The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University is pleased to welcome Qi Zhang as a post-doctoral associate. Qi Zhang is a geographer who endeavors to better understand human-environment interactions based on the theories of both physical and social sciences. He integrates spatial and socioeconomic data to investigate […]
Jim Stodder, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a Visiting Professor of the Practice at Metropolitan College, hosted an all-day workshop exploring carbon tax forecasting at the Pardee Center on February 8. A carbon tax has long been viewed as a potentially viable […]
Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently discussed his newest book, Climate Actions: Transformative Mechanisms for Social Mobilisation, at a Pardee Center seminar on January 31, 2019. The book, published by Palgrave Macmillan, gives an overview of global climate change action and explores ways […]
Application deadline: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 Download application instructions Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program, which offers graduate students from across Boston University an opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary research and writing on topics aligned with the broad research interests of BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study […]
The world’s river basins and coastal cities are directly influenced by the people who live, work, and play on the water and in the surrounding landscapes. This session will feature brief presentations by BU faculty whose research focuses on some aspect of the interactions between people and waterways and coastal cities in various geographies. From […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a seminar on January 18, 2019, titled, “Using Historical Approaches to Improve Ocean Conservation and Management,” featuring Ruth Thurstan, a Lecturer in Biosciences at the University of Exeter and the co-chair of the International Council for Exploration of the Seas’ Working Group on the […]
Pardee Center Director Prof. Anthony Janetos recently attended the Glen Gerberg Weather and Climate Summit in Breckenridge, CO, where he gave a talk on the results of the 4th US National Climate Assessment (NCA4). The Assessment, on which Prof. Janetos was one of many contributing authors, was completed in November 2018, providing the most thorough and […]
The Pardee Center is pleased to present a new video highlighting our mission and research playing on screens across the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting throughout the week of December 10. The five-minute video, produced by WebsEdge, highlights how the Center uses interdisciplinary collaborations to tackle the most important issues today and in the decades to […]
On November 29, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a seminar exploring the socioeconomic impacts of climate change in China. The seminar featured a presentation and discussion with Tao Ye, a Professor of Geographical Science at Beijing Normal University (BNU) and a Pardee Center Visiting Scholar. Prof. Ye […]
Ellen Ruppel Shell, Professor and Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Science Journalism and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a new book titled The Job: Work and its Future in a Time of Radical Change (Penguin Random House 2018). In the book, Prof. Shell […]