Author: Adil Najam

Adil Najam Delivers Keynote on Leadership for Sustainable Development

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. […]

Gatune and Najam Publish Paper in Journal Foresight on Africa’s Future

Dr. Julius Gatune, Visiting Fellow, and Prof. Adil Najam, Director, have published a paper in the journal Foresight based on the 2010 Pardee Center conference “Africa 2060: Good News From Africa”. The conference was part of the ongoing program of research on Africa 2060 at the Boston Univeristy Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study […]

Pardee Center Director Speaks in Ethiopia on Green Economy and Rio+20

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and of Geography and the Environment, spoke at the Ethiopian national dialogue on the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD). The Ethiopian national dialogue was held in Addis Ababa […]

Prof. Adil Najam Leads Conference in Addis Ababa on Global Governance

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and of Geography and the Environment, co-led (with Mark Halle of the International Institute for Sustainable Development) a two day conference on developing an African position on international environmental governance reform, […]

Prof. Najam Writes Op-Ed on Pakistan Foreign Policy

Prof. Adil Najam – Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations, and Geography and the Environment – published an op-ed in The Express Tribune on the need for Pakistan to have a full-time Foreign Minister gives its many foreign policy challenges. […]

Prof. Adil Najam Publishes Paper on Climate Change and Corruption

The 2011 Global Corruption Report of Transparency International focuses on the issue of climate change and explores the corruption risks related to tackling climate change. The report brings together over 50 experts from across the world, including Prof. Adil Najam – Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future […]

Pardee Center Director in the Media on Osama Bin Laden Death

Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment, Prof. Adil Najam, has been in the media over the last many days as a commentator on the successful US operation to kill Al-Qaeda leader and 9/11 architect Osama Bin […]

Prof. Najam Speaks on Global Governance Reform at CIGI (Includes Video)

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and of Geography and Environment was one of the participants and speakers at the high-level meeting of experts, political leaders and diplomats on “The New Geometry of Global Summitry: The Future […]

Prof. Najam Moderates Discussion With Pakistan’s Finance Minister

Dr. Hafeez Shaikh – Pakistan’s Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs & Statistics – was the guest at a special lecture on the economy and politics in Pakistan at the South Asia Initiative at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. The discussion was moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, Director of Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee […]

Prof. Adil Najam Attends 2011 CDP Meeting at the United Nations

Dr. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, attended the 2011 annual meeting of the UN Committee on Development Policy (CDP). Prof. Najam has served on the CDP since 2009 when he was nominated to it by the United Nations’ Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon. (See news reports of […]