Graduate Summer Fellows Program

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Pardee Summer Fellows 2011

The Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows Program is a program targeted at graduate students from across Boston University. It provides exceptional students at Boston University an opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary research and writing on topics that are aligned with the broad research interests of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University.

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Pardee Summer Fellows 2010

The Pardee Center conducts interdisciplinary, policy-relevant and future-oriented research that can contribute to long-term improvements in the human condition. The Center facilitates interdisciplinary research and is especially interested in rigorous analysis relating to longer-range human development, using global and regional (multi-national) analysis. The Pardee Center is interested in research that is development oriented, future focused and policy relevant. For more information about Pardee research, click here.

The program is a 10-week fellowship in the summer and includes a financial stipend, structured interaction with Pardee Center faculty and research fellows, and a collegial atmosphere that fosters peer support and intellectual growth. Summer Fellows will occupy workspace provided at the Pardee House for the duration of the fellowship while they conduct independent research, and produce a substantive research paper that my be considered for publication by the Pardee Center. Fellows are also expected to participate in Pardee Center activities and all Summer Fellows’ events.

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Pardee Summer Fellows 2009

The Summer Fellowships are open to all Boston University graduate students. Doctoral students, including ABDs, are especially encouraged to apply. Research proposals that link positively to the student’s own and/or BU faculty’s ongoing research are especially desirable. Applications are usually open in the Spring semester.

For further information on the Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows program, please email gsfellow@bu.edu.

A list of the 2010 Pardee Center Summer Graduate Fellows and their research can be viewed here, and here.

A list of the 2009 Pardee Center Summer Graduate Fellows and their research can be viewed here, and here.

A list of the 2008 Pardee Center Summer Graduate Fellows and their research can be viewed here.

Related News:

2011:

July 1, 2011. Ambassador Park, Republic of Korea Discusses Rio+20 with Summer Fellows.

June 28, 2011. Kevin Gallagher Discusses Research-Policy Interface with Summer Fellows.

June 22, 2011. John Hammock Discusses “Practical Idealists” and Poverty Index with Summer Fellows.

June 15, 2011. Silva and Suarez Discuss Disasters with Summer Fellows.

May 31, 2011. 2011 Pardee Center Summer Program Begins.

April 12, 2011. Pardee Center Announces 2011 Summer Fellows.

January 28, 2011. Applications Invited for 2011 Pardee Center Summer Fellowships.

2010:

July 7, 2010. John Hammock Talks to Pardee Summer Fellows About ‘Practical Idealists’.

June 25, 2010. William Moomaw Discusses Sustainability with Pardee Summer Fellows.

June 17, 2010. Stephanie Watts Discusses Research with Pardee Summer Fellows.

June 1, 2010. Pardee Center Summer Program Begins.

April 22, 2010. Pardee Center Announces 2010 Summer Fellows.

2009:

November 2, 2009. Summer Fellow’s Research Honored by the American Anthropological Association.

August 13, 2009. 2009 Pardee Center Summer Fellowship Program A Success.

July 15, 2009. Cleveland Discusses Research with Pardee Summer Fellows.

June 26, 2009. John Hammock Discusses “Practical Idealists” with Summer Graduate Fellows.

April 16, 2009. Pardee Center Announces 2009 Summer Fellows.

Publications by Summer Fellows:

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Adulthood Denied: Youth Dissatisfaction and the Arab Spring
By Chloe Mulderig
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The Global Land Rush: Implications for Food, Fuel and the Future of Development
By Rachel Nalepa
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Issues in Brief, Issue 019
The Future of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
By Matthew Maguire

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The Pardee Papers, No. 9, March 2010
Narcotics Trafficking in West Africa: A Governance Challenge
By Peter L. McGuire

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The Pardee Papers, No. 8, February 2010
Community Targeting for Povery Reduction: Lessons from Developing Countries
By Moeed Yusuf

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Issues in Brief, No. 11, December 2009
The Changing Shape of Malnutrition: Obesity in sub-Saharan Africa
By Arianna Fogelman

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Issues in Brief, No. 9, September 2009
Preferential Trade Agreements: Free Trade at What Cost?
By Rachel Denae Thrasher

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The Pardee Papers, No. 6, August 2009
Global Aging: Emerging Challenges
By Alexandra Crampton

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The Pardee Papers, No. 3, November 2008
Does Nuclear Energy Have a Future?
By Moeed Yusuf

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The Pardee Papers, No. 2, September 2008
21st Century Trade Agreements: Implications for Long-Run Development Policy
By Rachel Denae Thrasher and Kevin Gallagher