Published 16 October 2023 CMES researcher Nina Gren has written an article in The Conversation about how despair can drive people to violence in the Palestinian conflict. The article "Palestinian conflict: how despair can drive people to violence, even if it puts their lives in danger" was published on 13 October 2023.  Read the article Nina Gren's research profile Nina Gren Senior Lecturer in Soc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/despair-and-violence-palestinian-community - 2025-07-23

By Ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 17 October 2023 Photo: Mohammed Ibrahim/Unsplash Israel is in shock. The most basic task of a country's defence forces is to guard and protect its borders. Yet the Israeli army was caught completely off guard when thousands of terrorists entered the country to

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/war-between-israel-and-hamas - 2025-07-23

Published 17 October 2023 CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has been interviewed by ABC Radio Sydney about the Azerbaijani invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh. The interview aired on 5 October 2023 on ABC Radio Sydney.  Over the last few weeks, you might have heard about Azerbaijan's invasion of a small Armenian-controlled territory called Nagorno-Karabakh. The region has been contested for quite some time

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/history-nagorno-karabakh - 2025-07-23

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 17 October 2023 Vilhelm Persson, Karin Aggestam, Karin Zackari and Oliver Scharbrodt. Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren On October 9, Debatt i Lund/Debate in Lund focused on the recent Qur'an burnings in Sweden and freedom of expression. The discussion is now available to watch on YouTube. CMES Director Karin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/watch-panel-discussion-quran-burnings-and-freedom-speech - 2025-07-23

Published 20 October 2023 CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has authored an article on the risk of escalating violence in the Middle East setting Israel and Iran on a collision course. The article is published in Foreign Affairs. After Hamas launched its horrific attack on Israel on October 7, many observers initially expected the war to remain a limited conflict between Israel and Hamas. I

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/will-war-gaza-ignite-middle-east - 2025-07-23

Published 20 October 2023 CMES researcher Nina Gren and CMES affiliated researcher Isabell Schierenbeck have been interviewed in Universitetsläraren about how the conflict between Israel and Hamas affects academia. The article "Mellanösternkonflikt slår mot akademin" (English translation: "The Conflict in the Middle East Affects Academia") was written by Linus Hellerstedt and published in Universi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/how-conflict-middle-east-affects-academia - 2025-07-23

Published 20 October 2023 Apply to become a post-doctoral fellow at CMES in earth observations of land cover and vegetation dynamics in the Middle East before 20 November 2023! For assessment criteria, terms of employment, instructions on how to apply and other information, please see the job listing. Type of employment: Temporary position Employment expires: 2025-12-31 Contract type: Full time Fi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-cmes-postdoctoral-fellow-earth-observations-middle-east - 2025-07-23

Published 23 October 2023 Apply to become a post-doctoral fellow at CMES to study political youth, water security, research data infrastructure or geopolitics in the Middle East before 20 November 2023! Postdoctoral Fellow on Political Youth in Middle East Conflicts The postdoctoral position will be part of a research project focused on the Middle East and youth in armed conflicts. The conflicts i

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-openings-4-cmes-postdoctoral-fellows-political-youth-water-security-and-geopolitics - 2025-07-23

Published 31 October 2023 CMES researchers Amir Naghibi, Hossein Hashemi, Pengxiang Zhao, Sara Brogaard, Lina Eklund and Ali Mansourian have co-authored an article on dust storm source susceptibility, published in the journal Atmospheric Pollution Research. The article, "Spatiotemporal variability of dust storm source susceptibility during wet and dry periods: The Tigris-Euphrates River Basin", wa

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/dust-storm-source-susceptibility-tigris-euphrates-river-basin - 2025-07-23

Published 31 October 2023 Photo credits: Satellite image from SentinelHub; photo of young woman by Aziz Acharki/Unsplash; all other images generated through Adobe Firefly. Five postdoctoral fellowships on the Middle East are opened on (1) political youth in conflict (2) water security and sustainable development (3) earth observations (4) geopolitics and regional cooperation and (5) data research

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-openings-5-postdoctoral-fellowships-middle-east - 2025-07-23

Published 3 November 2023 CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini Dean has authored an article on the feminization of the judiciary and diminished powers of the courts in Lebanon, published in the Newsletter of the Middle East and North Africa Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. This short piece examines the presence of women in the judiciary of a small Arab state, once define

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/feminization-judiciary-lebanon - 2025-07-23

Published 10 November 2023 CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written an article in The Conversation how the war in Gaza has led to increased attacks on Jews around the world. The article "Attacks on Jews always rise globally when conflict in Israel and Palestine intensifies" was published in The Conversation on 1 November 2023.  Read the article Svante Lundgren's research profile Svante Lundgren

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/attacks-jews-increase-when-israeli-palestinian-conflict-intensifies - 2025-07-23

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 13 November 2023 Israel left Gaza in 2005 but still controls the borders. According to international law expert Alberto Rinaldi, this could be seen as a continued occupation, which increases Israel's responsibility towards the civilian population of Gaza. Photo:

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/suspected-war-crimes-israel-and-palestine - 2025-07-23

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 14 November 2023 Security at Jewish institutions in Europe has been at a consistently high level, even before the latest escalation. But in the month since the war started, 1040 cases of antisemitism have been reported in France alone. Photo: Mostphoto Interview

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/increased-antisemitism-linked-israel-and-palestine - 2025-07-23

Published 14 November 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on flood susceptibility prediction in Afghanistan, published in the journal Natural Hazards. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Flood susceptibility prediction using MaxEnt and frequency ratio modeling for Kokcha River in Afghanistan" together with Abdul Baser Qasimi (Samanga

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/flood-susceptibility-prediction - 2025-07-23

Published 16 November 2023 CMES researcher Amir Naghibi has co-authored a chapter on AI modeling of sediment transport in Iranian rivers. The chapter "Suspended sediment load prediction and tree-based algorithms" is authored by Salim Heddam, Amir Naghibi, Khabat Khosravi and Shailesh K. Singh. It is part of the edited volume Remote Sensing of Soil and Land Surface Processes: Monitoring, Mapping, a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/modeling-sediment-transport-iran - 2025-07-23

Published 1 December 2023 Photo: Karin Aggestam Read the 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 C

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-39 - 2025-07-23

Published 14 December 2023 CMES will offer several part-time internships for Lund University students during the spring of 2024. Internships will be offered in several projects at CMES during the spring semester of 2024. All positions are temporary, unpaid and part-time. You can only apply if you are a registered student at Lund University for the duration of the internship. The internships run be

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/come-work-us-student-internships-cmes-spring-2024 - 2025-07-23

Published 8 December 2023 AI image generated through Adobe Firefly Welcome to a public panel on the Israel-Hamas war on 15 Dec., 13:15-15:00, at Palaestra. There are spaces left, don't forget to register to attend! About the eventDate and time: 15 December 2023 13:15 to 15:00Location: Palaestra et Odeum (Hörsalen/Auditorium), Paradisgatan 4, LundTarget group: All are welcome!Language: In EnglishSp

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-public-panel-israel-hamas-war - 2025-07-23

Published 12 December 2023 CMES Director Karin Aggestam organised together with Jacqui True (Monash University) and Farkhondeh Akbari (Monash University) a policy-research dialogue between global experts and practitioners on gender in peacemaking The report, Rethinking Policy and Practice of Gender in Peacemaking: The Quest for Innovation in a Polarised Global World, is based on a policy-research

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/policy-report-rethinking-gender-peacemaking - 2025-07-23