On Monday, Mar 1, 2010, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a seminar on ‘Decentralization and Development: Making Local Governance Deliver’. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Ms. Ghazia Aslam, Prof. John Gerring and Prof. Dilip Mookherjee, and was moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, […]
Stephanie Watts, Associate Professor of Information Systems at the Boston University School of Management, was named as a Faculty Fellow of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Prof. Watts was previously on the faculty of the Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University. Her academic research has […]
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 co-authored a research paper titled “Futures of Globalization and Their Humanitarian Impacts” with Shanza Khan, Executive Director, Strategic and Economic Policy Research which contributed to […]
Dr. Jeni Klugman, the Director and Lead-Author of the UNDP Human Development Report Office, delivered the Pardee Distinguished Lecture at lunchtime today to an audience of over 100, including BU faculty, students and guests from around the Boston Area. The lecture was organized jointly by the Boston University Global Development program and the Frederick S. […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a lunch seminar on ‘Decentralization and Development: Making Local Governments Deliver ‘ on Monday, March 1, 2010, featuring Ms. Ghazia Aslam, Prof. John Gerring and Prof. Dilip Mookherjee. The Seminar will be moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, Director, Pardee Center. Ghazia […]
The Pardee Center is delighted to welcome four Graduate Research Assistants to assist in the Center’s Africa 2060 program. The Research Assistants will help research, conceptualize and analyze development data to identify trends on African development. They will also assist in organizing a conference on the future of Africa, titled “Good News from Africa” on […]
The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has launched a new project that seeks to study the future of South-South economic relations. The project is led by Prof. Adil Najam (Director, Pardee Center) and Rachel Denae Thrasher (Fellow, Pardee Center). The project will bring together leading experts from […]
On Wednesday, February 10, 2010, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a seminar on ‘The Future of NAFTA in conjunction with the launch of the Pardee Center Task Force Report on the Future of North American Trade Policy. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured […]
Dr. Bert Metz kicked off the first Pardee House Seminar of this semester with a discussion on his new book “Controlling Climate Change After Copenhagen” on February 2, 2010. The event brought together a full-room of BU faculty and students, including a number who had been at Copenhagen last December. Dr. Metz was the co-Chair […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a lunch seminar on ‘The Future of NAFTA ‘ on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, featuring Prof. Eduardo Zepeda, Dr. Timothy A. Wise and Prof. Kevin P. Gallagher. The Seminar will be moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, Director, Pardee Center. The seminar […]