Abhishek Sharma, a 2014 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellow and currently a graduate student at the Boston University School of Public Health, is the lead author of a paper recently published in the online journal BMJ Open. The paper, titled “Implications of private sector Hib vaccine coverage for the introduction of public sector Hib-containing pentavalent vaccine […]
At the Pardee Center lunchtime seminar on Feb. 25, architect and Metropolitan College Adjunct Professor Madhu Dutta-Koehler spoke of the need for urban planners to “look for synergies” between climate change adaptation opportunities and existing plans for urban development and improvements in the mega-cities of South Asia and elsewhere. Dutta-Koehler was the featured speaker at […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos is featured in a recent BU Research article about his work to develop a National Climate Indicators System to help policymakers with decisions related to preparing for and responding to the impacts of climate change. Titled “Building a Better Barometer,” the article describes the interdisciplinary effort that Prof. Janetos is […]
A recent special issue of the journal Latin American Research Review co-edited by Boston University Prof. Jeffrey Rubin (History) is based on a 2012 project co-sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs (CURA). Titled “Lived Religion and Lived Citizenship […]
Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Kevin P. Gallagher is the author of a new book titled Ruling Capital: Emerging Markets and the Reregulation of Cross-Border Finance published by Cornell University Press. The book is based on Prof. Gallagher’s work related to three Pardee Center Task Force Reports (here, here, and here) he has coordinated, edited, and […]
The Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows met with Thomas Menino, former Boston mayor and current co-director of the Initiative on Cities (IoC), over lunch in the IoC conference room on July 16. The former mayor heard from each of the Summer Fellows about their research and talked about the collaborative programs with various stakeholders that he […]
Rosina Bierbaum, a science advisor to the White House and international environment and development agencies, will deliver the annual Frederick S. Pardee Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, April 30 at the Metcalf Trustee Center at One Silber Way. The title of her lecture is “Past is Not Prologue: How Climate Change Alters Development Prospects.” The lecture […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos is among 23 leaders from Boston’s academic, business, and non-profit communities appointed to a steering committee that will provide advice as the City updates its Climate Action Plan. According to an April 4 press release issued by the Boston Mayor’s Office, the Steering Committee will review the second update to […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a talk on February 10 by Prof. Bob Kopp, Associate Director of the Rutgers Energy Institute, who is an expert on sea level rise. Concluding that “we can’t wish or legislate sea level rise away”, Kopp explained the physics of sea level […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos was among 30 Boston University faculty and administrators who attended a kick-off meeting and reception for the new Initiative on Cities (I0C) at its new home at 75 Bay State Road on February 11. IoC co-directors Profs. Graham Wilson and Thomas Menino, the former long-time mayor of Boston, welcomed the […]