The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has released a new paper in its Issues in Brief series titled, “Global Financial Reform and Trade Rules: The Need for Reconciliation.” The paper is co-authored by Pardee Faculty Fellow Prof. Kevin Gallagher with Leonardo E. Stanley. In the brief the authors discuss the recent support […]
On Tuesday, October 9, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will co-sponsor a movie screening of Peepli Live followed by a reception with the BU Center for the Study of Asia, Akshaya Patra Foundation, and BU India Club. The event will take place at 640 Commonwealth Ave., College of Communication, Room 101, from […]
Pardee Visiting Research Fellow Pablo Suarez was invited to the White House to lead a participatory gaming session as a part of the Champions of Change series on September 14. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano spoke at the event and about 130 attendees participated in the game. The players were asked to stand and […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is holding the first Pardee House Seminar of the academic year on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 titled “Beyond GDP in Brazil, India, and China: Prospects for the Long-Run Development.” The seminar will feature Prof. Min Ye (International Relations), Prof. Cornel Ban (International Relations), […]
Pardee Center Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Suranjana Nabar-Bhaduri was a guest author for the Argentinean newspaper Página/12. Her her article was published on September 12 is titled India’s Growth Model: A Need for Change. She argues that India’s current emphasis on the service sector as the focus of economic growth efforts at the expense of agriculture […]
Jennifer Foth, a 2011 Pardee Summer Fellow, and a 2012 master’s graduate from the Boston University School of Public Health, has been selected as a 2012-13 Global Health Corps Fellow. The mission of the Global Health Corps is to mobilize a global community of emerging leaders to build the movement for health equity. As a […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future welcomed the Boston University 2012-2013 Humphrey Fellows to Pardee House on Aug. 29 during their orientation week. The mid-career scholars met with Pardee Center Director ad interim Prof. James McCann and Associate Director Cynthia Barakatt to learn about Center’s programs and activities. The […]
Research Fellows Pablo Suarez and Janot Mendler de Suarez are continuing to work on material related to the Games for a New Climate Task Force Meeting and Gaming Session organized by the Pardee Center in March, 2012. The following two videos are filmed and produced by PopTech and sponsored by Rockefeller Foundation and the Nike Foundation […]
The 2012 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows completed the program today with their research paper deadline. The seven Boston University graduate students were in residence at the Pardee Center this summer to work on intensive research projects. During the program, they received support from and participated in programs involving Pardee Faculty Fellows and staff. Their papers […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin P. Gallagher gave several presentations in South America in July related to his research on the economic ties between China and Latin America, as well as his work on the Pardee Task Force Report on Regulating Global Capital Flows for Long-Run Development. On July 17 he gave a presentation titled “China […]