Month: February 2010

Pablo Suarez to Contribute to IPCC Special Report on Disasters

Pardee Center Research Fellow Dr. Pablo Suarez has been invited by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a contributing author for the IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Award, […]

Prof. Najam Co-authors Research Paper Published on Humanitarian Futures

Prof. Adil Najam, the Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Global Public Policy at Boston University and Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future co-authored a research paper titled “Futures of Globalization and Their Humanitarian Impacts” with Shanza Khan, Executive Director, Strategic and Economic Policy Research which contributed to […]

Jeni Klugman Delivers Pardee Distinguished Lecture on Human Development

Dr. Jeni Klugman, the Director and Lead-Author of the UNDP Human Development Report Office, delivered the Pardee Distinguished Lecture at lunchtime today to an audience of over 100, including BU faculty, students and guests from around the Boston Area. The lecture was organized jointly by the Boston University Global Development program and the Frederick S. […]

Next Pardee Seminar (Mar. 1) : Making Local Governance Deliver

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a lunch seminar on ‘Decentralization and Development: Making Local Governments Deliver ‘ on Monday, March 1, 2010, featuring Ms. Ghazia Aslam, Prof. John Gerring and Prof. Dilip Mookherjee. The Seminar will be moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, Director, Pardee Center. Ghazia […]

Pardee Center Co-Hosts Experts Panel on South Asia 2060 at EPIIC 2010

As part of the 2010 EPIIC International Symposium of the Tufts University Institute for Global Leadership, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University co-hosted a panel on “South Asia 2060” as part of its larger project by the same name. EPIIC is a major student-run international symposium […]

Pardee Center Researchers Present at ISA 2010

A number of Research Fellows and Affiliates of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future attended and presented their research at the 51st Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA). ISA is the largest and most prestigious global organization of international studies scholars and its 51st Annual […]

Pardee Center Welcomes Graduate Research Assistants for Africa 2060

The Pardee Center is delighted to welcome four Graduate Research Assistants to assist in the Center’s Africa 2060 program. The Research Assistants will help research, conceptualize and analyze development data to identify trends on African development. They will also assist in organizing  a conference on the future of Africa, titled “Good News from Africa” on […]

Pardee Center Launches Project on South-South Economic Relations

The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has launched a new project that seeks to study the future of South-South economic relations. The project is led by Prof. Adil Najam (Director, Pardee Center) and Rachel Denae Thrasher (Fellow, Pardee Center). The project will bring together leading experts from […]

Henrik Selin Publishes Book on Governance of Hazardous Chemicals

MIT Press just released a new book by Dr. Henrik Selin, Pardee Center Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University, titled Global Governance of Hazardous Chemicals: Challenges of Multilevel Management (2010). The book builds on Prof. Selin’s wide-ranging research on the global management of hazardous wastes, including his 2009 Pardee Paper […]

Seminar Discusses Pardee Task Force Report on Future of NAFTA

On Wednesday, February 10, 2010, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a seminar on ‘The Future of NAFTA in conjunction with the launch of the Pardee Center Task Force Report on the Future of North American Trade Policy.  Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured […]