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CMES is delighted to welcome 11 part-time project interns for the 2024 spring semester. The interns are all masters students at Lund University and are doing their internships in four different CMES projects:AI in the Service of Socio-Politically Adapted Sustainable Dust-Storm Control in the Middle EastSzebasztián Simic (Disaster Risk Management & Climate Change Adaptation)Boran Zhang (Middle East
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-welcomes-new-interns - 2026-09-21
Renewable energy, interviews with former Maoist women combatants, and urban development in Mumbai. SASNET’s Annual Symposium offered a full day of presentations of ongoing research, ranging from everyday transactions at New Delhi’s open markets to the issue of shrinking spaces for civil society organisations in India. The symposium took place in the Old Bishop’s House at Lund University on 30 Sept
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-symposium-2022 - 2026-09-21
13 doctoral researchers from universities across Europe and Africa gathered in Lund to present their ongoing work and discuss development research topics. On 23 - 24 October, the Development Research School hosted an international PhD workshop in Lund (Sweden) with the purpose of bringing development research doctoral students from a broad range of backgrounds together. The event was an opportunit
https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/international-development-research-phd-workshop-held-lund - 2026-09-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Isha arrived in early June and will work for SASNET as a post-doctoral researcher for the next two years. Isha Dubey graduated with a PhD in History from the School of Culture and Society at Aarhus University in October 2017 for her doctoral dissertation, The Urdu-speakers of Bangladesh and the Idea of ‘Home’: Migrati
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-welcomes-post-doc-isha-dubey - 2026-09-21
Fredrik Söderbaum, committee member of the Development Research School, argues in the Swedish newspaper, Göteborgsposten (GP), about the need for a paradigm shift within Swedish aid. Fredrik Söderbaum, committee member of the Development Research School, writes in the Swedish newspaper, Göteborgsposten (GP), about the need for a paradigm shift within Swedish aid. The op-ed relates strongly to Söde
https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/fredrik-soderbaum-writes-op-ed-concerning-swedish-aid - 2026-09-21
The well-attended CMES panel in Almedalen on democracy in the Middle East is now available on YouTube (in Swedish)! Democracy in the Middle East (Demokratispaning i Mellanöstern) July 6, 2022, 11:15-12:15, Hästgatan 13 in Visby The contemporary Middle East and North Africa is populated by authoritarian one-party states, monarchies and sheikdoms, with a few democratic states. What are the necessary
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-panel-discussion-almedalen-democracy-middle-east - 2026-09-21
Over the last 40 years, the majority of the world’s lakes have changed colour, according to a new study. The research team analysed 32 million satellite observations from over 67,000 lakes. Major changes in the lake ecosystems are thought to be the cause. Lakes are critical components of Earth’s ecosystem. They provide habitats for aquatic and terrestrial species, support biodiversity and help mai
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lakes-worldwide-are-changing-colour-possibly-due-human-impact - 2026-09-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international group of clinicians and scientists, including MIT and Lund University , have analysed how individual genetic changes affect the heart muscle. The researchers have created a new computer tool to integrate genomic and clinical data to enhance medical and surgical decisions to support future therapies fo
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/computer-method-help-predict-outcomes-and-tailor-treatments-heart-patients - 2026-09-21
An extensive study has mapped RNA viruses in a large number of cities around the world. The researchers identified nearly 55,000 different types of virus, the vast majority of which had never been observed before. The virus atlas could be useful in both biological risk assessment and crime scene investigations. Surprisingly little is known about how virus populations are distributed across the pl
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/thousands-new-findings-contribute-global-virus-map - 2026-09-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jiang Qian is currently designing vacuum cleaners for Electrolux, but it wasn’t too long ago that he studied Industrial Design at Lund University. Today, in a ceremony at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, he will be named a ‘Global Swede’ by the Swedish Minister for Trade. The Global Swede diploma ceremony honours for
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-student-selected-global-swede-2015 - 2026-09-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Ivanna Read: the Master's student in Strategic Communication who is putting Lund University on the map as a blogger on Studyinsweden.se. In addition to being a high achiever academically, she is also the University's latest global ambassador - on 8 May she will be named as Lund University's Global Swede at a cere
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-new-global-ambassador - 2026-09-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climate change creates more shrub vegetation in barren, arctic ecosystems. A study at Lund University in Sweden shows that organisms, such as bacteria and fungi, are triggered to break down particularly nutritious dead parts of shrubbery. Meanwhile, the total amount of decomposition is reducing. This could have an inh
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/increased-vegetation-arctic-region-may-counteract-global-warming - 2026-09-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Congratulations to Salma Kikhia, a student at the Master’s programme in Public Health at Lund University, who will be awarded the title Global Swede at a ceremony at the Swedish Institute in May. Salma Kikhia, from Syria, is one of 26 international students in Sweden that will be awarded the prestigious title of Globa
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-student-named-global-swede-2019 - 2026-09-21
Who are the people that make up the world’s economic elite – and do they differ between countries? In a new, unique database, an international team of researchers has compiled individual data from 16 countries that together account for a third of the world’s population and more than half of the world’s GDP. The economic elite examined in this particular scenario includes CEOs and board members of
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ten-things-research-tells-us-about-global-economic-elite - 2026-09-21
