Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:54:18 +0000Latest in Middle East research/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-spaceFri, 23 Feb 2024 15:54:18 +0000/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-spacePhysical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images. Her analyses could be significant if, once the fighting between Israel and Hamas is over, questions of possible war crimes are raised at the International Court of Justice in The Hague./article/sand-and-dust-storm-research-find-answers-ai-and-ancient-knowledgeFri, 05 May 2023 12:39:15 +0000/article/sand-and-dust-storm-research-find-answers-ai-and-ancient-knowledgeThe Middle East and North African region lose about $ 13 billion a year because of increasing sand and dust storms. By combining learnings from artificial intelligence and 3000-year-old sustainable methods, researchers might be on the way to finding out how to mitigate the damages./article/sweden-must-stand-turkey-conflict-over-valuesMon, 06 Mar 2023 09:03:36 +0000/article/sweden-must-stand-turkey-conflict-over-valuesDoes negotiating Sweden's NATO membership mean that the government is prepared to tinker with basic human rights and values? According to two political scientists, there is a risk of this happening./article/young-tunisia-value-democracy-choose-otherwiseMon, 21 Nov 2022 13:53:32 +0000/article/young-tunisia-value-democracy-choose-otherwiseWhat happened to the generation that experienced the Jasmin revolution in Tunisia as young? How are their views different from those who were only small children and do not remember the expectations of more freedom and bread? Studies in focus groups representing both Generation Z and Millennials in the region give unexpected answers but still hold some optimism for further democratisation. /article/aggressively-patriarchal-worldview-attracted-swedish-womenWed, 02 Nov 2022 09:12:03 +0000/article/aggressively-patriarchal-worldview-attracted-swedish-womenContrary to popular belief, Swedish women who have joined IS were not simply passively manipulated by men. A new study from �۶���Ƶ suggests that it was a strict religious culture, which opposes gender equality, and modern gender roles and norms, that attracted Swedish women to join the Islamic State./article/world-fire-how-do-we-adapt-hotter-planetThu, 27 Oct 2022 09:33:25 +0000/article/world-fire-how-do-we-adapt-hotter-planetResearchers around the globe agree: the Earth is getting warmer and warmer, extreme weather such as heatwaves and long droughts increase the risk of wildfires. The group Wildfires in the Anthropocene at the Pufendorf Institute connects researchers from across �۶���Ƶ who study fires from different perspectives: climate change, health, environmental security, fire safety and biodiversity./article/we-can-provide-knowledge-when-human-rights-are-violated-vice-chancellors-blogWed, 05 Oct 2022 14:44:49 +0000/article/we-can-provide-knowledge-when-human-rights-are-violated-vice-chancellors-blogIn the past week, several reports of the human rights protests in Iran have reached the wider world. �۶���Ƶ has also been touched by these protests, which have spread and are now visible in the West, on the streets, in social media and the European Parliament, for example./article/other-sides-story-how-immigrants-children-experience-lifeWed, 15 Jun 2022 07:40:04 +0000/article/other-sides-story-how-immigrants-children-experience-lifeHow does migration and globalisation shape the lives of individuals in various countries and how does it affect the children of immigrants in terms of integration, identity, and cultural expressions? Do they themselves use the word integration? These questions occupy sociologist Dalia Abdelhady who is about to conclude a study of three populations in the US, in France and in Germany, based on their own experiences. /article/role-drought-syrian-war-was-exaggeratedMon, 11 Apr 2022 10:32:47 +0000/article/role-drought-syrian-war-was-exaggeratedWith the aid of satellite images, researchers at �۶���Ƶ in Sweden have uncovered unique data on the severe drought that hit Syria between 2007 and 2009. Previously, many politicians and researchers believed that it was decisive for the outbreak of war in 2011. However, the new results indicate that agricultural land had already recovered by 2010./article/knowledge-about-climate-stress-could-counteract-conflictsThu, 13 Jan 2022 10:04:30 +0000/article/knowledge-about-climate-stress-could-counteract-conflictsTo 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.” /article/new-aspects-israel-palestine-conflictThu, 03 Jun 2021 10:20:51 +0000/article/new-aspects-israel-palestine-conflictFew conflicts today seem as difficult to resolve as the one between Israel and Palestine – a conflict concerning territory, religion and historical claims reaching back a thousand years. The recent violence between Israel and Hamas, the infected question of Jerusalem’s status and an increasing separation between the populations make the journey towards peace seem particularly long./article/access-clean-water-not-option-everyone-lund-researchers-are-helping-rural-areas-kazakhstanThu, 11 Apr 2019 14:13:26 +0000/article/access-clean-water-not-option-everyone-lund-researchers-are-helping-rural-areas-kazakhstanLiving in a community with access to clean water and functioning sanitation is a basic requirement for people’s good health. In Kazakhstan in Central Asia, people cannot depend on a reliable water supply and many are at risk of contracting serious infectious diseases. However, the country now wants to focus on improving public health and has turned to �۶���Ƶ for help./article/intact-mass-grave-discovered-ancient-egyptian-siteFri, 14 Dec 2018 15:16:06 +0000/article/intact-mass-grave-discovered-ancient-egyptian-siteThe Swedish-Egyptian archaeological mission at Gebel el Silsila, Egypt, led by Dr. Maria Nilsson and John Ward from �۶���Ƶ, has discovered an intact pharaonic chamber tomb – the first at the site, and a rare discovery in Egypt. /article/eye-dust-stormWed, 22 Aug 2018 22:00:00 +0000/article/eye-dust-stormDust storms used to be a weather phenomenon associated with aridity and desert. This has now changed, and today they are occurring in places all over the Middle East, and more frequently than before. This peaked the interest of researcher Hossein Hashemi, who says that dust storms are one of the most pressing sustainability, economic, and health challenges currently facing the region./article/learning-past-looking-towards-future-mending-societies-after-fighting-stopsThu, 22 Feb 2018 23:00:00 +0000/article/learning-past-looking-towards-future-mending-societies-after-fighting-stopsWhen war is over it is crucial to make the right infrastructure decisions to avoid future conflicts and social tensions. At MECW the research project “Infrastructure choices in post-conflict situations: Opportunities for sustainability and resilience?” looks into the rebuilding process in the Middle East and investigates how to make informed choices for energy, water, transport systems and agricultural policy. The project is led by Helen Avery, researcher at MECW./article/four-intact-child-burials-found-gebel-el-silsila-egyptMon, 18 Dec 2017 15:39:54 +0000/article/four-intact-child-burials-found-gebel-el-silsila-egyptThe Swedish-Egyptian archaeological mission at Gebel el Silsila, Egypt, led by Dr. Maria Nilsson from �۶���Ƶ and John Ward, has discovered four intact child burials at the site. The findings could provide important clues into family life at the ancient quarry./article/twelve-new-tombs-discovered-gebel-el-silsila-egyptThu, 12 Jan 2017 10:29:37 +0000/article/twelve-new-tombs-discovered-gebel-el-silsila-egyptThe Swedish mission at Gebel el Silsila, led by Dr. Maria Nilsson from �۶���Ƶ and John Ward, has discovered 12 new tombs dating from the 18th Dynasty (Thutmosid period), including crypts cut into the rock, rock-cut tombs with one or two chambers ,niches possibly used for offering, a tomb containing multiple animal burials, and several juvenal burials, some intact.