Duration: 2020-ongoing This project aims to foster collaboration between academics in Sweden and scholars from Turkey whose academic freedoms are implicitly or explicitly curtailed and violated. Over the past years, there has been a severe restriction of academic freedoms in Turkey. Academics have been dismissed, imprisoned, suffered administrative penalties, and been forced to operate within an a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/cmes-research/research-projects/turkey-beyond-borders-critical-voices-new-perspectives - 2025-07-15

Board Members of the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies Agnes Andersson Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences Email: agnes [dot] andersson [at] keg [dot] lu [dot] se Agnes Andersson is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Professor in Human Geography. She is the PI of a comparative project on inclusive urbanisation in small towns in Uganda and Tanzania. Previous to this project, Agn

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The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies supports and coordinates research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). Researchers at Lund University are invited to apply to the following calls: Travel Grant (Spring 2025) Application deadline: 20 December 2024 Contact Karin Aggestam, CMES director, MECW coor

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The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies supports research with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). PhD student in Economic History: Demography in the Middle East The PhD project and the doctoral dissertation must be focused on the demography of the Middle East, and the PhD candidate will will have double institut

https://www.cmes.lu.se/open-cmes-positions - 2025-07-15

Strength and resistance training have multiple positive effects on one's physical and mental wellbeing. This is especially true for women around her menopause transition, where hormonal changes in the body put her at higher risk for conditions such as osteoporosis, dementia, muscle loss, depression and cardiovascular disease. As part of a testbed project - based on the science of how physical trai

https://www.cec.lu.se/form/workout-pause-menopause - 2025-07-15

The DuneFront project was launched in January 2024 and aims to protect our coastlines by combining natural sand dunes with man-made dikes. The idea is that these nature-based solutions can contribute to robust flood defences while also promoting biodiversity. The DuneFront project is a multidisciplinary European collaboration involving seven countries, with participation from universities, organis

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Below you find more information on how to apply to either PhD programme in Environmental Science or in Computational Science. Open positionsAll open doctoral student positions at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) are announced on the webpages below:The CEC webpage for open positionsLund University's webpage for job vacancies – lunduniversity.lu.se.Admission requirementsThe req

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PhD courses and eventsA general programme syllabus and overall subject description, with the relevant eligibility and degree requirements, compulsory courses and aims and objectives of postgraduate studies, is detailed in the general study plan.Computational Science (PDF, 243 kB, opens in a new tab)For current doctoral students (science.lu.se)The PhD degree in Computational Science will include 24

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The PhD programme in Computational Science concerns the scientific studies which applies and develops computational methods for advanced computing with the aim of solving research problems in natural science, technology or medicine. The doctoral education leads to a Phil. Dr. degree at Lund University. It normally takes four years of full-time studies, of which approximately one year is devoted to

https://www.cec.lu.se/education/postgraduate-studies/phd-programme-computational-science - 2025-07-15

Please join this year's Christmas party on December 19th at Taperian, Stortorget in Lund. The evening will feature a Spanish-style vegetarian Christmas buffet. Status message The registration deadline has passed. If you would like to join or need to cancel, please send an email with your question or information to rebecca.malmstrom@cec.lu.se. Leave this field blank

https://www.cec.lu.se/form/cec-christmas-party-2024 - 2025-07-15

CEC Lightning Talks is an opportunity to present a three- to five-minute pitch about your work and to discover what your colleagues are working on. These talks provide a regular platform for us all to stay connected and inspired by each other's work. Here are some questions you can use as a basis when preparing your pitch. Please note that Lightning Talks are an opportunity for all staff to presen

https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/cec-lightning-talks - 2025-07-15

Invitation to all staff at the Department of Geology, the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Sciences (INES) and the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC). On 28 November, joint social activities will be organised for all staff at CEC, INES and Geology, followed by a joint information meeting.Date and time: 28 November, 13:00-16:00 Location: Pangea (Auditorium 229), Geocen

https://www.cec.lu.se/form/registration-joint-social-and-information-meeting-28-november - 2025-07-15

The ClimBEco mentoring programme is exclusively open to current participants of the research school. It is designed to support PhD students in their personal and career development, and to strengthen relational and communication skills. Read more about the 2025 programme including eligibility and schedule at the ClimBEco Mentoring Programme page.  choose-the-right-direction Registration to the pro

https://www.cec.lu.se/form/mentoring-programme-registration-form - 2025-07-15

21 October 2025 10:00 to 23 October 2025 17:00 | Conference Welcome to Sweden's first Swedish Biodiversity Symposium - an interdisciplinary conference where experts and stakeholders in biodiversity come together to promote positive developments in the field. Swedish Biodiversity Symposiumis a science-policy interface orientated forum for communication, dissemination, and discussion of science-base

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/swedish-biodiversity-symposium - 2025-07-15

Stay up to date with the latest policy development and legislation in the EU related to climate, agriculture, and sustainable land-use through our Policy updates and Alerts. In a collaboration with the Lund Profile area Nature based Future solutions and the Universities in South Sweden Brussels office, CEC is monitoring the development of policy, strategies, visions, and legislation connected to c

https://www.cec.lu.se/collaboration/cec-fellows/policy-updates - 2025-07-15

Azerbajdzjans fientlighet mot Armenien fortsätter på fotbollsplan (Svante Lundgren)Sedan kriget om Nagorno-Karabach i början av 1990-talet råder extrem fientlighet mellan grannländerna Armenien och Azerbajdzjan. I det senare landet har denna fientlighet lett till rasistisk hets, skriver Svante Lundgren.https://www.opulens.se/opinion/azerbajdzjans-fientlighet-mot-armenien-fortsatter-pa-fotbollsplan

https://www.cmes.lu.se/cmes-media - 2025-07-15

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Dalia AbdelhadyDiaspora, globalization, Syrian refugees, integration, second generation, cultural expression, gender Mohammed AlmahfaliYemen, Human Rights in the Arab World, Capacity-building in Higher Education, Sustainable and Equitable Post-conflict Recovery Rola El-HusseiniLebanon, Hezbollah, Gender and politics, Arab world, Sectarianism Orwa AjjoubJihadism; Salafi-Jihadist groups; Islamic the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/experts-who-speak-arabic - 2025-07-15

Strategic Research Area (SRA) at Lund University CMES coordinates, supports and conducts Middle East research at Lund University. CMES aspires to foster multi- and inter-disciplinary perspectives, approaches, and methodologies in relation to Middle East research. The Centre's core and affiliated research team has given rise to fruitful exchanges across different scientific fields and culminated in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east - 2025-07-15