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Applications are now open for CMES Project Proposals (2025-2028) as well as CMES Writing Retreats (2025). Call for Project Proposals (2025-2028) CMES supports three-year-research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES encourages collaboration between scholars from different disciplines at Lund University

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-calls-project-proposals-2025-2028-and-writing-retreats-2025 - 2026-05-07

Sami Al-Daghistani has recently published an article discussing the emic-etic distinction in Islamic Studies with a special focus on Norway. Sami Al-Daghistani“Emic-Etic Distinction and Islamic Studies in Oslo/Norway,” Tidsskrift for religion og kultur (Journal for Religion and Culture), Issue 1 (September) 2024, Open Accesshttps://ojs.novus.no/index.php/DIN/article/view/2288/2260

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sami-al-daghistani-emic-etic-distinction-and-islamic-studies-oslonorway - 2026-05-07

Sami Al-Daghistani has won the Islamic Economics Research Award for 2024 by ILKE Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, for his work on Islamic economics and ethics, and his book The Making of Islamic Economic Thought (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021) has won a prestigious award in Islamic Studies and was also nominated for another European award. Congratulations Sami! Awards Research Award Sami

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/awards-sami-al-daghistani - 2026-05-07

In this closing workshop of the project the aim is to present the results and findings of the project’s empirical work and engage the audience in an open dialogue with the researchers and an expert panel in order to provide further insights and challenge some of the misconceptions on refugee movement and decision-making particularly the ones perpetuated in the media. The purpose is to shed light o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/refugee-decision-making-first-countries-asylum - 2026-05-07

Karin Aggestam and Tim Dunne have co-authored the chapter “The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria”, in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (3d edition), eds S. Smith, A. Hadfield, and T. Dunne, Oxford: Oxford University Press AbstractThis chapter argues that the international community’s response to the Syrian civil war was a failure of resolute diplomacy. It first recounts how a pop

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/failure-diplomacy-and-protection-syria - 2026-05-07

On behalf of Lund University and the United Nations University (UNU), Prof. Erik Renström and Prof. Kaveh Madani invite you to the official launch ceremony for the UNU Hub on “Water in a Changing Environment” at Lund University. Lund University is proud to become the second UNU Hub in Europe to address the global issues related to Water in a Changing Environment (WISE). This initiative is created

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/united-nations-university-hub-launch-ceremony - 2026-05-07

This Regional Outlook focuses on the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections, their political consequences, and how the elections were affected by the War on Gaza. Earlier this fall, on September 10th, almost 1.5 million Jordanians (31% of eligible voters) cast their ballots to elect the country’s 20th parliament. The election’s major victor was the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-jordanian-parliamentary-elections - 2026-05-07

During Almedalsveckan 2024, CMES hosted a variety of events. Two panel discussions are now available to watch in their entirety: "Israel Palestina en olöslig konflikt" and "Kriser, krig och klimatförändringar – hur tar vi hand om begränsade vattenresurser?" Please note that the following article as well as the Almedalen videos are in Swedish.Israel Palestina – en olöslig konflikt?Vilka är de lång

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/watch-cmes-events-almedalsveckan-2024 - 2026-05-07

This Regional Outlook focuses on the prospect for Israeli and Palestinian peace activism and how, during times of pressure, solidarity groups redress their methods. In the aftermath of October 7th, with Israeli hostages still in captivity and ongoing war, destruction and violence in Gaza, prospects for future peaceful coexistence in the region seem more distant than ever. In conjunction, Hamas’ ha

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-any-prospect-peace-activism - 2026-05-07

Application deadline: 9 December 2024. A 4-year fully funded PhD position at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) is now open for applications.The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies is coordinating the Strategic Research Area (SRA) and the research program “The Middle East in the Contemporary World” (MECW). The program conducts cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-phd-student-political-science-nuclear-politics-middle-east - 2026-05-07

CMES Researcher Lisa Strömbom has written an article published in The Conversation on Israel's relations with the United Nations. AbstractIsrael’s relationship with the United Nations has historically been strained, but over the past year, tensions have reached new levels. On October 28, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) passed a law to prohibit operations of the UN’s relief and works agency (U

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israels-relations-un-hit-new-low-unrwa-ban-0 - 2026-05-07

Geologiska Institutionen erbjuder två dagar med demonstration av fältmetoder och en eftermiddag med föreläsningar om FLUTe-liner metodik i samarbete med G360-gruppen vid University of Guelph , öppet för konsulter, myndigheter, entreprenörer och andra som kan vara intresserade. Mer information och anmälan: https://www.geology.lu.se/research/events/two-days-field-method-demonstration-and-afternoon-l

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/geologiska-institutionen-erbjuder-tva-dagar-med-demonstration-av-faltmetoder-och-en-eftermiddag-med - 2026-05-07

Stig M. och Birgitta Bergströms stiftelse för geologisk forskning Ändamål: att främja jordisk och planetär pre-kvartär historisk-geologisk forskning (fossil, berggrund och geologisk utveckling) i Sverige och utomlands av studenter och andra associerade med Lunds universitet. Stiftelsens ändamål ska huvudsakligen främjas genom bidrag eller stipendium till enskilda för avgränsade forskningsprojekt,

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/stig-m-och-birgitta-bergstroms-stiftelse-geologisk-forskning-ledigkungor-bidrag - 2026-05-07

It is with sadness that we inform that Professor Svante Björck has passed away. Svante played an important role for the department as well as for geological research in Sweden for several decades. Svante was active in research and education, and he has inspired many students to pursue a career in geology, not least through his engagement in our introductory course in Geology. Svante was also a ver

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/professor-svante-bjorck-has-passed-away - 2026-05-07

Vale! Praeclarissime Doctor! Grattis till våra nypromoverade doktorer

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/vale-praeclarissime-doctor-grattis-till-vara-nypromoverade-doktorer - 2026-05-07

Daniel Conley, professor vid geologiska institutionen, får Björn Carlsons Östersjöpris tillsammans med en kollega vid Aarhus universitet. Priset på tre miljoner kronor får de för sina innovativa forskningsinsatser för Östersjöns miljö. Läs nyheten på fakultetens webbplats

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/geologiprofessor-belonas-med-fint-ostersjopris - 2026-05-07

Helena Alexanderson är en av de medverkande forskarna i ett nytt tvärvetenskapligt projekt (tema) vid Pufendorfinstitutet i Lund. Temat ”Kustperspektiv” ska undersöka hur perspektiv från skilda ämnesområden kan bidra till bättre kunskap och beslutsfattande om översvämningsrisker, kustskyddsåtgärder, klimatanpassning med mera. Läs mer här Kustperspektiv | PUFENDORFINSTITUTET (lu.se)

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/nytt-tvarvetenskapligt-projekt-om-kuster - 2026-05-07

Mats Rundgren, Git Klintvik Ahlberg och Ingemar Hansson, som alla arbetar på Laboratoriet för C14-datering vid Geologiska institutionen, förklarar hur C14-datering går till i det senaste avsnittet av podcasten Arkeologi & Historia Sydost. Länk till podcasten: Arkeologi & Historia Sydost (arkeologiochhistoria.se)

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/podcast-avsnitt-om-c14-metoden - 2026-05-07

Björn Carlsons Östersjöpris 2023 tilldelas Jacob Carstensen, professor i Marine System Management vid Institutionen för ekovetenskap, Aarhus Universitet, Danmark och Daniel Conley, professor i biogeokemi, vid Geologiska institutionen, Lunds universitet, Sverige. Priset på 3 miljoner kronor delades ut den 26 september av H.R.H. Kronprinsessan Victoria på Grand Hotel i Stockholm. Jacob Carstensen oc

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/bjorn-carlsons-ostersjopris-2023-tilldelas-jacob-carstensen-professor-i-marine-system-management-vid - 2026-05-07

Mats E. Eriksson har precis släppt sin tredje bok, "Death: The Antidote To Misery", där han ger sig ut i en fiktiv värld och kombinerar science fiction, skräck, mysterier och mörk humor. Utöver detta är verket självklart sprängfullt med paleontologisk fakta. Boken är skriven på engelska och innehåller nyproducerade konstverk av världsberömda skivomslagskonstnärer, som Joe Petagno, Dan Seagrave, Pä

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/paleontologiprofessor-ger-sig-ut-i-fiktionens-varld-i-ny-bok - 2026-05-07