With climate change policy as well as climate change science being so much in the news recently, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is proud to welcome Dr. Bert Metz to lead the first Pardee House Seminar of this semester – “Controlling Climate Change After Copenhagen” – on Tuesday, February […]
On 20 – 23 January, 2010, a meeting of participating investigators and science communicators was convened at the Pardee Center to begin work on the booklet Living with the Sea: one of the thematic science-to-action products focusing on disseminating the results from the natural science studies. The meeting was co-organized by the Boston University Marine […]
Application deadline: Friday, January 22, 2010 The Frederick S Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Range Future seeks up to four research assistants to join us in the Spring 2010 Semester as part of the Center’s Africa 2060 program. The Research Assistants will help research, conceptualize and analyze development data to identify trends […]
Beyond The Resource Curse: Minerals and Global Development By Saleem H. Ali January 2010 (8 pages) Download PDF version. This policy brief discusses the concept of the “resource curse” and the often-assumed connection between a country’s significant mineral wealth and violence and corruption. The paper argues that developing countries with abundant mineral resources can have positive […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future released two new publications in December 009. The first is a Pardee Paper on Climate Knowledge and Decisions: Humanitarian Challenges by Pardee Center Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pablo Suarez, and the second is an Issue Brief on The Changing Shape of Malnutrition: Obesity in sub-Saharan […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin P. Gallagher traveled to Washington last week to launch the new Pardee Center Task Force Report titled “The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA.” Gallagher, with task force members Robert Stumberg from Georgetown University Law School and Timothy Wise from Tufts Unversity’s Global Development Institute, gave presentations based […]
On Wednesday, December 9, 2009, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a seminar on ‘Coastal Conservation and Development’. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Prof. Les Kaufman, Dr. Stuart Sandin and Dr. Stuart Banks, and was moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the […]
Pardee Center Research Fellow Moeed Yusuf delivered a guest lecture on Pakistan’s chronic instability at the Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University on December 8, 2009. Yusuf was invited by the Institute’s Director, Mr. Sherman Teichman to speak to about 40 Tufts students who are part of the Institute. During his presentation, Yusuf examined the […]
Marine management experts will gather at the Pardee Center this week for the Marine Management Area Science (MMAS) Scientific Workshop. The Workshop is co-organized by the Boston University Marine Program and Conservation International and will run through the week of 7 December 2009, Monday to 11 December 2009, Friday. The purpose of the workshop is […]
Professor Henrik Selin, Faculty Fellow at the Pardee Center and Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University, was interviewed on NPR relating to his work on hazardous chemicals in conjunction to the 25 year anniversary of the Bhopal accident. Prof. Selin will also interact with listeners and answer questions on The World Science Forum […]