Najam to Chair Luc Hoffmann Institute Scientific Board
Dr. Adil Najam has been appointed the new Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Luc Hoffmann Institute (LHI). The LHI is a Switzerland-based, independent science and research hub within the WWF global network, that works in the area of conservation science and environmental policy to provide evidence-based recommendations to improve the interface between science, policy and practice.
As Chair, Najam succeeds Dame Alison Richard, former Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University and former Provost of Yale University. Other members of the Luc Hoffmann Institute Scientific Advisory Board includes Prof. Partha Dasgupta (Cambridge University), Peter Crane (former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and former Dean of the Yale School of Environment and Forestry), and Dr. Rodrigo Medellin (former president of the Society for Conservation Biology).
Adil Najam is Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University where he is also a Professor of International Relations and of Earth and Environment. Earlier, he has also served as the Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan. Najam is a leading scholar of global environmental policy, especially climate change. He serves as a Trustee on the International Board of WWF and of The Asia Foundation. He is a past Board Chair of the South Asian Network of Development and Environment Economics (SANDEE) and of LEAD-Pakistan.
The Luc Hoffmann Institute (LHI) was established in 2012 to honor Dr. Luc Hoffmaan, one of the visionary founders of WWF and an ardent ornithologist and author of more than 60 publications on birds and their habitats. The Institute brings world-class scientists working across ecological, social and economic domains together with conservation practitioners, public and private sector managers, and policymakers to generate evidence-based, practical and scalable solutions to critical conservation, biodiversity and sustainable development challeneges.