👉CMES Yearbook 2025 is now available to read and download.The Yearbooks summarize the Centre's activities during the year. 👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...

Read the latest CMES Newsletter! #55 Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. www.cmes.lu.se/article/read...

Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) is proud to announce that researcher, Joel W. Abdelmoez, PhD Candidate in Political Science, has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Lund University. www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel...

New book from CMES. CMES director, Karin Aggestam has edited the book Israel: Democratic Backsliding and Elusive Peace. 👉 Read the article here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-...

New article from CMES The 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza brought the humanitarian response into the spotlight, alongside the international community’s inability to deal with political obstacles in the humanitarian response. 👉 Read here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/huma...

International Workshop - Green extractivism The rapid expansion of wind and solar infrastructure in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA), framed as part of sustainability and green energy transitions, raises urgent questions. 👉 Read more about the workshop here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/inte...

New article from CMES! Discover how combining ensemble empirical mode decomposition with deep learning models improves daily pan evaporation (Evp) prediction—crucial for water resource management in semi-arid regions as in northeastern Iran. 🔗 Read the full article: www.cmes.lu.se/article/impr...

📢 Don’t miss this seminar at Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University! “Frictional Humanitarian Homebuilding – Civil Society Actors’ Navigation in the Politics of International Aid” 🗓 11 December 2025 | 13:15–15:00 📍CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16, Lund

📢 Eco-Syria Workshop Report Now Available in Arabic and Kurdish! The report from the Eco-Syria workshop is now accessible in two new languages. Explore the findings and insights shared during the event. 📄 Read more and download here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/eco-... #CMES #EcoSyria #MiddleEast

CMES is proud to announce that CMES researcher, Rami Zalfou, PhD Candidate in Economic History, has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Lund University. www.cmes.lu.se/article/rami... #lunduniversity #EconomicHistory

🔥 How can citizen engagement and satellite data help researchers understand wildfires in the Middle East? CMES researcher Lina Eklund shares insights in a new Q&A. 👉 Read the full interview: www.cmes.lu.se/article/mapp... #LundUniversity #CMES #CitizenScience #Wildfires #Research

CMES researcher Adam Almqvist has recently published an article in The Journal of Comparative Politics titled: “GONGOs, Zombies, and Astroturfers: Rethinking Hybrid Institutions in Autocracies Through a Case of Jordanian.” 👉 Read more here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/gong...

On Tuesday, PhD candidate Joel Abdelmoez marked a major milestone at Lund University by performing the traditional ceremony of spikning—nailing his dissertation. 🎓📚 Read the full story here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel...

CMES-Seminar hosted a highly topical seminar titled “It’s Time to Think About the Future of Palestine-Israel.” featured two distinguished speakers: Professor Haim Yacobi and Dr Rami Nasrallah, from University College London. www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...

New Publication from CMES: This article presents a scoping and conceptual literature review on environmental politics in North and East Syria/Rojava. 👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/environmental-politics-north-and-east-syriarojava-scoping-and-conceptual-literature-review

📄 Joel W. Abdelmoez, PhD student at CMES, was interviewed in Göteborgs-Posten. (In Swedish) 👉 www.gp.se/nyheter/varl...

📢 CMES Seminar: It’s Time to Think About the Future of Palestine\Israel 🗓 Date: 20 November 🕐 Time: 13:15 – 15:00 📍 Location: Department of Political Science, Eden, Room 236 Speakers: 🎙️ Presentation by Rami Nasrallah & Haim Yacobi, University College London. www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

Where does justice come into play during and after a war? Is it possible to create a just peace after years of death and destruction? These are some of the questions raised in this episode of the podcast On Justice: War and Peace with Karin Aggestam. In Swedish. shows.acast.com/8bf44047-aad...?

New article from CMES: Managing coastal aquifer salinity risks: Strategies for balance, recharge, and crop adaptation. www.cmes.lu.se/article/mana...

The ECO-Syria research team at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University, held its second and final workshop on 15–16 September 2025. www.cmes.lu.se/article/eco-...

CMES Seminar. Thu 13:15. Launch of the edited volume The Republic of Turkey and Its Unresolved Issues: 100 Years and Beyond. Join us at CMES, Finngatan 16, Lund. www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

This CMES Regional Outlook (2025:3) by CMES Director Karin Aggestam examines the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas. www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...

Read the latest CMES Newsletter! cmes.ungapped.io/Issues/38841... Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. Photo: Flickr/Daniel Torok/The White House

Upcoming CMES Seminar – Thursday at 13:15 Join us for a seminar with Nina Gren (CMES / Social Anthropology), who will discuss the politics of death in Palestine. Read more here: www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

Doctoral Dissertation. On October 31, 2025, at 10.00 a.m, at Lecture Hall V:A, building V, Klas Anshelms väg 14, Lund, CMES researcher Behshid Khodaei will defend her PhD thesis. www.cmes.lu.se/article/doct...

CMES Director Karin Aggestam is interviewed in the magazine Forskning & Framsteg about Trump’s peace plan, the ceasefire, and the uncertain path toward a sustainable Peace (In Swedish). fof.se/artikel/gaza...

CMES researcher Maria Småberg has recently published an article in The Conversation together with Johan Schar associate Senior fellow at SIPRI. theconversation.com/the-cooking-...

CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom discusses yesterdays Trump-led peace meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh and whether it could lead to a lasting peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, in Studio Ett, Swedish Radio (in Swedish). www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/topp...

CMES seminar this Thursday at 10 am (please note the time). Title: Harvesting wind, stirring sands: the expansion of renewable energy frontiers, local resistance, and the European academic gaze on green extractivism in West Asia and North Africa. www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

CMES Director Karin Aggestam discusses Trump’s plan for Gaza and the prospects for a sustainable peace in the program God morgon världen, Swedish Radio (In Swedish). www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/avgo...

CMES Director Karin Aggestam discusses Trump’s peace plan together with Ambassador Anders Lidén in Studio Ett, Swedish Radio ( In swedish). www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/trum...

Read the latest CMES Newsletter about recent research activities and new publications: www.cmes.lu.se/article/read... 🟢 Message From the Director 🟢 Latest Research News 🟢 Upcoming Events 🟢 Recent Publications by CMES Scholars

CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom analyses prospects for Trump’s new peace plan for Gaza in Sveriges Radio’s Studio Ett. (In Swedish). www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/fred...

Bringing in the Other Islamists – Comparing Arab Shia and Sunni Islamism(s) in the Middle East. CMES seminar this Thursday at 13:15, Finngatan 16, Lund. www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

CMES launches Extreme-Loss, a new project on climate, biodiversity, and agricultural livelihoods 🌍 Funded with start-up support from Lund University. Read our interview with Associate Prof. Pinar Dinc. www.cmes.lu.se/article/extr...

New article from CMES - Strategies for present and future bubbler irrigation system management in a Saharan date palm oasis under climate change. Read full article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

CMES director Karin Aggestam analyses the recent recognition of Palestine and the UN High Level Week in Sveriges Radio’s Studio Ett. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/darf...

The ECO-Syria research team at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University, convened its second and final workshop Titled “ECO-Syria: Exploring Conflict–Environment Interactions for Sustainable Development and Conservation”. Read more here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/eco-...

CMES researcher Anne Lene Stein has recently published an research article in Babylon – Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. Read full article here: journals.uio.no/babylon/arti...

CMES researchers Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund have published a new policy brief: From Conflict to Peace: The PKK’s Disarmament and the Green Potential of Peace in the Middle East unu.edu/inweh/collec...

CMES director Karin Aggestam has recently published an article in Forskning och Framsteg. She presents the article at a public event on justice at Playhouse Theatre, Stockholm, 6 October, 7pm. Read the article (in Swedish): fof.se/artikel/ar-e...

CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom contributed with analysis regarding the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza City on Sveriges Radio’s P1 Morning on September 16. (In Swedish) www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/idf-...

CMES researcher has recently published an article on “Developing Rainfall Spatial Distribution for Using Geostatistical Gap-Filled Terrestrial Gauge Records in the Mountainous Region of Oman.” Read more here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/deve...

Read the latest CMES Newsletter! cmes.ungapped.io/Issues/c6153... Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications.

Researcher Lisa Strömbom participates in the podcast Radiokorrespondenterna Mellanöstern on Sveriges Radio. She comments together with SR's correspondent Lina Malers on Israel's deadly attacks on journalists in Gaza, as well as Israel's plans to take over Gaza City.

On Tuesday, CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom took part in Sveriges Radio's Studio Ett. She commented on the information that Israel may expand its offensive to cover all of Gaza and how this can be understood in relation to US Middle East policy.

CMES researcher Hebatalla Taha was recently interviewed in the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan about US bombings in Iran and the future of nuclear weapons in the Middle East: www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-06-27/l... #cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #sydsvenskan #iran #middleeast #mena #nuclearweapons

CMES Director Karin Aggestam participates in this week's episode of Radiokorrespondenterna Mellanöstern: www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/tva-... #cmes #lundsuniversitet #lunduniversity #sverigesradio #sr #mellanöstern #middleeast #israel #iran #gaza #internationalpolitics #politicalscience

CMES Director Karin Aggestam was interviewed in Swedish Radio yesterday about the Iran-Israel ceasefire and the prospects for diplomacy: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/sake... #cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #lund #iran #israel #internationalpolitics #politicalscience #middleeast

New CMES Regional Outlook: "Global Responses to the Escalating Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza", written by Lisa Strömbom: www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes... #cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #gaza #israel #humanitariancrisis #globalpolitics