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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 - 2026-09-05

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 - 2026-09-05

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 - 2026-09-05

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 - 2026-09-05

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 - 2026-09-05

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 - 2026-09-05

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 - 2026-09-05

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 - 2026-09-05

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 - 2026-09-05

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 - 2026-09-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Erik Ringmar's article, "How the World-Stage Makes Its Subjects: An Embodied Critique of Constructivist IR Theory," has just been published by the Journal of International Relations and Development. ”The world is a stage and it is only by appearing on this world stage that the state becomes r

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-performance-politics - 2026-09-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: The volume EU Civil Society: Patterns of Cooperation, Competition and Conflict is recently published by Palgrave Macmillan. Sara Kalm and Håkan Johansson from The School of Social Work (LU) are co-editors and authors of the introductory chapter. Ylva Stubbergaard contributes the chapter "Conf

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kalm-stubbergaard-and-hedling-new-book-eu-civil-society - 2026-09-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Ole Elgström and Natalia Chaban, University of Canterbury, have written the chapter "Studying External Perceptions of the EU: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches" in the e-book Looking in from the Outside: Perceptions of the EU in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Editors: Veit Bach

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-external-perceptions-eu - 2026-09-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl has co-authored the article ”The ’Field’ in the Age of Intervention: Power, Legitimacy and Authority versus the ’Local’" which highlights the field and the semantic and socio-political meaning of the term as it is used in both academic research and policy practices. ”The ’Fie

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-analyses-field - 2026-09-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The course “Climate Change: a question of justice?” will be held just in time for the UN climate summit in Paris in December and is open to all with no registration fee. The Department of Political Science is collaborating with the Interdisciplinary Distance Learning Programme in Environmental Sciences (infernum) at H

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/un-climate-summit-paris-focus-interactive-open-online-course - 2026-09-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Erik Ringmar's latest book, "Liberal Barbarism: The European Destruction of the Palace of the Emperor of China," has just been published in paperback. This work explains why British and French armies destroyed Yuanmingyuan, the imperial palace north-west of Beijing, in 1860.Why did the Europe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-contradiction-between-civilization-and-barbarism - 2026-09-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Erik Ringmar's lecture on "Nomadic political theory," given at the Goethe University, Frankfurt, on June 25, 2015, is now available online. The lecture examines the way nomadic peoples have been treated throughout history by sedentary peoples, but also the way nomadsArabs, Mongols, etc. – have built empires founded on

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-nomadic-peoples-role-future-politics - 2026-09-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Bergman Rosamond has published the book chapter ’Humanitarian Relief Worker Sean Penn – A Contextual Story’ in the edited collection Celebrity Humanitarianism and North-South Relations. Politics, Place and Power (Lisa Ann Richey, editor), published by Routledge. Learn more at tandf.net

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bergman-rosamond-sean-penn-and-celebrity-humanitarianism - 2026-09-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Hanna Bäck has co-authored the article "Partisanship, Ministers, and Biotechnology Policy" (with Marc Debus and Jale Tosun), which has been published in the journal Review of Policy Research. Learn more. Hanna BäckAbstractResearch in public policy and political economy has provided many insig

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/chances-biotech-ban-increase-christian-democrats-government - 2026-09-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jan Teorell has published the article ”A Quality of Government Peace? Explaining the Onset of Militarized Interstate Disputes, 1985–2001” in the journal International Interactions: Empirical and Theoretical Research in International Relations. AbstractThat democracies do not wage wars against

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/quality-government-well-influence-democracy-prevents-war - 2026-09-05