Pardee Center Honors Prof. David Fromkin
Prof. David Fromkin was honored for his role as the founding director of the Frederick Pardee Center at a reception on January 29.
Author: Adil Najam
Development and Climate Discussed at Pardee Center
A small working group of development and climate experts met at the Pardee Center to scope a potential agenda for action-research around making development a more central theme of forthcoming global climate change talks.
BU Pardee Center Gets a “Communication Specialist”
Cynthia Barakatt joins the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future as the part-time “communication specialist.”
BU Pardee Center Discusses Global Health Diplomacy
Nick Dragger, head of the Health and Development Department of the World Health Organization (WHO), visited the Pardee Center to hold an informal discussion session on future initiatives on global health diplomacy.
Prof. Najam, in Japan, to discuss upcoming G8 Meeting
Pardee Center Director attends Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA) meeting to discuss emerging agenda for the upcoming G-8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit, to be hosted by Japan later this summer.
Prof. Najam Talks about the IPCC and Its Nobel Prize-Winning Work
Pardee Center Director Adil Najam, who was on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, spoke at various events related to current debates on climate change.
Pardee Center Director on Recent Political Developments in Pakistan
Prof. Adil Najam was widely quoted in media stories related to the recent assassination of Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and its political outfall on the future of Pakistan and the region.
New Director Named for the BU Pardee Center
International development and diplomacy expert and member of Nobel Prize-winning IPCC team of scientists, Adil Najam, who taught at Boston University from 1997 to 2003, returns to the University this fall as the new director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The center also will receive new resources […]
Joel E. Cohen | A Pardee Distinguished Lecture
Eminent demographer and head of the Laboratory of Populations at Rockefeller University, Prof. Joel E. Cohen delivered a set of five lectures on “The Human Population: Past, or Passing, or To Come” as part of the Pardee Distinguished Lecture Series. The series explored the current and likely 2050 populations, the Earth’s carrying capacity, preparing for […]
Future of Space Exploration | A Pardee Center Conference
The Future of Space Exploration: Solutions to Earthly Problems? Marking the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the 40th anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty, the conference brought together leading space scientists, visionaries, and entrepreneurs from around the world to imagine the next half-century of space exploration. The conference resulted in […]