Please note: If you are already using strong authentication and an authentication app such as Google Authenticator, you can continue to do

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/qr-code-login-introduced-facilitate-international-freja-users - 2025-10-01

Thoas Fioretos and Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman, professors at Medfak, have been awarded the LU Innovation Awards, established by Lund University and Sparbanken Skåne. Thoas Fioretos is the first recipient of Lunds Innovatörspris (the Lund Innovator Award), a newly established prize that recognises research that has been successfully transformed into innovation with a tangible impact on society and t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lu-innovation-researchers-medfak-awarded - 2025-10-01

Next week, a major renovation of our bicycle parking outside Forum Medicum will begin. More and better bicycle racks, benches and signs will reduce the dangers and make it easier for cyclists and others. Akademiska Hus, together with its land contractor, will supplement with an additional approximately 120 bicycle parking spaces adjacent to Forum Medicum. Mariana Johansson is Head of the Property

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/remake-hoping-end-bicycle-chaos-november - 2025-10-01

Lund will host EUGLOH's annual meeting 2023, on June 13-14. The Swedish Minister of Education, Mats Persson, will be present.  EUGLOH stands for European University Alliance for Global Health and is a partnership between 9 European universities. An annual meeting is held each year with the aim of developing relations within the alliance.  This year's theme is: EUGLOH Building Bridges between Resea

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/eugloh-meet-lund-june - 2025-10-01

I oktober är det dags för Sveriges första Swedish Biodiversity Symposium. En helt ny mötesplats där experter och intressenter inom biologisk mångfald samlas för att främja en positiv utveckling på området. Vi fick en pratstund med Mats Björkman, projektledare för symposiet. Mats Björkman är universitetslektor på Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap vid Göteborgs universitet. Han är också e

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/det-har-har-saknats-premiar-swedish-biodiversity-symposium-en-ny-motesplats-biologisk-mangfald - 2025-10-01

Parkslide och andra främmande invasiva arter sprider sig snabbt och hotar både ekosystem, infrastruktur och ekonomi – och när de väl har fått fäste är de svåra att bli av med. Men vilka metoder finns egentligen för att bekämpa parkslide och andra invasiva arter? Främmande invasiva arter är ett begrepp vi hör allt oftare. För att en art ska klassas som invasiv enligt en skandinavisk definition ska

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/kampen-mot-den-invasiva-arten-parkslide-utmaningar-och-framsteg - 2025-10-01

I mars överlämnade Klimatpolitiska rådet sin åttonde rapport till regeringen om hur det går för Sveriges klimatarbete. I fokus för årets rapport står (bland annat) jordbrukets klimatpåverkan. Henrik Smith, professor på CEC och ledamot i rådet, presenterade delar av rådets slutsatser. Klimatpolitiska rådets uppgift är att årligen är att utvärdera regeringens politik och de underlag den bygger på. V

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/markanvandning-i-fokus-nar-klimatpolitiska-radet-lanserade-sin-rapport - 2025-10-01