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The war against terror is coming to an end. Has China become the victor? The Middle East seems to be moving towards more authoritarian regimes. A large influx of migrants and refugees and increasing population growth are likely to affect the region over the coming decades. And what about climate change? Is the Middle East becoming wetter, drier, or both? Watch five Middle East scholars trendspotti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trendspotting-future-challenges-middle-east - 2026-08-17

New CMES Newsletter about 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 CMES scholars. Read the latest issues of the Newsletter Sign up for the Newslet

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-24 - 2026-08-17

CMES scholars Maria Frederika Malmström and Mark LeVine have authored "Touching Sound: Passion and Global Politics Workshop Report", published in the Abdou Filali-Ansary Occasional Paper Series. Among other things, the report is based on findings from a 2019 workshop. Participation was enabled through funding from CMES as well as Aga Khan University. How does sound shape and/or constrain the actio

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/touching-sound-passion-and-global-politics-workshop-report - 2026-08-17

To find out why so many people have left their farms in north-eastern Syria, physical geographer Lina Eklund uses both satellite data and interviews. ‟It is important to understand what can be linked to climate change and what are societal factors, so that we can better equip ourselves for the future.” Lina Eklund has specialised in remote sensing, which enables her to determine what happens over

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/knowledge-about-climate-stress-could-counteract-conflicts - 2026-08-17

CMES researcher Pınar Dinç has authored the chapter "Dersim 1937–38: Shifts and continuities in the state discourse and reasoning under Kemalism and Erdoğanism". Pınar's chapter is part of the edited volume The Kurds in Erdogan's "New" Turkey: Domestic and International Implications (2022, editor Nikos Christofis). The book focuses on the AKP government since 2002, during which time the state’s ap

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/turkish-state-discourse-dersim-1937-38 - 2026-08-17

Together with Ahmad Fakheri Fard (University of Tabriz), CMES researchers Hasan Hosseini, Hossein Hashemi and Ronny Berndtsson have co-authored the paper "Areal Precipitation Coverage Ratio for Enhanced AI Modelling of Monthly Runoff: A New Satellite Data-Driven Scheme for Semi-Arid Mountainous Climate", available online in the journal Remote Sensing. Satellite remote sensing provides useful gridd

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/areal-precipitation-coverage-and-monthly-runoff-iran - 2026-08-17

Together with Maziar Mohammadi (Tarbiat Modares University) and Alireza Motevalli (Tarbiat Modares University), CMES researchers Seyed Amir Naghibi and Hossein Hashemi have authored the article "Human-induced arsenic pollution modeling in surface waters - An integrated approach using machine learning algorithms and environmental factors", available online in the Journal of Environmental Management

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/arsenic-pollution-modeling-surface-waters-iran - 2026-08-17

Together with Khaoula Khemiri (University of Tunis El Manar), Sihem Jebari (National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry Tunisia), Naceur Mahdhi (Institute of Arid Regions of Medenine, Tunisia), Ines Saidi (National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry Tunisia), and Sinan Bacha (National Centre for Cartography and Remote Sensing Tunisia), CMES Deput

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/drivers-long-term-land-use-pressure-tunisia - 2026-08-17

Together with Sonia Sabbahi (Université de Carthage), Layla Ben Ayed (Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie), Monia Trad (Université de Carthage) and Panagiotis Karanis (University of Nicosia Medical School), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Parasitological Assessment of Sewage Sludge Samples for Potential Agricultural Reuse in Tunisia", available in The Internati

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/reuse-wastewater-sludge-tunisian-agriculture - 2026-08-17

Together with Yoav Kapshuk (Kinneret College on the Sea of Galile), CMES scholar Lisa Strömbom has authored the article "Tracing Responses to Recognition in the Oslo Peace Process and its Aftermath - the Interlinkage between Relational and Internal Ontological Security" in the journal Conflict Resolution Quarterly (open access). The article deals with mechanisms for how formal and relatively super

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/recognition-israeli-palestinian-relations - 2026-08-17

Together with Dalila Souguir (University of Carthage), Sourour Mzahma (University of Carthage), Hanen Filali (University of Carthage), Mohamed Hachicha (University of Carthage), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Vicia–Micronucleus Test Application for Saline Irrigation Water Risk Assessment", available in the journal Plants. In view of climate change, increasing soil

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/irrigation-water-risk-assessment-tunisia - 2026-08-17

One new research project with the MECW program will be funded by CMES starting in September 2022. The grant period is 3 years. Applications are open to scholars with employment at Lund University that hold doctoral degrees. Deadline is 19 April 2022 CMES supports supports and coordinates research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-call-project-proposals - 2026-08-17

New CMES Newsletter about 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 CMES scholars. Read the latest issue of the Newsletter Sign up for the Newslet

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-25 - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Collaboration between the worlds of industry and academia promotes the dissemination of knowledge and technology in society. This is why the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) is investing SEK 30 million in industrial doctoral students. The grant covers the study period for the doctoral students and must

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/industrial-doctoral-student-research-initiative-collaboration-between-industry-and-academia - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Over the past year, the health service has witnessed an increasing number of patients with long-term effects of Covid-19, including chronic symptoms that suggest POTS. POTS is a condition that causes the pulse to race when you stand up. Until now, too little has been known about POTS as a complication following a Covi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/case-study-sheds-light-pots-connection-long-covid - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Scientists have long suspected that changes in the body’s metabolism affect the development of the incurable and fatal neurological disease ALS. Now, for the very first time, a group of researchers in Lund and Australia have identified changes in the disease in ALS patients in the brain cells that produce substances t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/metabolism-and-sleep-keys-mystery-als - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Carl Antonson, a PhD and specialist in general medicine at Lund University receives 1 066 000 SEK from AFA Insurance to investigate why construction workers decline medical examinations of injuries caused from working with vibrating tools. Working with vibrating tools can cause nerve and vascular damage to the hands a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/afa-insurance-awards-grant-investigate-examination-vibration-injuries-construction-industry - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Congratulations, Aleksander Giwercman, Professor of Reproductive Medicine at Lund University and Senior Physician at Skåne University Hospital Malmö. You have recently been asked to take over as the new co-editor of the journal Andrology. How does it feel? — I’m really looking forward to this exciting job. It’s fun to

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/aleksander-giwercman-new-co-editor-andrology - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lina Ejlertsson, a doctoral student in Public Health at Lund University, believes that there is a classic approach to working with and measuring health in workplaces through sick leave rates, productivity and efficiency. – Most often, rehabilitative measures or preventative work are only undertaken after employees bec

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/integrated-recovery-during-work-day-does-it-make-difference - 2026-08-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In type 1 diabetes, the patient’s own immune system destroys the body’s insulin-producing cells. Researchers at Region Skåne and Lund University are leading a new drug study aimed at halting the immune system’s attack and preserving residual cells in newly diagnosed adults. The new study, dubbed IMPACT, will last a ye

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-skane-study-slow-down-type-1-diabetes - 2026-08-17