By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 20 March 2019 CEC has been granted funding for a so-called collaborative initiative to find solutions for sustainable land use in Sweden, with emphasis on Skåne. The collaborative initiative called LU Land is to be a platform where different sectors, interests and research topics jointly address the challenges that an increasi

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/land-use-sustainable-future - 2025-04-29

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 25 March 2019 Johan Ekroos, Sara Sällström and Lina Herbertsson. The national Swedish radio visited Lund to talk about pollinating insects and study their wintering sites. Pollinating insects are threatened by food shortages, by toxins, by climate change and because environments where insects can seek protection are disappeari

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lack-settlements-threatens-biodiversity - 2025-04-29

Published 24 April 2019 The seminar on urban nature attracted a lot of people An exhibition, a seminar on urban nature and a climate crash course – that's how CEC contributed to the Sustainability week 2019. Markku Rummukainen and Maria von Post gave a crash course in climate change and biological diversity together with colleagues at Lund University. A summary is published (in Swedish) on Faceboo

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-during-sustainability-week - 2025-04-29

By stina [dot] johannesson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Johannesson) - published 8 May 2019 The CEC PhD students and some of the supervisors at the spring meeting. How do micro-plastics affect our soil? What's the impact of urbanization on biodiversity? And how can drones be used for measuring carbon fluxes from Swedish peatlands? These were a few of the questions raised at the initial PhD st

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-makers-focus-environmental-and-climate-effects - 2025-04-29

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 29 May 2019 Photo: Anna Maria Erling The greatest threat to biodiversity today is different species losing their habitats. To reverse this trend will require action on many societal levels, and there are simple things you can do in your own garden to help, according to Lund University researchers Anna Persson and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/gardening-tips-five-easy-ways-contribute-biodiversity - 2025-04-29

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 2 July 2019 The researchers in Lund are investigating the interaction between a vegetation in change and the climate. For example, what will happen to tundra when it gets warmer? In the picture: volcano Korjakskaja Sopka in northeastern Russia. Researchers at Lund University have contributed to creating a new, up

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/unique-climate-modeling-vegetation-focus - 2025-04-29

By stina [dot] johannesson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Johannesson) - published 26 June 2019 Summer days bring relaxing breaks in parks for many city dwellers. But how often do you look up from your picnic blanket and reflect on the surrounding wildlife and on how it would affect you if the birds went silent for good? Johan K. Jensen’s doctoral studies compares the wellbeing of some of our m

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-life-urban-birds - 2025-04-29

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 15 August 2019 When it comes to meeting sustainability goals, the current reform proposal of the EU Commission on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) falls well short at the mark, accordning to a group of international researchers writing in the journal Science. The proposed amendments to the CAP will not improv

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/researchers-reject-eu-reform-plans-cap-not-viable-future - 2025-04-29

Published 13 January 2023 Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren CMES scholar Lina Eklund has received a career grant from the Swedish National Space Agency for a 4 year project on wildfires in the Middle East. Research on vegetation fires, their spatiotemporal patterns, and their links to biophysical as well as political and socio-economic factors in drylands is limited. No large scale, interdisciplinary a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lina-eklund-receives-swedish-national-space-agency-career-grant - 2025-04-29

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 18 January 2023 The Olof Palme visiting professorship in 2023 is held by Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull. The professorship is funded by the Swedish Research Council and hosted by CMES and the Department of Political Science, Lund University. During his research visit at Lund University, Raphae

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-welcomes-olof-palme-visiting-professor-raphael-cohen-almagor - 2025-04-29

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 27 January 2023 CMES scholar Pinar Dinc has been interviewed by Dagens Nyheter about the relationship between Turkey and Sweden in relation to Sweden's NATO application and recent protests in both countries. The article "Expert: Så bör Sverige agera efter hotet om bojkott" (In English "Expert: How Sweden

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/pinar-dinc-interviewed-about-sweden-turkey-relations - 2025-04-29

Published 27 January 2023 On 22 February, CMES researcher Pinar Dinc gives a lecture on democracy in Turkey at AF-Borgen (18:00-20:00) co-organized by CMES and UPF. Welcome! This lecture will focus on the upcoming general elections in Turkey by taking a look at the 22 years of the AKP government. It will do so by elaborating on the long process from “democratic opening” to “democratic breakdown” i

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/eleventh-hour-elections-past-and-future-democracy-turkey - 2025-04-29

Published 27 January 2023 Shrine in Iraq. Photo: mhrezaa on Unsplash In this seminar, which is co-organised by the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies and the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, we will look at some cases of fluid boundaries and intertwined identities, when religious belonging and ethnic identification freely mix, and evolve, and change. We will hear about two groups

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/seminar-religious-belonging-and-ethnic-identification-middle-east - 2025-04-29

Published 27 January 2023 Photo: Scott Graham on Unsplash The aim of this workshop is to provide an overview of research-based policy briefs, including formatting and writing conventions, identifying and disseminating to an audience, and evaluating their impact. The workshop is a joint collaboration with the LU Agenda 2030 Graduate School and the Pufendorf Institute Advanced Study Group "Wildfires

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/workshop-writing-policy-briefs - 2025-04-29

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 31 January 2023 Pinar Dinc. Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren CMES scholar Pinar Dinc has been interviewed by ETC about Turkish bombings of Kurdish targets in northern Syria. The article "Turkiets bombattacker hotar kampen mot IS" (English: "Turkey's Bomb Attacks Threaten the Fight Against IS"), written by Al

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/pinar-dinc-interviewed-about-turkish-bombings-syria - 2025-04-29

Published 10 February 2023 CMES Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor has co-authored the chapter "Gender Discrimination in Israel" together with Uki Maroshek-Klarman (Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace) in a new edited volume published by Routledge. The chapter, which addresses gender discrimination in Israel, is published in the book Discrimination and Employment Law: International Lega

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/gender-discrimination-israel-0 - 2025-04-29

Published 17 February 2023 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 2023. CMES offers office space and modern research facilities in a stimulating work environment on historic premises. Administrative, practical

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-call-cmes-writing-retreats - 2025-04-29

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 17 February 2023 Angela Merkel gestures as Vladimir Putin looks on during a press conference after talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 10, 2015. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev/Reuters. The war in Ukraine has been going on for a year. The devastation is enorm

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/diplomacy-still-relevant - 2025-04-29

Published 21 February 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Assessing Climate Change Impact on Water Balance Components Using Integrated Groundwater–Surface Water Models (Case Study: Shazand Plain, Iran)" together with Farzaneh Soltani (University of Tehran), Saman Javadi (University of Tehran), Abbas Roozbahani (University of Tehran), Ali Reza Massah Bavani (Univ

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-change-impact-water-balance-iran - 2025-04-29

Published 23 February 2023 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

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-33 - 2025-04-29