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CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored a paper published in Sustainability. The article, "Modeling Ecosystem Regulation Services and Performing Cost–Benefit Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation through Nature-Based Solutions Using InVEST Models", was co-authored by Sana Bouguerra (National Institute of Research in Rural Engineering Water and Forestry), Boutheina Stiti (National In

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mitigating-climate-change-tunisia-through-nature-based-solutions - 2025-12-11

This Regional Outlook focuses on the obstacles of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza and the challenges of rebuilding and reconstructing the area after the war. In 2007, the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt in Gaza transformed the Strip into an area entirely dependent on humanitarian aid and external support, with the movement of people and goods under Israeli and Egyptian control. The 7 Octo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-humanitarian-exceptionalism-and-quest-post-war-reconstruction-gaza-strip - 2025-12-11

CMES researchers Mo Hamza and Sinem Kavak have co-authored an article published in Frontiers in Human Dynamics. The article, "Refugee agency in secondary mobility decision-making: a systematic literature review", was written by Sinem Kavak (CMES & LUCSUS), Mo Hamza (CMES & Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety), Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen (University of Copenhagen) and Russell A. Stone (Un

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/refugee-agency-mobility-decision-making - 2025-12-11

This chapter explores feminist activism during and after the so-called Arab Spring, a transformative event that brought new challenges and a new political environment for feminist activists. At first, the overthrow of old regimes raised hopes for a more open and liberated society, but these hopes did not last long. Feminist organizations in countries such as Egypt and Tunisia have faced state repr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/abdelmoez-digital-feminist-practice-during-and-after-arab-spring - 2025-12-11

Why does peace diplomacy fail? What role do nuclear weapons play in security, deterrence, and peace? And is it possible to educate for peace? Welcome to a seminar on Peace Day 2024. 24 September 2024 13:00 to 15:00 Welcome by Isabel Bramsen, Director of Peace and Conflict studies The Failure of Peace Diplomacy, Karin Aggestam, Director of Centre for Advances Middle EasternStudies (CMES) Nuclear we

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/peace-day-2024-elusive-peace-israel-palestine - 2025-12-11

CMES affiliated scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye has authored an article published in Foreign Affairs. The article “Where will Israel’s Multifront War End? There May Not be a Better Day After”, is written by Dalia Dassa Kaye. It was published in Foreign Affairs on 2 October 2024After a year of war, there is a real possibility of no better “day after” in Gaza or the rest of the region. Talk in Washington o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/where-will-israels-multifront-war-end - 2025-12-11

Applications are now open for CMES Project Proposals (2025-2028) as well as CMES Writing Retreats (2025). Call for Project Proposals (2025-2028) CMES supports three-year-research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES encourages collaboration between scholars from different disciplines at Lund University

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-calls-project-proposals-2025-2028-and-writing-retreats-2025 - 2025-12-11

Sami Al-Daghistani has recently published an article discussing the emic-etic distinction in Islamic Studies with a special focus on Norway. Sami Al-Daghistani“Emic-Etic Distinction and Islamic Studies in Oslo/Norway,” Tidsskrift for religion og kultur (Journal for Religion and Culture), Issue 1 (September) 2024, Open Accesshttps://ojs.novus.no/index.php/DIN/article/view/2288/2260

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sami-al-daghistani-emic-etic-distinction-and-islamic-studies-oslonorway - 2025-12-11

Sami Al-Daghistani has won the Islamic Economics Research Award for 2024 by ILKE Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, for his work on Islamic economics and ethics, and his book The Making of Islamic Economic Thought (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021) has won a prestigious award in Islamic Studies and was also nominated for another European award. Congratulations Sami! Awards Research Award Sami

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/awards-sami-al-daghistani - 2025-12-11

In this closing workshop of the project the aim is to present the results and findings of the project’s empirical work and engage the audience in an open dialogue with the researchers and an expert panel in order to provide further insights and challenge some of the misconceptions on refugee movement and decision-making particularly the ones perpetuated in the media. The purpose is to shed light o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/refugee-decision-making-first-countries-asylum - 2025-12-11

Karin Aggestam and Tim Dunne have co-authored the chapter “The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria”, in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (3d edition), eds S. Smith, A. Hadfield, and T. Dunne, Oxford: Oxford University Press AbstractThis chapter argues that the international community’s response to the Syrian civil war was a failure of resolute diplomacy. It first recounts how a pop

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/failure-diplomacy-and-protection-syria - 2025-12-11

On behalf of Lund University and the United Nations University (UNU), Prof. Erik Renström and Prof. Kaveh Madani invite you to the official launch ceremony for the UNU Hub on “Water in a Changing Environment” at Lund University. Lund University is proud to become the second UNU Hub in Europe to address the global issues related to Water in a Changing Environment (WISE). This initiative is created

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/united-nations-university-hub-launch-ceremony - 2025-12-11

The Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health is dedicated to publishing high quality peer-reviewed research in the field of occupational and environmental health and safety. High accessibility of all research data is critical for scientific interaction. The more people this research reaches, the better. The journal has been committed to open science for many years. Unlike most OSH journa

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/open-acess - 2025-12-11

The Munin Conference is an annual conference on scholarly publishing and communication, primarily revolving around open access, open data and open science. This year’s conference (2020) will be the fifteenth Munin Conference and will take place online 18–19 November. Read more at https://site.uit.no/muninconf/

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/welcome-15th-munin-conference-18-19-november-2020 - 2025-12-11

he EOSC Symposium 2020 brings together researchers, data scientists, e-Infrastructures, Research Infrastructures, EOSC projects, EOSC Working Group members, and representatives of the EU27 Member States and associated countries to discuss the final steps towards the establishment of a first version of a fully-fledged European Open Science Cloud. Read more at https://www.eosc-nordic.eu/events/eosc-

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/eosc-symposium-2020 - 2025-12-11

Umeå University is dedicated to providing creative environments for learning and work. We offer a wide variety of courses and programmes, world leading research, and excellent innovation and collaboration opportunities. More than 4 100 employees and 34 000 students have already chosen Umeå University. We welcome your application! The Faculty of Medicine, which consists of 13 departments, is respon

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/postdoc-position - 2025-12-11

The global pandemic of the 2019-nCov requires the evaluation of policy interventions to mitigate future social and economic costs of quarantine measures worldwide. We propose an epidemiological model for forecasting and policy evaluation which incorporates new data in real-time through variational data assimilation. We analyze and discuss infection rates in the UK, US and Italy. Read more at https

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/epidemiological-modelling-approach-covid-19-data-assimilation - 2025-12-11

The Poly Implant Prothèse incident and breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma have pointed to the need for uniform registries for breast implants as key features to monitoring the outcomes of breast implant surgeries internationally. The purpose of this study was to identify and harmonize common data elements collected by breast implant registries across the International Collabo

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/toward-international-harmonization-breast-implant-registries-international-collaboration-breast - 2025-12-11

Registries of pancreatic surgery have become increasingly popular as they facilitate both quality improvement and clinical research. We aimed to compare registries for design, variables collected, patient characteristics, treatment strategies, clinical outcomes, and pathology. Read more at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039606020304554?via%3Dihub

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/transatlantic-registries-pancreatic-surgery-united-states-america-germany-netherlands-and-sweden - 2025-12-11

Registry-based trials have emerged as a potentially cost-saving study methodology. Early estimates of cost savings, however, conflated the benefits associated with registry utilisation and those associated with other aspects of pragmatic trial designs, which might not all be as broadly applicable. In this study, we sought to build a practical tool that investigators could use across disciplines to

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/registry-based-trials-potential-model-cost-savings - 2025-12-11