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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One of the articles in Roger Hildingsson dissertation will be published in the journal "Energy Policy" in January and is already available online. AbstractClimate change is a central sustainability concern, but is often treated separately from other policy areas in environmental governance. In this article we study ho
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Oxford University Press has recently published a extensive Handbook of Swedish Politics. The book involves 48 scholars, mostly political scientists, seven of these from Lund: Rikard Bengtsson, Douglas Brommesson, Hanna Bäck, Ole Elgström, Johannes Lindvall, Annika Bergman Rosamond och Malena
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/seven-political-scientists-lund-extensive-handbook-swedish-politics - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Kristina Jönsson's (et al.) article Health policy evolution in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: context, processes and agency is one of the top downloaded articles from 2015 in Health Policy and Planning. Health Policy and Planning publishes high quality health policy and systems research that aims to inform policy a
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jonssons-health-policy-evolution-one-top-downloaded-articles - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Maysam Behravesh has got a new position as a "Research Fellow" at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University, and will start working there in January 2016 while continuing to complete his PhD at the Department. CMES was founded in 2007 in an effort to support and coordinate research on the Middle Ea
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/behravesh-new-research-fellow - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren Selimovic have co-authored the article "A tale of three bridges: agency and agonism in peace building", published in Third World. AbstractThis article explores agonistic processes of peace, which are situated within and constitutive of different spaces
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-and-mannergren-selimovic-have-co-authored-article-about-peace-building - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. OUTREACH: Angela Oels is a panelist in a big discussion on the outcomes of the Paris climate summit hosted in Lund by the Association of Foreign Affairs. Learn more on facebook.comAngela Oels personal page here at the Department’s website
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/big-discussion-about-paris-climate-summit - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Fredén defended her dissertation "Strategic Voting under Coalition Governments " on February 5 at 10:00 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Associate professor Indridi Indridason, University of California Riverside, USA.Strategic Voting under Coalition GovernmentsAnnika Fredén
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/annika-freden-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Catarina Kinnvall has published the article “The Postcolonial has Moved into Europe: Bordering, Security and Ethno-Cultural Belonging” AbstractThe legacy of European colonialisms and nationalisms has conditioned immigration and citizenship policies that inform the postcolonial move into Europ
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kinnvall-postcolonial-has-moved-europe - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Emil Edenborg has published "The secret funerals in Pskov: Spectacles of war and spectres from the past” in the Newsletter of the Institute of East European, Eurasian and Slavic Studies, UC Berkeley. Read the text on iseees.berkeley.edu (pdf, page 11)Emil Edenborg’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/edenborg-secret-funerals-pskov - 2026-04-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Teaching Academy at the Faculty of Social Sciences has appointed Karin Aggestam as Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP) and Magdalena Bexell, Douglas Brommesson and Åsa Knaggård as Qualified Teaching Practitioners (QTP). Learn more about Teaching Academy on the Faculty of Social Sciences website.Karin Aggestam's
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-members-teaching-academy - 2026-04-27
Sarah Anne Rennick has co-authored the paper "National Ambition, Divergent Vision: Consensus and Fracture Among Iraqi Youth Activists of the Tishreen Movement" together with Adel Bakawan. Since October 2019, Iraq has been witnessing a mass protest movement, heavily though not exclusively centered in Baghdad and the country’s southern provinces and largely led by youth. This new uprising, referred
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/consensus-and-fracture-among-iraqi-youth-activists - 2026-04-27
CMES scholar Pinar Dinc has authored "Environmental Racism and Resistance in Kurdistan", available online (open access) in The Commentaries. Environmental degradation is identified as a key factor that threatens the future of life on Earth, but such generalised reading entails that conceal the uneven effects of environmental degradation. When environmental degradation takes place on the lands of t
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/environmental-racism-and-resistance-kurdistan - 2026-04-27
CMES scholar Lina Eklund has co-authored the article "Societal drought vulnerability and the Syrian climate-conflict nexus are better explained by agriculture than meteorology” together with Ole Magnus Theisen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Matthias Baumann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Andreas Forø Tollefsen (Peace Research Institute Oslo), Tobias Kuemmerle (Humboldt-Univer
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/effects-drought-agriculture-pre-war-syria - 2026-04-27
The Pufendorf Institute at Lund University has produced a short video about the the research theme "Hydrosolidarity 2.0: Ethics and Conflict Resolution in International Water Governance." Participating from CMES are Researcher Dalia Abdel Hady, Director Karin Aggestam and Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson.
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/want-learn-more-about-hydrosolidarity-and-conflict-resolution-middle-east - 2026-04-27
CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Urban Flood-Risk Assessment: Integration of Decision-Making and Machine Learning" together with Fereshteh Taromideh (Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University), Ramin Fazloula (Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University), Bahram Choubin (West Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/urban-flood-risk-assessment-through-machine-learning-iran - 2026-04-27
CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Can Potato Crop on Sandy Soil Be Safely Irrigated with Heavy Metal Polluted Water?" together with Tarek Selim (Port Said University), Samah M. Elkefafy (Suez Canal University), Mohamed Elkiki (Port Said University), and Ahmed A. El-kharbotly (Suez Canal University). The article is available in the journal Water. Heavy metal (HM) ac
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/crop-irrigation-heavy-metal-polluted-water-egypt - 2026-04-27
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-27 - 2026-04-27
CMES supports writing retreats on Middle East research with the aim to finalise an article, book chapter, edited volume or a book for publication in peer-reviewed outlets. Two writing retreats will be granted during the autumn of 2022. CMES offers office space and modern research facilities in a stimulating work environment on historic premises. Administrative, practical and technical support is a
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-writing-retreats - 2026-04-27
CMES researcher Pınar Dinç has edited the book "Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey: Construction, Consolidation, and Contestation" together with İmren Borsuk (Berlin Forum Transregionale Studien & Stockholm University), Sinem Kavak (Lund University) and Pınar Sayan (Beykoz University). When: May 2, 12:00-13:15 Where: CMES (Finngatan 16) and on Zoom To join the book launch via Zoo
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-book-launch-may-2-authoritarian-neoliberalism-and-resistance-turkey - 2026-04-27
On May 18, CMES scholars will be showcasing their ongoing Middle East research with posters on display at Finngatan 16. Come mingle, learn something new and enjoy some drinks, snacks and sweets! 18 May 2022 13:00 to 16:00 CMES scholars presenting their research: Ali Mansourian (Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science) – AI and Sustainable Dust-Storm Control in the Middle East Behshid Khodaei (Wat
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/welcome-cmes-open-house-may-18 - 2026-04-27
