Prof. Henrik Selin, Pardee Center Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University, spoke to science journalists from across the United States and Canada on issues related to the global management of hazardous wastes. The Seminar, held on March 31, 2010, was organized for science journalists by the Metcalf Institute for Marine […]
Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environemnt at Boston University was invited to present a special lecture on water resource management challenges in Pakistan at the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) in […]
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 quoted in two press stories about the ongoing debate on recent controversies about climate change science and about the results of a new U.S. poll […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations and of Geography and the Environment at Boston University, was invited to speak on “Global Climate Change After Copenhagen” at the Boston offices of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), headquarters of […]
Pardee Center Research Fellow Dr. Pablo Suarez has been invited by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a contributing author for the IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Award, […]
As part of the 2010 EPIIC International Symposium of the Tufts University Institute for Global Leadership, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University co-hosted a panel on “South Asia 2060” as part of its larger project by the same name. EPIIC is a major student-run international symposium […]
A number of Research Fellows and Affiliates of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future attended and presented their research at the 51st Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA). ISA is the largest and most prestigious global organization of international studies scholars and its 51st Annual […]
MIT Press just released a new book by Dr. Henrik Selin, Pardee Center Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University, titled Global Governance of Hazardous Chemicals: Challenges of Multilevel Management (2010). The book builds on Prof. Selin’s wide-ranging research on the global management of hazardous wastes, including his 2009 Pardee Paper […]
Prof. Adil Najam, the Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Global Public Policy at Boston University and Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was invited to give a briefing to the Deputy Minister’s Committee on Global Trends, Foreign Affairs and Defence of the government of Canada on future […]
Jeni Klugman, the Director and Lead-Author of the UNDP Human Development Report Office, will deliver the Pardee Distinguished Lecture on February 23, 2010, which is being organized jointly by the Boston University Global Development program and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The Human Development Reports, are the flagship […]