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Karin Aggestam är redaktör för Open Access boken "Israel: Democratic Backsliding and Elusive Peace". Lisa Strömbom har bidragit med ett kapitel om ”Agonistic Conflict Dynamics and Contested Past”. Läs boken här: https://www.cmes.lu.se/sites/cmes.lu.se/files/2025-12/Israel%20Democratic%20backsliding%20and%20elusive%20peace.pdfKarin Aggestams hemsida: https://www.svet.lu.se/karin-aggestamLisa Strömb

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ny-bok-om-demokratiska-utmaningar-i-israelisk-politik-och-olosta-konflikter - 2026-06-05

Joel Abdelmoez har framgångsrikt försvarat sin avhandling med titeln "Tid, differens och det transnationella: Feministisk aktivism och solidariteter i Egypten och Tunisien". Gratulerar doktor Abdelmoez! Fakultetsopponent: Professor Laleh Khalili, University of ExeterHandledare: Karin AggestamBiträdande handledare: Rola El-Husseini DeanMer information om avhandlingen finns i Lunds universitets fors

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/joel-abdelmoez-har-framgangsrikt-forsvarat-sin-avhandling - 2026-06-05

Pasko Kisić-Merino har en ny artikel i Journal of Digital Social Research (JDSR) om hur sociala medier och den nyliberala kulturen förvandlar politiska konflikter till spektakel. Med utgångspunkt i Lacans teorier visar Pasko Kisić-Merino hur människor söker ontologisk trygghet online genom två sammanflätade funktioner: programmerbara flöden som belönar engagemang och homofila nätverk som odlar en

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/att-kanna-sig-trygg-i-antagonismen-den-algoritmiska-mainstreamingen-av-hogerextrema-fantasier - 2026-06-05

Jana Wrange undersöker relationen mellan begreppet strategisk autonomi och idén om ett europeiskt totalförsvar. Genom att följa utvecklingen av EU:s säkerhetsdiskurser från 2010 till 2024 visar artikeln att betoningen på totalförsvar på EU-nivå, som kombinerar civila och militära förmågor, ökade redan före återkomsten av begreppet strategisk autonomi. Samtidigt har diskussionen kring strategisk au

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ny-artikel-av-jana-wrange-om-strategisk-autonomi-och-europeiskt-totalforsvar - 2026-06-05

Annika Björkdahl diskuterar rättvis och demokratisk fred i artikeln "Rethinking Peace in Turbulent Times” i Peacebuilding tillsammans med Christine Cheng, Thania Paffenholz, SungYong Lee, Gearoid Millar och Berit Bliesemann de Guevara. Den tidigare så livliga globala diskussionen om hur man bygger hållbar och rättvis  fred, har ersatts av en diskurs kring säkerhet, avskräckning och försvar. När ge

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/fran-fredsbyggande-till-maktpolitik-hur-den-demokratiska-freden-ersatts-med-sakerhet-och-forsvar - 2026-06-05

Känner du dig överväldigad men inser behovet av att förstå vad som händer? Akademiska analytiska ramverk kan hjälpa. Europeiska länder, och Danmark i synnerhet, kämpar för att svara på hot från amerikanska tjänstemän om Grönlands framtid. Efter att framgångsrikt ha tagit ut Venezuelas ledning i en räd den 3 januari talar en stärkt amerikansk regering om att helt enkelt ta Grönland för sig själv. M

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ian-manners-publicerar-ny-artikel-om-four-ways-understand-whats-going-us-denmark-and-greenland-i - 2026-06-05

Sara Kalm har samförfattat en artikel tillsammans med Frida Boräng och Johannes Lindvall (Göteborgs universitet), som publicerats i Journal of European Social Policy. Artikeln bidrar till litteraturen som försöker förklara tillblivelsen och utformningen av FN:s flyktingkonvention från 1951. Den gör så genom att anlägga ett nytt perspektiv, då den analyserar hur välfärdsstatens institutioner påverk

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/sara-kalm-med-flera-om-fns-flyktingkonventionen-ur-ett-valfardsstatsperspektiv - 2026-06-05

I tider av nya geopolitiska utmaningar har idén om ett totalförsvar, där alla medborgare bidrar till det nationella försvaret, återupplivats. Hur myndigheter kommunicerar denna nya försvarsstrategi och när sådan kriskommunikation leder till ökad försvarsvilja är en viktig forskningsfråga som Hanna Bäck och Roxanna Sjöstedt, tillsammans med Amanda Remsö och Emma Renström, Högskolan i Kristianstad,

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/back-och-sjostedt-om-effekterna-av-myndigheters-kriskommunikation-pa-individers-forsvarsvilja - 2026-06-05

The workshop is called: Unpacking ‘the Opposition’ in undemocratic regimes: The Role, Transformation and Challenges of the Oppositional Actors in Turkey and beyond The purpose of this workshop is to initiate a debate on the opposition in Turkey and contribute to the theorization of the role, transformation, mobilization strategies and different forms of the opposition in undemocratic regimes.  The

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-pinar-dinc-presenting-fake-news-understanding-conflict-and-forest-fire-nexus-through-media - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Message from the director: New CMES board in place  While CMES 2.0 is still in the making some important steps have been taken in the last few weeks. We are pleased to announce that a new interdisciplinary board has been formed.  Four faculties are represented from Lund University, which include dean and prof Christof

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-15 - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As part of the Climate Stress in Syria-research project, there was a closed interactive online workshop on October 14th to discuss the nexus around drought, vulnerability and conflict. This post describes the workshop that was held online on October 14th, 2020, as the first workshop in the Climate Stress Syria project

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/exploring-broader-field-environmental-dimensions-conflict-middle-east-region-and-beyond - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ten non-Armenians from ten European countries write about their interest in and experiences of Armenia. In moving and, at times, funny essays they depict dramatic events, lasting friendships, political struggles. We hear about lavash and brandy, genocide and revival, Yerevan and small God-forgotten villages in Hayasta

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-svante-lundgren-one-editors-new-book-armenia-mon-amour-ten-europeans-speak - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CMES Spyros Sofos was awarded a PhD in Regional and Cross-cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen after the examination of his thesis entitled “The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy” on Monday 7 December. This thesis is intended to make a contribution to ongoing efforts to enhance our un

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-phd-thesis-meanings-people-turkish-politics-genealogy - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Local weather often is not what news reports for cities and counties. As transient, local, and intense as a cloudburst, rainfall can be highly variable, impractical to measure for usual rain-gauge networks. Frequent extreme events with climate change call for fundamental knowledge developments on rainfall. With the ne

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-hasan-hosseini-has-got-pre-seed-funding-2021-lu-innovation - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The article has been published in Sustainability and is available online. Co-writers are Khaldoon A. Mourad and Hasan Hosseini, also from CMES. Farmers know much more than we think, and they are keen to improve their knowledge in order to improve their farms and increase their income. On the other hand, decision-maker

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/role-citizen-science-sustainable-agriculture-new-article-cmes-helen-avery - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Co-writer Lisen Dellenborg. The article is published in the book "FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING The Global North and South" (Malmö University). Open access. In recent decades, female genital mutilation has come to be regarded as a major breach of human rights. International anti-FGM agencies such as WHO, UNICEF and The Red C

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-maria-frederika-malmstroms-new-article-female-circumcisiongenital-mutilation-and-human-rights - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It is during a difficult time that Akiça Bahri has taken over the responsibility as Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in Tunisia. But with a doctorate in water management from Lund University and many international missions on her CV, she was ready for the assignment. Since 2011 and the start of t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lu-doctor-water-focus-and-cmes-connections-new-minister-tunisia - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Middle Eastern research news from Lund University Message from the director Seasonal greetings from the team at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies  This has been a strange and challenging year. We have just closed down the Centre temporarily due to escalating Covid-19 pandemic.  However, in 2021 we hope to be movin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-16-december-2020 - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The majority of the new dust sources are due to environmental degradation caused by human activities. To prevent further dust source generation, the first step is to identify the new dust sources and predict the dust source occurrences in the vulnerable areas. We developed a novel approach that combines machine learni

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-cmes-research-about-dust-source-detection-and-dust-source-susceptibility-mapping - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This study identifies obstacles and barriers in distance learning and the use of electronic exams, comparing them to pursue success in the distance education system during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). It also aimed to determine the similarity and differences between the two main components of distance educatio

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/obstacles-distance-learning-and-applying-electronic-exams-during-covid-19-new-cmes-research - 2026-06-05