Pardee Faculty Fellow Prof. Henrik Selin attended the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention held from April 27-29 in Geneva, Switzerland. Selin attended the meeting as part of his research on the global management of hazardous chemicals, which includes the Pardee Paper Managing Hazardous Chemicals: Longer-Range Challenges and his […]
On Friday, April 22, the John Sawyer Seminar on Energy Transitions and Society convened for its eighth and last meeting. The session entitled Geographies of Energy featured Peter O’Connor and Rania Ghosn, and was moderated by Cutler Cleveland, Professor of Geography and Environment at Boston University. Peter A. O’Connor is a doctoral candidate in the […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher co-authored an op-ed in Project Syndicate (syndicate column for hundreds of newspapers across the world) with former Colombia Minister of Finance Jose Antonio Ocampo and Director of Financial Markets Program at Columbia University’s Initiative for Policy Dialogue Stephany Griffith-Jones. The three authors will co-chair a Pardee Task Force workshop and […]
“Diplomacy for the Facebook Era” was the topic of discussion at a seminar sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on April 20. The seminar was organized and moderated on behalf of the Pardee Center by Amb. Paul Webster Hare, former British ambassador to Cuba who currently teaches […]
The Frederick S Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a meeting of diplomacy experts on April 20 called “Diplomacy for the Facebook Era” organized and chaired by Amb. Paul Webster Hare, the former British ambassador to Cuba who currently is a Lecturer in Diplomacy at Boston University’s International Relations Department. The […]
Dr. Mehmood Khan, the Chief Scientific Officer and CEO of the Global Nutrition Group for PepsiCo, delivered the 2011 Pardee Distinguished Lecture on Friday, April 15, 2011 on “Health and Nutrition: The Role of a Global Food and Beverage Company.” Dr Khan spoke to a rapt of audience of BU faculty, students and guests from around […]
Dr. Hafeez Shaikh – Pakistan’s Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs & Statistics – was the guest at a special lecture on the economy and politics in Pakistan at the South Asia Initiative at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. The discussion was moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, Director of Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee […]
Global Environmental Governance: The Role of Local Governments By Konrad Otto-Zimmermann March 2011 (8 pages) Download PDF version Is there a role for cities in the Global Environmental Governance (GEG) system and, if so, what exactly should that role be? Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, the Director of ICLEI, argues that cities and local governments have played a […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a Pardee House Seminar on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, on ‘Diplomacy for the Facebook Era’. The seminar will feature Amb. Nicholas Burns (Harvard Kennedy School), Amb. Paul Heinbecker (Laurier University and Centre for International Governance Innovation) and Dr. Bruce Jones (New […]
Nine graduate students from across Boston University have been named Pardee Summer Graduate Fellows for 2011. 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. This year, in partnership […]