The Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW) 2.0

The MECW research program consists of four research themes: (1) environment and sustainable development; (2) security and sustainable peace; (3) democratization, migration and sustainable socio-economic development; and (4) religion, identity and culture.

The MECW program is committed to producing research, which moves beyond the state-of-the-art in the field of Middle Eastern studies. It also strives to generate much needed information and policy relevant knowledge on the Middle East beyond academia to policy, business, civil society and wider publics. The program includes researchers from the humanities, engineering, the natural sciences and the social sciences.