On October 18 and 19, 2010, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Goethe-Institut Boston and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen (KWI) organized a symposium on Transatlantic Perceptions of Climate Change: The Role of the Arts and Media at at Boston University. The symposium addressed […]
On Monday, October 18, 2010, renowned Indian social activist and dancer Mallika Sarabhai spoke at the Boston University College of Fine Arts on the role of the arts in bringing about social change. The public event was co-hosted by the Pardee Center in collaboration with the BU Center for the Study of Asia, the CAS Core Curriculum, […]
On Friday October 15, 2010, the Sawyer Seminar on Energy Transitions and Society convened for its second meeting. The session entitled Energy, Culture, and Society featured Laura Nader and Peter Shulman. It was moderated by Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and coordinator of the […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow, Prof. Kevin Gallagher, launched his new book on China and Latin America at the School for International and Public Affairs, Colombia University on October 11, 2010. Professor Gallagher co-authored the book, “The Dragon in the Room: China and the Future of Latin American Industrialization,” with Roberto Porzecanski, a research fellow at the […]
On Wednesday, October 6, 2010, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a lunch seminar on ‘Building Global Citizenship – The Role of the University’. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Dean Jay Halfond, Dean Robert Hollister and, Professor Fernando Reimers, and was moderated by […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a lunch seminar on ‘Building Global Citizenship – The Role of the University’ on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, featuring Dean Rob Hollister (Tufts University), Prof. Fernando Reimers (Harvard University) and Dean Jay Halfond (Boston University). The Seminar will be moderated by […]
On Monday, September 20, 2010, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Boston University Department of Geography and Environment launched the John Sawyer Seminars on Energy Transitions and Society, with the first session focusing on ‘Overview of Energy Transitions,’ and featuring Prof. Martin Melosi, Prof. Bruce Podobnik, and […]
The Pardee Center Task Force on Governance for a Green Economy met at the Pardee House on September 10, 2010 in an all-day experts meeting which discussed different aspects of the topic and deliberated on ideas that are most likely to advance effective institutional innovations towards better governance for sustainable development and a ‘green economy.’ […]
On Thursday, September 9, 2010, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future launched its Fall 2010 Calendar of activities with a lunch seminar on ‘Accountability in Global Governance’. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series and also also a part of the Pardee Center’s suite of activities of global governance, […]
The Renewables 2010 Global Status Report was released by the Renewable Energy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) in Paris on July 15th, 2010. Dr. Miquel Muñoz, Pardee Center Post-doctoral Fellow, has contributed to the report since its first edition in 2005 as a lead country researcher. Highlights of the report include: – For the […]