Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, published two related op-ed’s on the choices before the United Nations Secretary General for the position of the new UN Climate Chief (Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC)). The two […]
Six graduate students from across Boston University have been named Pardee Summer Graduate Fellows for 2010. They will spend the summer conducting research at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and participate in a cross-disciplinary program of research on longer-range challenges related to human well-being. Selected from a pool […]
The Boston University Provosts office and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host a Boston Univeristy Dialogue on “The University’s Role in Dealing with Disasters and Complex Human Emergencies” on Monday, May 3, 2010. The Dialogue – hosted by University Provost David Campbell, Vice President and Associate Provost […]
The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Smart Global Health Policy, Boston University, and Harvard University, will host a conference on the future of global health featuring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Boston University President Robert Brown, as well as top academics and student activists from the Boston area. The Frederick S. Pardee […]
Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow and Associate Professor of International Relations Prof. Kevin Gallagher published a blog post at the Financial Times (FT) Economists Forum on April 21, titled “Will the Real IMF Please Stand Up?” In the post, Prof. Gallagher argues that “clear and consistent proposals toward crisis recovery and prevention are needed at […]
The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held an all-day conference on ‘Good News from Africa’ as part of its Africa 2060 program of research. The conference was held on Friday, April 16, 2010 at the Boston Law School and brought together experts from a variety of fields […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a contributor to the Triple Crisis blog wrote a new post titled “Selecting the New U.N. Climate Chief: Mr. Secretary General, Be Bold.” Prof. Najam whose work focusses on global climate change policy and who also serves […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future released two new publications in March and May 2010 respectively as part of the Africa 2060 research program. The first is an issue brief on Envisioning Africa’s Future: A Story of Changing Perceptions by Pardee Post-Doctoral Fellow, Julius Gatune Kariuki, and the second […]
Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment at Boston University was one of the panelists at the 16th Annual International Development Conference at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University on April […]
Prof. Ellen Ruppel Shell, Professor of Journalism and co-Director of the Center for Science and Medical Journalism at Boston University, who attended the recent Pardee House Seminar on “Dealing with Disasters” says that, in part, the conversation at the Seminar inspired her to write an op-ed on the recent earthquake in Haiti which was published […]