2024 Janetos Distinguished Lecture: “Is Globalization Over?” by Ernesto Zedillo

Is globalization over? If not, is it under fatal threat? Who should care about its possible demise? Ultimately, what’s at stake? Join the Pardee Center for the 2024 Anthony C. Janetos Memorial Distinguished Lecture by Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico, titled “Is Globalization Over?” The talk will take place on Tuesday, April 23 from 4:00-5:30 pm ET at Barristers Hall, BU School of Law. Learn more and register to attend.

Pardee Center Welcomes 12 New Faculty Research Fellows

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2024 Faculty Research Fellows. With seed funding from the Pardee Center, the 12 new Faculty Research Fellows will launch one- to two-year interdisciplinary research projects. Over the course of their projects, the Fellows will produce publications and lead Pardee Center-sponsored seminars, conferences, and workshops related to their research. Read more.

Book Launch: “The Concertation Impulse in World Politics”

Join us at the Pardee Center (67 Bay State Road) on Wednesday, April 24 from 4:00-5:30 pm for the U.S. book launch of The Concertation Impulse in World Politics (Oxford University Press, 2024), featuring the book’s author, Andrew F. Cooper. The event will feature the Pardee School of Global Studies’ Sanne Verschuren and Grant F. Rhode as discussants, and will be moderated by Pardee Center Interim Director Amb. Jorge Heine. Learn more and register to attend.

Book Talk: “Capitalizing a Cure: How Finance Controls the Price and Value of Medicines”

Join us on Thursday, April 25 for the final talk of the semester in the Pardee Center’s Global Health Politics Workshop series featuring Victor Roy (Post-doctoral Associate, National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine). Roy will discuss his new book, Capitalizing a Cure: How Finance Controls the Price and Value of Medicines. This series operates in a hybrid format to accommodate participation in person and via Zoom. Learn more and register to attend.