Published 10 March 2025 Read the February CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications. The CMES Newsletter offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research. It is distributed regularly to a diverse audience of scholars, both within Lund University and beyond. Each issue features:Message From the DirectorLatest Research NewsUpcomi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-49 - 2025-05-01

Published 12 March 2025 Photo: Raya Sharbain (CC BY-SA 4.0). CMES has now launched the Regional Outlook Series in Arabic, making expert analyses on the MENA region more accessible to a wider audience. The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) is delighted to announce that our Regional Outlook Series is now available in Arabic, with translations by Rafah Barhoum, Language Training Exper

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/regional-outlook-series-now-available-arabic - 2025-05-01

Published 21 March 2025 Noah Salomon (University of Virginia) visited CMES for a research seminar on Sudan. On Thursday 20 March, CMES welcomed Noah Salomon (University of Virginia) for the research seminar "Reimagining History, Rethinking Sudan". The seminar focused on Sudan and how the ancient history of the country was used in Sudan's 2018-2019 revolution. Noah Salomon is Associate professor in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-research-seminar-reimagining-history-rethinking-sudan - 2025-05-01

Published 24 March 2025 CMES Researcher Sami Al-Daghistani has written an article for Brill’s Studies in Islamic Ethics on creation, nature, and the ethical self. On Creation, Nature, and the Ethical Self: A Comparative Analysis of Ikhwān al-Ṣafā, al-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī, and Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī, Brill’s Studies in Islamic Ethics, February 2025AbstractIn this paper, I examine ideas on creation, nat

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/creation-nature-and-ethical-self-comparative-analysis-ikhwan-al-safa-al-raghib-al-isfahani-and-abu - 2025-05-01

Published 25 March 2025 On 19 March, CMES staff and students came together to celebrate Nowruz, the Iranian New Year. Celebrating Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, has become a cherished annual tradition at CMES. On March 19, CMES staff and students gathered at Finngatan to mark the arrival of spring with delicious Iranian cuisine and cultural celebration.Participants had the opportunity to learn abou

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/traditional-nowruz-celebrations-cmes - 2025-05-01

By pinar [dot] dinc [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Pinar Dinc) - published 27 March 2025 This CMES Regional Outlook by Pinar Dinc focuses on the recent political developments in Turkey. Recent events over the past week have dramatically shaken the political landscape in Turkey. The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, a prominent political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was stripped of his u

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-rising-tide-dissent-turkey-call-democracy-and-justice - 2025-05-01

Published 28 March 2025 CMES scholars gathered for a productive and insightful research retreat on writing research applications. Eighteen CMES scholars gathered at the MaryHill Estate, just outside Glumslöv, for a two-day research retreat focused on fostering collaboration and sharing valuable lessons in writing research applications.Throughout the retreat, participants discussed different types

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-research-retreat-art-writing-successful-research-applications - 2025-05-01

By charlotte [dot] leire [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Leire) - published 16 October 2023 The picture was generated with AI. Would you be able to abstain from buying a shirt if you could buy one for your avatar instead? A new article explores the role of digitization for sustainable consumption. In an age where our digital presence is increasing, in everything from traditional computer g

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/can-virtual-shopping-satisfy-ones-consumption-urge - 2025-05-01

Published 23 October 2023 Photo: Håkan Rodhe On 20th October, Lund University has organized a workshop on post-growth for organisations and their role in manoeuvring change processes, how to organise for a post-growth economy and society, and the emerging scholarship in the field. The need for alternatives to current production, consumption, and lifestyle patterns is widely acknowledged among deci

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/workshop-iiiee-addressed-post-growth-business-and-welfare - 2025-05-01

Published 26 October 2023 Björn Wickenberg and Kes McCormick, researchers from IIIEE and SLU, attending a major conference on Earth System Governance. In 2023, the Earth System Governance Conference is hosted by Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The Earth System Governance Conference features a focus on bridging sciences and societies for sustainability transformations – highlightin

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-earth-system-governance-conference - 2025-05-01

Published 2 November 2023 ​​​​​​​The IIIEE in collaboration with Viable Cities has launched a new online course on cities, climate and change with a focus on developing transformative skills and capacities. This course explores how we can design, create and achieve climate neutral and sustainable cities. We embrace the “mission to the moon” approach for tackling greenhouse emissions from cities pu

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/cities-climate-and-change-new-online-course-iiiee - 2025-05-01

By charlotte [dot] leire [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Leire) - published 3 November 2023 The Knowledge platform Climate-neutral cities 2030 – Open Academy continues the quest to bring researchers and Mission cities together to explore the paths forward for climate-neutrality. After focusing on the mobility and transportation sector in spring, we now turn our attention towards the role o

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/climate-neutral-cities-2030-next-steps-carbon-storage - 2025-05-01

By charlotte [dot] leire [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Leire) - published 10 November 2023 IIIEE will be co-hosting a webinar and high-level panel discussion on Energy Efficiency, on the 17th of November, and Lena Neij will be the moderator, Can we transform the energy system without energy efficiency?  The growing challenges of today's society calls for a wider discussion on energy effi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/high-level-panel-energy-efficiency - 2025-05-01

By charlotte [dot] leire [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Leire) - published 13 November 2023 IIIEE researchers Anna Elfström and Josefine Henman presented research findings on rebound effects and social risks of lifestyle changes in line with the 1.5° target at the Lund University conference "Knowledge for Sustainable Development - How to make impact". On November 7, Lund University's orga

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/conference-presentation-rebound-effects-and-social-risks-lifestyle-changes - 2025-05-01

By charlotte [dot] leire [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Leire) - published 17 November 2023 A recent grant from Formas will support a new transdisciplinary project exploring “Re-” activities of reuse, repair, refurbishing and recycling in practice. Jessika Richter, IIIEE, together with Hervé Corvellec, the Department of Service Studies at Lund University, and Anna Seravalli, School of Art

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-research-project-reuse-repair-and-recycling-consumers-good-and-their-components - 2025-05-01

By charlotte [dot] leire [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Leire) - published 16 November 2023 Malmö, Helsingborg and Lund, all aiming to be climate-neutral cities by 2030, will together with the IIIEE conduct pilot studies focusing on citizen dialogue and climate investment plans. The Mission cities Helsingborg, Lund, and Malmö have all been granted funding for pilot studies concerning acce

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/three-new-pilot-studies-accelerating-climate-neutrality - 2025-05-01

By charlotte [dot] leire [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Leire) - published 20 November 2023 In mid-November, the annual national conference for student chaplains were held in Lund. The doctoral students of IIIEE, Frans Libertson and Gustav Osberg, were invited to talk about the opinion piece that they authored for Sydsvenskan earlier this year. The student chaplains have recently experien

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/hope-agency-and-future-inner-transitions-and-tools-continued-hope - 2025-05-01

By charlotte [dot] leire [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Leire) - published 22 November 2023 Photo: Håkan Rodhe The IIIEE alumna Iryna Stavchuk, student in our Master in Environmental Management and Policy, 2004-2005, is nominated as one of the BBC 100 most inspiring and influential women 2023! There is a lot going on about our alumna Iryna Stavchuk. The war pushed her out of her deputy-mi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-alumna-bbc-100-list-most-inspiring-and-influential-women-2023 - 2025-05-01

By charlotte [dot] leire [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Leire) - published 29 November 2023 IIIEE researcher Matthias Lehner recently featured in an article for Mistra, discussing the intricate relationship between digitization and sustainable consumption. Children who prioritize Minecoins over real currency, and young men engrossed in driving virtual cars in computer games could be early

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/digitization-friend-or-foe-sustainable-consumption-interview-iiiee-researcher - 2025-05-01

Published 5 December 2023 Photo: Kenneth Ruona In the recent assessment from QS World University Rankings, Lund University was ranked as number 8 in the world, number three in Europe and number one in Sweden! The ranking is an assessment on how universities are tackling the global challenges within sustainability. This is the second year the rankings have been produced, and LU has climbed four pla

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-global-sustainability-global-ranking - 2025-05-01