Prof. Min Ye, a Faculty Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently awarded an International Security and Foreign Policy Fellowship from the Smith Richardson Foundation (SRF). The grant will support a research project titled “Rising China’s Rising Strategy: New Silk Road, Domestic Sources, and Regional Impacts,” specifically by […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a symposium on Tuesday, November 17 titled, “Adaptation Strategies: Coping with Climate Change and Natural Disasters in Developed and Developing Countries.” Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos gave an introduction before presentations by Richard Moss (Senior Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute) and Kira Sullivan-Wiley […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites you to attend its upcoming book seminar on European Union and Environmental Governance (2015, Routledge) by Prof. Henrik Selin (Boston University) and Prof. Stacy D. VanDeveer (University of New Hampshire) on Friday, November 13, 2015 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm at the […]
Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, gave a briefing in Washington, DC on Wednesday, October 15 for a report from the National Academy Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Prof. Janetos serves on the committee that authored the report, which advises the USGCRP on […]
Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was an author of a recent report titled, “America’s Future: Environmental Research and Education for a Thriving Century,” published by the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education. Prof. Janetos also served on the 16-member committee, which is chaired […]
Due to demand, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites Boston University graduate students interested in applying for our 2016 Graduate Summer Fellows program to a second information session at the Pardee House, 67 Bay State Road, on Friday, December 11, 2015 from 12:00-1:15 pm (lunch will be provided starting at 11:30 […]
Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and the University of Maryland’s Melissa Kenney co-authored a guest editorial titled “Developing better indicators to track climate impacts” in the October 2015 issue of The Ecological Society of America’s Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. The editorial follows the release […]
Irene Monasterolo, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, traveled to Italy to present her research at two recent conferences. On September 17, she presented a paper titled ‘Modelling fiscal and monetary policy strategies for fostering green investments: a system dynamics model with heterogeneous agents’ at the 27th Annual Conference […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Longer-Range Future’s project, “Enhancing Energy Efficiency for Urban Housing”, last month received renewed support from Wells Fargo to fund its ongoing research. The project aims to identify the factors that drive energy use and determine effective programs that can achieve greater energy efficiency, while considering residents’ comfort levels and desired energy-use needs. The new funds will allow for […]