By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 September 2020 Photo: Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash New research by CMES Raed Bashitialshaaer: "The results indicate that the professors and students faced self-imposed obstacles, as well as pedagogical, technical, and financial or organizational obstacles. Recommendations are presented to overcome and understand t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/exploratory-study-obstacles-achieving-quality-distance-learning-during-covid-19-pandemic - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 18 September 2020 https://web.uoz.edu.krd This new project has now been been approved and signed by University of Zakho (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) and CMES, Lund University.  The project will start with a course ''Research Methodology'' for master students from two departments at UOZ.  More about University of Zakho Co

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-project-empowerment-and-evaluation-postgraduate-courses-scientific-research-approaches-based-e - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 21 September 2020 Nationalistic arson? An interdisciplinary approach to forest fires and conflicts Today CMES researchers Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund are presenting in this POLLEN (Political Ecology Network) conference. Their paper is "Nationalistic arson? An interdisciplinary approach to forest fires and conflicts." In

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/geopolitical-ecologies-violence-and-resistance - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 September 2020 Karin Aggestam will start her job as Director of the Centre for Middle eastern Studies October 1. She is a Professor of Political Science and holds the Samuel Pufendorf Endowed Chair (Ragnar Söderbergs and Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelser). Karin is also Honorary Professor at University of Queensland and

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/karin-aggestam-new-director-cmes - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 28 September 2020 Orwa Ajjoub is an affiliated researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. On the 19th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, the debate surrounding al-Qaeda strength is still alive among scholars and experts. Along with other researchers Hasan Abu Hanieh and Marwan Shehadeh, CMES researcher Orwa Ajjoub

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/al-qaeda-has-never-been-weaker-now - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 22 September 2020 Dragomanen is the annual publication of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. The coming issue of Dragomanen, the annual publication of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, has been co-edited by Anders Ackfeldt and Leif Stenberg and is dedicated to the topic of leisure.  CMES researcher H

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coming-issue-dragomanenis-about-leisure - 2025-06-29

By natascha [dot] kljun [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Natascha Kljun and Julia Kelly) - published 6 August 2024 A Swedish forest after a fire. Photo: Natascha Kljun Even in Earth’s high northern-latitude forest, climate change is predicted to make wildfires more frequent and severe.Earth’s far north hosts the boreal forest, a vast green belt that stretches from North America to Siberia. The boreal f

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forests-destroyed-wildfires-emit-carbon-long-after-flames-die - 2025-06-29

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 22 August 2024 Children in areas with lower socioeconomic levels gain the most from targeted nature projects, especially if they have no direct access to nature close to where they live. Photo: Anna Avdeeva/iStockphoto The income and education levels of a child’s environment determine their relationship to nature

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/socioeconomic-circumstances-shape-childrens-connection-nature-more-where-they-live - 2025-06-29

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 2 October 2024 António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, speaking at COP15 in Montreal, Canada. Photo: Maria Blasi In 2022, the world's nations achieved a "Paris Agreement for nature" — the Kunming-Montreal Framework, negotiated during COP15 in Canada. Now, the follow-up meeting, COP16, is set to take place in Cali

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/policy-insights-ahead-cop16-colombia - 2025-06-29

Published 17 October 2024 Stricter environmental requirements and alternative sources of income for the population are needed to stop deforestation in the Amazon, Jesica López's thesis shows. Photo: Sara Håkansson In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threatens the environment, climate and indigenous people in the Amazon. More

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-thesis-highlights-sustainable-solutions-protect-amazon-rainforest - 2025-06-29

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 15 October 2024 The Ecology building, Lund University. Photo: Sara Håkansson. CEC is responsible for the interdisciplinary PhD programme in Environmental Science. CEC now announces funding to partly finance up to three (3) doctoral student projects, where the doctoral students are admitted to the PhD programme in

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/funding-doctoral-student-projects-environmental-science-0 - 2025-06-29

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 24 October 2024 Long-term effective methods are needed to curb the negative effects of coastal erosion. Within the LIFE Coast Adapt project, researchers from Lund University, together with officials from Region Skåne and several coastal municipalities in Skåne, have tested various nature-based methods to contribute to a practi

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/collaboration-led-methods-can-protect-our-coastal-environments-erosion - 2025-06-29

By jesica [dot] lopez [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Jesica López) - published 25 October 2024 Photo: Dylan Shaw/Unsplash The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfil previous pledges to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and water and restore 30% of degraded

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/colombia-hosts-un-biodiversity-summit-its-own-amazonian-rainforest-crisis - 2025-06-29

Published 28 November 2024 What were the main outcomes of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 and what happened behind the scenes? Here are key takeaways from our webinar with negotiators, researchers, NGOs and other experts. On 21 November, some 150 people tuned into the webinar Post COP16 analysis: From biodiversity commitments to action. The event was co-organized by SIANI, Focali, Stockholm E

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/post-match-analysis-cop16-learn-what-happened-and-why-it-matters - 2025-06-29

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 10 December 2024 Grass fodder production in southern Sweden. Photo: Josefin Winberg. Bioenergy plays a vital role in the transition to a fossil-free society. However, the "unused" agricultural land, so-called marginal land, deemed suitable for bioenergy cultivation in southern Sweden is practically nonexistent, a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/land-identified-crucial-swedish-bioenergy-already-occupied-new-study-shows - 2025-06-29

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 10 December 2024 Lund University. Photo: Kennet Ruona. Lund University has achieved third place globally in the QS Sustainability Rankings, according to a press release issued by the university on Tuesday. The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability evaluates approximately 1,750 institutions worldwide on the

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-systematic-efforts-behind-lund-universitys-top-sustainability-ranking - 2025-06-29

Publicerad 21 september 2017 Här kan du se våra studenter i höst! Alexandra NordbergGöteborgs Stadsteater, Utvandrarna, regi Pontus Stenshäll, premiär 8/9http://www.stadsteatern.goteborg.se/pa-scen/2017-2018/utvandrarna/Jasser Al-Faisal HeitatMalmö Stadsteater, Det svarta vattnet, regi Martin Rosengardten, premiär 15/9https://www.malmostadsteater.se/det-svarta-vattnetHelmon SolomonFolkteatern Göte

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/praktik-2017 - 2025-06-29

Publicerad 28 september 2017 SEMINARIUM, 350-ÅRSJUBILEUM Hur berättar man med musik?Vad innebär det när jazzimprovisation sägs fungera som ”storytelling”? Begreppet storytelling är sekelgammalt och väl inarbetat i jazzmusiken. Jazzpianisten och universitetslektorn Sven Bjerstedt har undersökt hur det uppfattas av femton kända svenska jazzmusiker alltifrån Bengt Hallberg till Lena Willemark. Detta

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/jubileumskurs-storytelling-i-jazzimprovisation - 2025-06-29

Publicerad 17 oktober 2017 Soppköket - ett sceniskt experiment. Öppet test med publik lördag den 21/10 kl 12.00Högerpopulism och fascism är allt mer närvarande i samtiden, både på gatorna och i Facebookflödena. Idag är det inte längre tabubelagt att uttrycka främlingsfientliga åsikter och nätaktivisterna har börjat ta steget ut i offentligheten genom aktioner och manifestationer. I den här scenen

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/var-doktorand-john-hanse-ar-pa-helsingborgs-stadsteater - 2025-06-29

Publicerad 20 november 2017 Teaterhögskolans alumn Rikard Wolff har fysiskt lämnat världen.Men hans konstnärliga gärning finns kvar och vi är honom evigt tacksamma för allt han gett.

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/till-minne-av-rikard-wolff-1958-2017 - 2025-06-29