‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers

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Swedes of all ages also have the opportunity to study at university - for free. (On-line / in person.) @lundsuniversitet.bsky.social

#BookHistory #LundsUniversitet

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Protester för döva öron – hörselutbildningen i Lund stoppas ”Det har varit en smärtsam process.”

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Hellmark blandar bort korten. Hans egen nämnd beslutar om antalet platser och för egen statistik över antalet sökande. Problemet är INTE för få sökande, utan vad fakulteten väljer att prioritera.
#lundsuniversitet

Har ni hört? Hörselutbildningen i Lund försvinner Enhetschef: ”Vi är oerhört bekymrade.”

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Min arbetsplats. De små utbildningarna har det ekonomiskt tufft pga fakultetens prioriteringar. Nytt stort hus -> ökade lokalkostnader och mindre kvar till undervisning. #lundsuniversitet

#tystainteminkompis #jagärdavid #klimat #klimatnödläge #demokrati #yttrandefrihet #vikommergöraalltvikan #aktivtmedborgarskap #klimataktivism #lund #lundsuniversitet

Fastighetsägare vill höja hyran – river fungerande kök - P4 Malmöhus

Lundaforskning: Fungerande kök rivs för högre hyra. Enligt ny studie slängs kök trots full funktion, pga. hyreshöjningsregler. #Lundsuniversitet #Hyresrätt

CMES researcher Hebatalla Taha was recently interviewed in the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan about US bombings in Iran and the future of nuclear weapons in the Middle East: www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-06-27/l...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #sydsvenskan #iran #middleeast #mena #nuclearweapons

CMES Director Karin Aggestam participates in this week's episode of Radiokorrespondenterna Mellanöstern: www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/tva-...
#cmes #lundsuniversitet #lunduniversity #sverigesradio #sr #mellanöstern #middleeast #israel #iran #gaza #internationalpolitics #politicalscience

CMES Director Karin Aggestam was interviewed in Swedish Radio yesterday about the Iran-Israel ceasefire and the prospects for diplomacy: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/sake...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #lund #iran #israel #internationalpolitics #politicalscience #middleeast

New CMES Regional Outlook: "Global Responses to the Escalating Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza", written by Lisa Strömbom: www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #gaza #israel #humanitariancrisis #globalpolitics

Read the May-June CMES Newsletter about recent research activities and new publications: cmes.ungapped.io/Issues/e1fea...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #mena #politicalscience #newsletter

CMES is happy to announce the new MECW project for 2025-2028, which will focus on satellite water investigation of fragile terrains in the Middle East: www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-...
#cmes #lund #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleest

On June 12–13, CMES hosted the symposium "Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities: Imagining the Nation in Urban Space" at Lunds universitet.
www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
#cmes #lund #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #symposium

On 13 June, Anne Lene Stein successfully defended her PhD thesis "Agonism against the odds: Epistemic disruptions and bodies of dissent in Palestine and Israel".
www.cmes.lu.se/sites/cmes.l...

#cmes #lund #phdviva #politicalscience #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #israel #palestine #agonism

"Meaning-Making and the Politics of Intergenerational Injustice in Jordan". Read the recent contribution to the APSA-MENA Newsletter by CMES researcher Adam Almqvist: zenodo.org/records/1533...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #jordan #middleeast #mena

Concluding the three-year project "Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities: Exploring the Politics of Memory, Space, and Religion", CMES will host a symposium on 12-13 June: www.cmes.lu.se/sites/cmes.l...

#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #lund #symposium

Visst, i Lundagård ligger ju universitets huvudbyggnad, men är det verkligen bara där som det ska råda akademisk frihet? #lund #lundpol #lundsuniversitet

Applications are now open for the CMES Call for Research Initiation. The application deadline is 18 August 2025. Read more here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
#cmes #lund #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #mena #researchinitation

Tommorow, CMES will host a public talk with renowned Swedish writer and journalist Göran Rosenberg on the future of Israel, in conversation with Lisa Strömbom (Lund University) www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...
@lund-university.bsky.social
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #israel #middleeast

Last week, Rola El-Husseini Dean held a CMES Research Seminar on the rise and fall of Hezbollah.
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #hezbollah #lebanon #politicalscience #researchseminar

CMES Researcher @pinardinch.bsky.social has been interviewed in international media regarding the dismantling of the PKK.
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #pkk #turkey #kurds #politicalscience #internationalrelations

📬 Read the April CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications: ui.ungpd.com//Issues/22da...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #mena #newsletter

Call: CMES Workshop Proposals
📅 Application deadline is 30 May 2025.
Read more here: lnkd.in/dTs-xaqm

#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #workshop #grants #middleeast

Anne Lene Stein (Lund University) visited CMES to share her work on an agonistic approach to ethnographic research in Palestine and Israel: www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...

#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #lund #politicalscience #israel #palestine #ethnographicresearch

A recent CMES Research Seminar with Professor Christie S. Warren offered a look into the complex journey of rebuilding Syria after years of devastating conflict: www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #syria

Applications are now open for the CMES Travel Grant of Autumn 2025! Application deadline is 30 May 2025. Read more and apply: www.cmes.lu.se/article/call...

#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #travelgrant

CMES researchers @pinardinch.bsky.social and Hossein Hashemi took part in the Strategic Research Area Leadership Development program at Lund University during the 2024–2025 academic year.

#cmes #lund #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #strategicresearchareas #middleeast #leadershipprogram

Yesterday, Professor Kristin Soraya Batmanghelichi (University of Oslo) visited CMES for a research seminar on "Iran's Mothers of "Martyrs": Public Dissent in Times of Sorrow": www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
#cmes #lund #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #middleeaststudies #iran

Improving Drought Forecasting in Iran’s Arid Regions Using Machine Learning and Soft Computing Approaches. New article by Ronny Berndtsson: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #foodproduction #groundwater #droughtprediction #machinelearning

CMES Researcher Pınar Dinç has co-edited a new book: "The Republic of Turkey and its Unresolved Issues: 100 Years and Beyond". Available as open access here: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #politicalscience #turkey

📬 Read the March CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications: ui.ungpd.com//Issues/7dad...

#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast