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Pardee Post-Doctoral Fellow Suranjana Nabar-Bhaduri Authors Blog Post

May 18th, 2012

Pardee Center Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Suranjana Nabar-Bhaduri authored a guest-blog piece in Triple Crisis, Global Perspectives on Finance Development, and Environment, titled, No Magic Wand: Liberalization and Structural Transformation in India. The piece touches some... More

Faculty Fellow Henrik Selin and Summer Fellow Kristin Sippl Co-Author Article

May 18th, 2012

Pardee Faculty Fellow Henrik Selin, and 2011 Pardee Summer Fellow Kristin Sippl, co-authored an article titled "Global Policy for Local Livelihoods: Phasing Out Mercury in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining" in Environment, Science and Policy... More

Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows Attend Orientation

May 15th, 2012

The Pardee Center hosted the 2012 Pardee Summer Fellows for a special orientation session Monday, May 14, 2012. The Graduate Summer Fellows will be working at the Pardee Center for ten weeks. Each of the... More

Faculty Fellow Muhammad Zaman Talks Teacher Evaluations on WBUR

May 7th, 2012

Pardee Faculty Fellow Muhammad Zaman was interviewed on WBUR's Here and Now program with Robin Young on May 3, 2012 about his innovative use of teaching evaluation in his courses. Prof. Zaman collects student... More

Pardee Center Publishes Issues in Brief on the Indian Economy and Liberalization

May 4th, 2012

Post-doctoral Fellow Suranjana Nabar-Bhaduri is the author of the Frederick S. Pardee Center's 23rd Issues in Brief, Free Trade and Inclusive Development: Lessons from the Indian Experience. In the piece, Dr. Nabar-Bhaduri uses the experience... More

Prof. Nathan Phillips Joins Pardee Center as Newest Faculty Fellow

April 30th, 2012

Prof. Nathan Phillips, Associate Professor of Geography & Environment at Boston University,  joins the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future as a Faculty Fellow. His research focuses on physiological... More

Pardee Center Announces the 2012 Graduate Summer Fellows

April 27th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce that it has selected eight outstanding Boston University graduate students as its 2012 Graduate Summer Fellows. The eight students were... More

Faculty Fellow Suchi Gopal Discusses New Pardee Center Research Report

April 26th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on April 25 hosted a discussion led by Pardee Faculty Fellow Sucharita Gopal about the methods and findings of a recent Pardee Center... More

Faculty Fellow Presents Pardee Center Task Force Report at Brookings Institution

April 20th, 2012

Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Kevin P. Gallagher was a presenter at a special discussion about the Pardee Center Task Force Report Regulating Global Capital Flows for Long-Run Development hosted by the Brookings Institution in Washington, More

Director ad interim James McCann Receives Guggenheim Award

April 18th, 2012

Professor James McCann, the Director ad interim for the The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study into the Longer-Range Future has been selected for a Guggenheim Fellowship to write about his five years of... More

Pardee Center Hosts Meeting on Measuring Progress in Human Development

April 11th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on April 10  hosted a lunch meeting of a dozen experts and practitioners who discussed how to best measure progress in human development. The... More

Pardee Center Co-Sponsors Seminar on Latin America

April 6th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is cosponsoring a day-long seminar on Friday, April 13 titled "Religion, Social Movements, and Zones of Crisis in Latin America." The event is... More

Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher Presents Pardee Task Force to the IMF

April 2nd, 2012

Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Kevin P. Gallagher presented the main findings of the Pardee Center Task Force Report on Regulating Global Capital Flows for Long-Run Development to the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund... More

Faculty Fellow Muhammad Zaman Featured in NY Times Article on Student Feedback

April 2nd, 2012

Frederick S. Pardee Faculty Fellow Muhammad Zaman was featured in a New York Times article, "Feedback From Students Becomes a Campus Staple, but Some Go Further" for his innovative teaching methods. Prof. Zaman collects comments... More

Pardee Center Sponsors Workshop on Games for a New Climate

March 29th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future sponsored a day-long workshop called “Games for a New Climate” on Tuesday, March 27.  Held at Barristers Hall at the Boston University Law... More

Pardee Center Hosts Task Force on Games for a New Climate

March 29th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future played host on March 26 to a dozen experts in the fields of humanitarian relief, development, and game design who make up the... More

Pardee Faculty Fellow Muhammad H. Zaman Writes Op-ed for Huffington Post

March 29th, 2012

Pardee Faculty Fellow Muhammad H. Zaman wrote an op-ed published on March 25 for the Huffington Post about the nomination of Jim Young Kim to head the World Bank. Prof. Zaman focused on the role... More

Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher interviewed on New England Cable News

March 26th, 2012

Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher was interviewed by New England Cable News reporter Peter Howe about President Obama's nomination of Dartmouth College President Jim Young Kim to become the new head of the World Bank. ... More

Susan Zalkind Joins Pardee Center as Research Initiatives and Multimedia Coordinator

March 23rd, 2012

Susan Zalkind has joined the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future as the Research Initiatives and Multimedia Coordinator. Before coming to the Pardee Center, Zalkind worked as a Production ... More

Pardee Center Hosts Initial Meeting of New Advisory Board

March 22nd, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted the initial meeting of the newly formed Pardee Advisory Board on March 22. Composed of seven members of the Boston University faculty from... More

Pardee Center Welcomes Visiting Doctoral Scholar, Isabella Wedl

March 20th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future welcomes Isabella Wedl as a Visiting Doctoral Scholar.  She comes to the Pardee Center from the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany where she... More

Pardee Center Publishes New Report for Rockefeller Searchlight Project

March 19th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University has published a new research report for a project sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation. Connecting the Dots: Information Visualization and Text... More

Pardee Center to Hold Participatory Gaming Workshop on Climate Risks

March 15th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is holding a participatory workshop called "Games for a New Climate" on Tuesday, March 27 to demonstrate how experiential learning can be... More

Post-Doc Fellow Suranjana Nabar-Bhaduri Presents Paper at Economics Meeting

March 13th, 2012

Pardee Post Doctorate Fellow Suranjana Nabar-Bhaduri presented a paper titled,“The Enigma of India’s Structural Dynamics,” at the 38th Annual Conference of the Eastern Economic Association (EEA) held at the Boston Park Plaza hotel from the... More

Op-ed in Aljazeera on IMF’s 65th Anniversary by Faculty Fellow Kevin P Gallagher

March 12th, 2012

Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin P. Gallagher wrote an op-ed for Aljazeera reflecting on the 65th anniversary of the IMF. Dr. Gallagher argues that in some ways the IMF is slowly going back to Kenyesian policy roots... More

Experts Discuss Pardee Task Force Report on Capital Controls at Pardee House Seminar

March 9th, 2012

Approximately 100 Boston university students, faculty, and other guests attended the Pardee Seminar held on March 8 that introduced the new Pardee Center Task Force Report titled Regulating Global Capital Flows for... More

Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher Writes op-ed for the Financial Times, “Taming the liquidity tide”

March 9th, 2012

Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher wrote on an op-ed in support of the use of capital controls in emerging markets and the developing world in the Financial Times tying into this week's Pardee Task Force Report, More

Next Pardee Seminar (March 8): Regulating Global Capital Flows for Long-Run Development

March 7th, 2012

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Because of the large response, the venue for this event has been changed since the original announcement.  It will take place at the BU Metcalf Trustee Ballroom at One Silber Way, 9th Floor... More

Faculty Fellow Muhammad Zaman writes op-ed on Engineering and Development for The Huffington Post

March 5th, 2012

Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Dr. Muhammad Zaman wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post entitled, "Make Development Part of the Equation." In the article, Dr. Zaman reexamines engineering education. He reviews the dwindling number of engineers... More

Pardee Director ad interim, James McCann to give a talk, “Africa’s Malarial Landscapes: History, Complexity and Silver Bullets” at York University

March 5th, 2012

Pardee Director ad interim, James McCann, is selected to give the annual Melville-Nelles-Hoffmann Lecture in Environmental History at York University in Toronto, Canada on March 7, 2012. The title of his talk is, "Africa's Malarial Landscapes:... More

Experts Discuss China’s Five Year Plan and the Impact to Latin America

March 1st, 2012

How Latin America will feel the effects of projected economic, social, and industrial changes in China was the topic of discussion at the monthly Pardee House Seminar at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the... More

Pardee Center Sponsors Panel at Food and the City Conference

February 27th, 2012

The Director and two Faculty Fellows of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future participated in the closing panel of the Food and the City Conference at Boston University on... More

Next Pardee House Seminar (Feb 29): China’s New Five Year Plan: Implications for Latin America

February 21st, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a Pardee House Seminar on Wednesday,  February 29, 2012 entitled, China's New Five Year Plan: Implications for Latin America. The... More

Applications Invited for the Sept 2012 or Jan 2013 Post-Doctoral Position

February 14th, 2012

Pardee Post-Doctoral Fellowship for September 2012 or January 2013 Review of applications begins March 19, 2012 The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Research... More

Faculty Fellow Muhammad Zaman writes op-ed on Disease Control in the Huffington Post

February 6th, 2012

Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Dr. Muhammad Zaman wrote an op-ed on a grounds-up approach to tackling disease for the Huffington Post today. His piece is a reaction to the January 30th declaration made in London... More

Pardee Center Organizes Panel at Food and the City Conference

February 1st, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is the lead organizer of the closing panel at the Food and the City Conference on February 24 and 25 sponsored by the... More

Applications Invited for 2012 Pardee Summer Fellowships

January 31st, 2012

2012 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program Application deadline: Friday, March 16, 2012 The Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows Program offers graduate students from across Boston University an opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary research and writing on topics aligned... More

Pardee Center Publishes Development That Works Conference Report

January 30th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has published a report of the Center’s 2011 conference Development That Works. The day-long conference took place on March 31, 2011 and was... More

Anne Short and Paul E. McManus join the Pardee Center as new Faculty Fellows

January 26th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center welcomes two new additions. Dr. Anne Short is Assistant Professor of Geography and Environment at Boston University. Paul McManus is Executive-in-Residence at the School of Management at Boston University. Dr. ... More

Experts Discuss the Future Role of Universities Worldwide

January 24th, 2012

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held the first Pardee House Seminar of the year on January 24, 2012 on ‘Future Roles of Universities Worldwide: Moving Beyond the Ivory... More