Robert M. Hollister, a Professor in the Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences, will be in residence at Pardee House for the 2011-2012 academic year as a Visiting Faculty Fellow of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study for the Longer-Range Future at Boston University. As a Pardee Visiting Faculty Fellow, Prof. Hollister […]
Pardee Center Post-Doctoral Fellow Miquel Muñoz is the guest co-editor (with Sikina Jinnah of American University) of the August 2011 special issue of the journal Global Environmental Politics. The issue, titled “Climate Bandwagoning: The Impacts of Strategic Linkages for Regime Design, Maintenance and Death,” covers a range of topics that are subject to the international […]
The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future concluded its 10-week 2011 Graduate Summer Fellows Program on Friday, August 5. The 2011 class of Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows included graduate students from the BU departments of Political Science (2), Religion (1), International Relations/Geography & Environment (1), Anthropology (1), […]
2011 Pardee Summer Graduate Fellow M. Chloe Mulderig has won a grant under the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program, which this year includes additional support from the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Mulderig is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University whose work focuses on youth, gender, piety, and the creation of […]
Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was invited to give the keynote address at a 3-day international conference on Leadership for Sustainable Development organized by LEAD-Pakistan with support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Prof. […]
Pardee Center Director Adil Najam and Faculty Research Fellow Henrik Selin co-authored an article in the United Nations’ Global Compact International Yearbook 2011, which was published on July 15. The Yearbook is published by the United National Global Compact, a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with […]
Dr. Miquel Muñoz, Pardee Center Post-Doctoral Fellow, is among the contributors and served as a Lead Country Research for the Renewables Global Status Report 2011, produced by the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), and released in Paris on July 13. Dr. Muñoz has contributed to all six editions of the Global Status […]
Ann Helwege, Visiting Associate Professor in International Relations at Boston University, met with the Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows on July 14 and encouraged them to maintain their passion for research, especially when focusing on complex topics characterized by deep divisions among the scholarly and policy communities. During an informal lunch session at the Pardee House, […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University has published a new paper (No. 13) in The Pardee Papers series. The Global Land Rush: Implications for Food, Fuel, and the Future of Development was written by 2010 Pardee Summer Graduate Fellow Rachel Nalepa. The paper explores the political […]
Pardee Center Faculty Fellow John Gerring co-authored an article entitled “Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach” in the prominent political science journal Perspectives on Politics (June 2011), which is published by the American Political Science Association (APSA). The abstract for the article is as follows: In the wake of the Cold War, democracy has gained the status of […]