We have produced an annotated bibliograhy with the intention to provide an overview of the debate around the Syrian Climate-Migration-Conflict Nexus, as part of our research project. We aim to update this bibliography as new papers are published on the topic, during the course of the project. By Gianna Angermayr, Pinar Dinc, Bénédicte Anthony and…
This is a question I keep asking myself when reading news articles and research articles about climate change and migration, or as they are usually framed: climate refugees. A few weeks ago I read a debate article in my local Swedish newspaper with the headline: “In 30 years, 200 million people will be forced to…
I still see a lot of people claiming that the 2007-2009 drought in the Middle East CAUSED the Syrian civil war. This is used as an example of how climate change can (will) lead to conflicts and migration in the future, based on the idea that this alarmist narrative will lead to more climate action.…
I started of 2017 with a blog post summarizing what I had done, research wise, in 2016, what the highlights had been, and what I wanted to accomplish during 2017. As 2017 was coming to an end, I realized that I could use that post and go back to see if my goals had been…
Why does a researcher need to know how to motivate an elephant? Why is it so scary to talk to journalists? And why would you need a message box? Here is a summary of the things I learned while attending the Vega Fellows training in Science Communication and Leadership at Tvärminne Zoological Station early this…
I’m thinking about stopping attending academic conferences. When I first started my PhD I would pass time by looking for conferences to go to, and I would dream about the places I’d see and the people I’d meet. Six years into my academic career I feel like conferences are mostly a waste of time. Why…
2016 was the first year of my post-doctoral studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, at Lund University. Although there wasn’t a big change from my PhD studies in terms of work environment, the format of my work changed. Instead of having 4 years to do a project, I had one year to write…
“The Middle East is importing virtual water from countries who, in the future, are likely to have to import their own virtual water” Read the whole article here!
I acknowledge that the Middle East is faced with many challenges. Failed states, civil war, terrorism, lack of democracy, unstable economies, corruption and oppression are just a few examples of these challenges. Another challenge that often comes second to these urgent issues, is the one of sustainability. Sustainability is a concept that most people know…
I’m having problems with motivation right now, as I’m more or less waiting for articles to get accepted and to defend my thesis, so I thought it might be a good idea to publish a text I wrote in 2010 for a course in Middle Eastern studies. I’ve modified it a bit but have not…
Population and Environment in the Middle East 