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Elgström i styrgrupp för EU-finansierad studie

Ole Elgström har blivit utvald att delta i en av EU-kommissionen och EEAS (European External Action Service) skapad Steering Committee för den EU-finansierade studien "Analysis of the Perception of the EU and of EU's Policies Abroad". Studien ska beskriva och analysera allmänhetens och medias uppfattningar om EU i Unionens “strategiska partners”. Avsikten är att förbättra EU:s public diplomacy mot

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/elgstrom-i-styrgrupp-eu-finansierad-studie - 2026-01-12

Hanna Bäck befordrad till professor

Hanna Bäck har befordrats till professor vid institutionen. Beslut togs av rektor Torbjörn von Schantz den 26:e februari 2015. Utnämningen grundar sig på positva sakkunningutlåtanden av bland andra Kaare Strøm: In sum, Hanna Bäck has produced a significant body of important and excellent scholarship. Her publications are works of high scholarly quality and professionalism. Her theoretical argument

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/hanna-back-befordrad-till-professor - 2026-01-12

Öppet seminarium om Iran och massförstörelsevapen

Torsdagen den 5:e mars sker terminens första torsdagsseminarium. Maysam Behravesh, doktorand i statsvetenskap och expert på iransk politik talar på temat “Weapons of Mass Destruction-proliferation and terrorism in an age of geopolitical turmoil”. Var? Eden, sal 236När? Torsdagen den 5 mars, kl 13-15Hur? Alla är varmt välkomna! Obligatoriskt för studenter i freds- och konfliktvetenskap.

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/oppet-seminarium-om-iran-och-massforstorelsevapen - 2026-01-12

Launch of New MECW Project "ECO-Syria"

On 31 August, the new MECW project "ECO-Syria: Exploring Conflict-Environment Interactions for Sustainable Development and Conservation" was launched at CMES. The new research project will run from 2023 to 2026 within the Strategic Research Area "The Middle East in the Contemporary World" (MECW) at CMES. Over a decade has passed since the onset of the Syrian conflict, which continues to have dire

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/launch-new-mecw-project-eco-syria - 2026-01-11

Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#37)

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-37 - 2026-01-11

Climate and Migration in Syria

CMES researcher Lina Eklund has been interviewed in Swedish online journal Kvartal about climate and migration from Syria. The article "Flydde Syrienflyktingar från klimatet?" (English translation: "Did Syrian Refugees Flee the Climate?"), written by Henrik Höjer, was published online on 10 August 2023 in Kvartal. Below are som excerpts from the article translated into English. In the article, Lin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-and-migration-syria - 2026-01-11

Muslims in Sweden, Protests and Inclusivity

CMES researcher Oliver Scharbrodt has been interviewed in Swedish journal Dagen about the Muslim minority in Sweden, protests and inclusive space. The article "Islamolog: Korankrisen är Sveriges 'Satansverserna'" (English translation: "Islamologist: The Qur'an Crisis is Sweden's 'The Satanic Verses'"), written by Jonathan Newton, was published online on 31 July 2023 in Dagen. Below are som excerpt

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/muslims-sweden-protests-and-inclusivity - 2026-01-11

Machine Learning and Hydropower Production in Iran

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on predicting hydropower production through machine learning in Iran published in the journal Applied Water Science. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Application of soft computing and evolutionary algorithms to estimate hydropower potential in multi-purpose reservoirs" together with Zahra Kayhomayoon

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/machine-learning-and-hydropower-production-iran - 2026-01-11

The Arab World in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

CMES Visiting Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor has published an interview with Marwan Muasher in the journal Israel Affairs. Abstract This interview is part of a major research project that is based on interviews and discussions with influential decision-makers, facilitators, mediators and negotiators who were involved in Arab-Israeli peace negotiations over the past three decades, as we

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/arab-world-palestinian-israeli-conflict - 2026-01-11

The Swedish Government, the Muslim Minority and the Qur'an Burnings

CMES researcher Oliver Scharbrodt has been interviewed by Radio Sweden about the recent Qur'an burnings in Sweden. Oliver Scharbrodt was interviewed for a segment on the Qur'an burnings on 4 July 2023 by Maya Naylor (Radio Sweden). Below are some excerpts from the interview. Listen to the recording (in English) Oliver Scharbrodt discusses how the Swedish government should reach out to Muslim leade

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/swedish-government-muslim-minority-and-quran-burnings - 2026-01-11

Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment in Iran

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on GIS-based groundwater vulnerability assessment in Iran published in the journal Water. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Groundwater Vulnerability to Nitrate Contamination from Fertilizers Using Modified DRASTIC Frameworks" together with Maryam Torkashvand (Islamic Azad University), Aminreza Neshat

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/groundwater-vulnerability-assessment-iran - 2026-01-11

The Case Against an Israeli-Saudi Deal

CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has authored an article on the Israeli-Saudi deal and the United States published in Foreign Affairs Magazine. The United States appears to be seriously probing a Middle East deal that would normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. According to the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and other reporting, U.S. President Joe Biden harbors amb

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/case-against-israeli-saudi-deal - 2026-01-11

Witness Reporting of Missionaries and the Armenian Genocide

CMES researcher Maria Småberg has authored the article "Witness Reporting as Resistance and Recovery–The Swedish Missionary Alma Johansson and the 1915 Armenian Genocide", published in the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Abstract Western missionaries became important eyewitnesses of the 1915 Armenian genocide, and many reported on the events. This article analyses witness reporting from

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/witness-reporting-missionaries-and-armenian-genocide - 2026-01-11

Azerbaijan and Ethnic Cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has been interviewed by Aftonbladet about the ongoing violent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The article "Azerbajdzjan uppnådde målet på ett dygn – etnisk rensning" (English translation: "Azerbaijan Achieved the Goal in a Day - Ethnic Cleansing") is written by Joachim Kepner and was published in Aftonbladet on 20 September 2023. Below are som excerpts from the articl

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/azerbaijan-and-ethnic-cleansing-nagorno-karabakh - 2026-01-11

Job Opening: Post Doc in Earth Observation

CMES researcher Lina Eklund is hiring a post doc in Earth Observation for her project on Pyrogeography. The work will partly include research on vegetation fires in the Middle East, focusing on time series analysis and image classifications. Apply to the position by 15 October! Project Description Wildfire frequency and severity is expected to increase in the future due to anthropogenic climate ch

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-post-doc-earth-observation - 2026-01-11

Normalization of Israeli-Saudi Relations

CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye participated in a discussion about the normalization of relations between Saudia Arabia and Israel on PBS News Hour. The show aired on September 5, 2023 and addresses the changing diplomatic relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The US is actively negotiating a normalization deal between the two countries. In the show, Nick Schifrin discussed the possi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/normalization-israeli-saudi-relations - 2026-01-11