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Upcoming Seminar on Global Climate Change: Copenhagen and Beyond

November 23rd, 2009

With the United Nations Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen rapidly approaching, the Boston University Energy Club and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will co-host a panel discussion... Read the rest of this entry »

Dr. Julius Gatune Kariuki Joins Pardee Center as Post-Doc Fellow

November 19th, 2009

Dr. Julius Gatune Kariuki joins the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future as a Post-doctoral Fellow focussing on development issues in Africa. Dr. Gatune, who specializes in public policy and future... Read the rest of this entry »

Pardee House Seminar Looks at the Future of Renewable Energy

November 17th, 2009

On Tuesday, November 17, 2009, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a seminar on 'Is The Future Renewable?' Part of the 'Pardee House Seminars' series, the event featured... Read the rest of this entry »

Pardee Fellow Speaks on Terrorism in South Asia

November 13th, 2009

Pardee Center Research Fellow Moeed Yusuf delivered two lectures and spoke at a panel discussion at the Center of Excellence- Defense Against Terrorism, a NATO think-tank based in Ankara, Turkey. The lectures and panel were... Read the rest of this entry »

Pardee House Seminar on the Internationalization of Higher Education

November 12th, 2009

Dr Daniel Guhr, Managing Director of Illuminate Consulting Group,  dicussed  'Internationalization of Higher Education' at a Pardee House Seminar on Thursday, November 12, 2009.  Prof. Ben DeWinter, Boston University's Associate Provost for International Programs and Dean... Read the rest of this entry »

SDKP Launches New Publication Series With Pardee Center

November 9th, 2009

A new series of policy briefs called Sustainable Development Insights has been launched by the Sustainable Development Knowledge Partnership in collaboration with the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The... Read the rest of this entry »

Next Pardee House Seminar: Is The Future Renewable?

November 9th, 2009

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a lunch seminar on 'Is The Future Renewable?' on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, featuring Prof. Michael Caramanis, Prof. William Moomaw and... Read the rest of this entry »

Experts Discuss Cuba-US Policy

November 6th, 2009

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Office of the Dean of the BU College of Arts and Sciences and BU Latin America Studies Program co-organized a conference on US-Cuba... Read the rest of this entry »

Pardee Fellow Speaks on Human Rights and Climate Change

November 5th, 2009

Dr. Miquel Munoz, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, was the closing speaker at the International Seminar on Human Rights and Climate Change, Read the rest of this entry »

Dr. Munoz Speaks About Climate Change on Spanish TV

November 4th, 2009

Dr. Miquel Muñoz, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, spoke on climate change on Catalonia's main TV station, TV3 on 4 November, 2009. During... Read the rest of this entry »

Pardee House Seminar on Internationalization of Higher Education

November 4th, 2009

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a lunch seminar on 'Internationalization of Higher Education' on Thursday, November 12, 2009, featuring Daniel Guhr, Ben DeWinter and Jay Halfond. Read the rest of this entry »

Prof. Najam Presents Keynote at RSPO in Kuala Lumpur

November 2nd, 2009

The Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Prof. Adil Najam, was invited to present the keynote address to the 7th Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO-RT7) held... Read the rest of this entry »

Pardee Summer Fellow’s Research Honored by the American Anthropological Association

November 2nd, 2009

Pardee Summer Fellow, Arianna Fogelman, has been honored by the American Anthropological Association for the research she conducted as a 2009 Pardee Center Summer Fellow. Arianna, who focussed on issues of nutrition in Africa and... Read the rest of this entry »

Pardee Researchers Publish Paper in Global Environmental Politics

November 2nd, 2009

Pardee Center's Prof. Adil Najam, Dr. Miquel Muñoz and Rachel Thrasher published a research paper titled 'Measuring the Negotiation Burden of Multilateral Environmental Agreements' in the peer-reviewed journal, Global Environmental Politics (9[4]: 1-13). The paper focuses... Read the rest of this entry »

Pardee Center Director Presents in China on Climate and Urbanization

October 30th, 2009

Dr. Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a Professor of International Relations and of Geography and the Environment at Boston University, chaired a... Read the rest of this entry »