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The Department of Physics welcomes Jennifer Graham, previously a postdoctoral researcher at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, as one of Lund University’s new Global Research Fellows. Drawn to Lund by ESS and a dynamic research environmentJennifer Graham was initially attracted to Lund because of the European Spallation Source (ESS), now taking shape just outside the city — a facility tha

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/jennifer-graham-appointed-global-research-fellow-faculty-science - 2026-05-27

The Department of Physics wishes to honour the memory of Ragnar Bengtsson, who passed away on 22 January 2026. As a Professor of Mathematical Physics at LTH and a distinguished researcher in theoretical nuclear-structure physics, he left a profound mark on his field. Here, his colleagues and friends Sven Åberg and Ingemar Ragnarsson share their memories of Ragnar and his importance to both researc

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/memory-ragnar-bengtsson - 2026-05-27

Anne‑Lise Viotti, researcher at the Division of Atomic Physics, has been awarded a five‑year research grant of SEK 15 million from ÅForsk. The funding will enable her group to deepen and further develop their work on ultrafast extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light, an area with significant potential for both fundamental science and future technological applications. Paving the way for new understanding

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/major-research-grant-awarded-anne-lise-viotti-ground-breaking-xuv-studies - 2026-05-27

Lund physicist Armin Tavakoli’s research centres on one of the most fundamental questions in quantum physics: What is actually possible? He is now being recognised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) for developing methods that help researchers map the limits of the quantum world. When the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced this year’s award recipients, physicist Armin Tavakoli

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/royal-swedish-academy-sciences-highlights-armin-tavakolis-work-convex-optimisation-methods - 2026-05-27

Researchers at the Department of Physics contribute key expertise to two new strategic research areas that the Swedish Research Council has recently recommended the government to establish. The initiatives focus on advanced semiconductor materials and quantum technology. These are two fields that are crucial for the future energy transition, digitalisation and technological development. Advanced s

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/research-department-physics-contributes-two-new-strategic-research-areas - 2026-05-27

The Department of Physics is today flying its flag at half‑mast following the sudden death of a member of staff.

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/flag-flown-half-mast - 2026-05-27

Professor Emeritus Hermann Grimmeiss has passed away at the age of 95. He was the first Professor of Solid State Physics in Lund and a central figure in the development of the research environment that laid the foundations for today’s successful activities in semiconductor and nanoscience at Lund University. Hermann Grimmeiss came to Lund in 1966 from Philips in Aachen and Eindhoven, where he had

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/memoriam-hermann-grimmeiss-pioneer-semiconductor-physics-lund - 2026-05-27

On 20 April, the Department of Physics at Lund University welcomes visitors from the US‑based IG Nobel organisation, including its founder Marc Abrahams, together with members of The Young Academy of Sweden. The visit highlights curiosity‑driven physics research with unexpected perspectives. Representatives from the IG Nobel organisation, based in the United States, visit Lund University together

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/ig-nobel-founder-marc-abrahams-visits-department-physics - 2026-05-27

CMES Researcher Torsten Janson has written a review of Alison Scott-Baumann’s study "Paul Ricoeur: Empowering Education, Politics and Society" (published in 2023). The review is published on The London School of Economics and Political Science website blog. Review summaryAlison Scott–Baumann’s Paul Ricoeur: Empowering Education, Politics and Society employs Ricoeur’s philosophy to unpack contempor

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/paul-ricoeur-empowering-education-politics-and-society-review - 2026-05-27

Read the November CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications. The CMES Newsletter offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research. It is distributed regularly to a diverse audience of scholars, both within Lund University and beyond. Each issue features:Message From the DirectorLatest Research NewsUpcoming EventsRecent Publicat

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-47 - 2026-05-27

CMES Researcher Lisa Strömbom was interviewed in the Danish newspaper Politiken on Israel's relations with the UN, following the UNRWA ban. Lisa Strömbom is Associate Professor in Political Science and researcher at CMES. She studies identities in conflict, conflict transformation and historiography, recognition in intrastate conflict as well as on grassroots peacebuilding. Her main empirical focu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lisa-strombom-interviewed-politiken-israels-relations-un - 2026-05-27

LUCSUS researcher Sinem Kavak visited CMES to hold a seminar on Syrian refugees in Turkey and Lebanon. How can we understand the complex dynamics of gender and bodily strategies in the context of forced migration? As part of the CMES Seminar Series, Sinem Kavak, researcher at the Center for Sustainability Studies at Lund University (LUCSUS) and a research affiliate at the Raoul Wallenberg Institut

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/gendered-refugee-bodies-feminist-analysis-syrian-refugee-mobility-turkey-and-lebanon - 2026-05-27

CMES researcher Sami Al-Daghistani has recently published an edited volume on premodern and contemporary economic and environmental approaches in Islamic traditions. Recovering Environmental and Economic Traditions in the Islamic World. Leiden: Brill’s Themes in Islamic Studies Series, Volume 9, 2024.The book is published in Open Access thanks to financial support from Lund University Library Fund

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/recovering-environmental-and-economic-traditions-islamic-world - 2026-05-27

CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has co-authored an article published in The International Spectator. Donelli, F., Pericoli, A. (2024). Foreign aid, identities, and interests: Qatar and the UAE in Sudan. The International Spectator. DOI: 10.1080/03932729.2024.2416892.The article is published with Open Access. Read it here.About Altea PericoliDr. Altea Pericoli is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in ge

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/foreign-aid-identities-and-interests-qatar-and-uae-sudan - 2026-05-27

Det händer mycket i Iran just nu. Irankännaren Laleh Foroughanfar, forskare vid Centrum för Mellanösternstudier vid Lunds universitet, analyserar läget just nu och vad som har lett fram till dagens situation. To the full article

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/det-iranska-samhallet-mer-uppdelat-nagonsin - 2026-05-27

A 4-year fully funded PhD position at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) is now open for applications. Application deadline: 22 December 2024.About the PhD PositionThe Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies is coordinating the Strategic Research Area (SRA) and the research program “The Middle East in the Contemporary World”

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-phd-student-islamic-studies-islamic-ethics-and-moral-economy-middle-east - 2026-05-27

Applications are now open for the CMES Travel Grant of Spring 2025. Application deadline is 20 December 2024. The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports research with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES provides travel grants for conducting field work in the Middle East and conference/workshop particip

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-cmes-travel-grant-spring-2025 - 2026-05-27

CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has published an article in the Durham Middle East Papers. Pericoli A. (2024). Islamic Humanitarianism and Foreign Aid: Gulf States in conflict zones. Durham Middle East Papers, Sir William Luce Fellowship Paper n. 111.The Durham Middle East Papers series covers all aspects of the economy, politics, social science, history, literature and languages of the Middle East

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/islamic-humanitarianism-and-foreign-aid-gulf-states-conflict-zones - 2026-05-27

This Regional Outlook focuses on the recent political developments in Syria and the implications for Rojava. What is currently happening in Syria?Syria is experiencing a significant escalation in violence, with the civil war reigniting in various regions. Islamist militants from the Syrian National Army (SNA) and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have made substantial territorial gains in the past week,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-fall-assad-regime-challenges-and-opportunities-rojava - 2026-05-27

CMES Researcher Pinar Dinc has written an article published in the Conversation on the future of the self-governing region in Syria’s north-east, after the fall of the Assad regime. AbstractAfter more than a decade of brutal civil war, it took Islamist militants just 11 days to sweep through Syria and topple the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The offensive, which has been driven by the Turkish-backed

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrias-self-governing-democratic-north-east-comes-under-attack-country-flux - 2026-05-27