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 gathering was organized by Pardee Post-Doctoral Fellow Suranjana Nabar-Bhaduri and Visiting Faculty Fellow John Hammock, who is also co-founder […]
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 coordinated by the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs. The seminar will take place at the Institute on Culture, […]
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 (IMF) in Washington, D.C. on March 27. All 24 members of the Executive Board attended the presentation. Prof. Gallager and […]
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 and criticism from his students in his biomedical engineering classes regularly. He says he uses the results to adjust his […]
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 School, the event was co-sponsored by the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre. Students from Boston University and elsewhere joined members […]
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 Pardee Center Task Force on Games for a New Climate. The Task Force is chaired by Pardee Visiting Research Fellow […]
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 the World Bank has on fostering innovation. Dr. Zaman is a professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at Boston University. […]
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. Prof. Gallagher is the faculty coordinator of BU’s Global Development program and is a regular contributor to The Guardian on […]
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 Assistant at New England Cable News. She graduated from Boston University in January 2011 where she majored in History and minored […]
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 various disciplines and schools, the Board members will provide input to the development of the Center’s various programs and […]