Najam Keynotes Conference on “The Post-COVID Political Agenda”
Drawing on lessons learned from the Pardee Center’s “World After Coronavirus” series, Dean Najam highlighted that COVID has alerted us to constantly interrogate the meaning of ‘normal’ and that the world before COVID was itself full of challenges and turmoil that have, in many cases, taken on new dimensions because of the pandemic.
Najam Interviewed on Global Inequality and “The World After Coronavirus”
The world was already complicated before COVID-19, but Pardee School Dean Adil Najam has wondered if the pandemic has given us the opportunity to reconfigure it.
Pardee Center’s “The World After Coronavirus” Adapted by Link TV
The Pardee Center series features Boston University and world experts imagining what a post-COVID world might look like.
Najam Comments on Post-Pandemic World
“The period of time that corresponds to this pandemic and the years to come is that of a world that is trying to be born. And we know that births are always painful.”
Najam Publishes Op-Ed on “The World After Coronavirus” Series
In hosting #WorldAfterCorona, Dean Najam learned many things. Most importantly, he learned there is no “going back to normal.”
“The World After Coronavirus” Featured in Chatham House Article
“Because of [COVID-19] we are now confronted with the necessity to break down those boundaries that we had so painstakingly constructed.”
A Message to BU Pardee School Students from Ban Ki-moon
“Despite these great challenges and uncertainties, young people like you…have an incredible opportunity to help construct a brighter future for your communities, for your country, and for our planet.”
Pardee School and Center Host 3-Part “World In Flux” Series
During Boston University’s 2020 Alumni Weekend, the Pardee School and Center explored the future of global politics, global economics, and global values.
World After Coronavirus: A Pardee Center Video Series
The Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range launched a new video series – The World After Coronavirus. The series features BU and world experts imagining what a post-COVID world might look like.
Najam Discusses the Post-COVID World in Gizmodo
According to Dean Najam, “there is not going to be a world ‘after’ covid. A new world is already here.”
Najam Interviewed on Global COVID-19 Response
Dean Adil Najam was interviewed by multiple television news channels in Pakistan on the global response to COVID-19 and its possible global economic and political impacts.
Najam Speaks at AKU on “The Day After COVID”
Adil Najam gives a virtual presentation and leads a discussion on “Preparing for the Day After COVID” organized by the Aga Khan University (AKU), which attracted a large global audience, especially from South Asia and East Africa.
Najam Writes OpEd on World After COVID-19
Adil Najam contributed to a strategic dialogue amongst experts imagining what a post-COVID-19 world might look like and what it might mean for Pakistan and South Asia.
Seminar: Coronavirus and Future of Infectious Disease
Live-streamed seminar, hosted by the Pardee Center, looks at the global responses to and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic (video recording available).