Author: Elaine Teng

Next Pardee House Seminar: Coastal Conservation and Development

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a lunch seminar on ‘Coastal Conservation and Development’ on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, featuring Prof. Les Kaufman, Dr. Stuart Sandin and Dr. Stuart Banks. The shallow waters of tropical oceans are reeling under local and global human impacts. These waters harbor […]

Pardee Fellow Presents on Nuclear Energy at HKS

Pardee Center Research Fellow Moeed Yusuf presented his Pardee Paper (# 3) “Does Nuclear Energy Have a Future?” at the expert lecture series at Harvard Kennedy School’s Energy and Environment Professional Interest Council. The event was held on December 2, 2009 at the Kennedy School itself. Considering the potential for nuclear energy to play a […]

Experts Discuss Copenhagen and Beyond

The Boston University Energy Club hosted a panel discussion, co-sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, on Tuesday, December 1 2009,  to discuss the prospects of what might come out of the Copenhagen negotiations, and what is likely to follow. The discussion  featured Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the […]

Upcoming Seminar on Global Climate Change: Copenhagen and Beyond

With the United Nations Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen rapidly approaching, the Boston University Energy Club and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will co-host a panel discussion on Tuesday, December 1 2009,  at 5pm to discuss the prospects of what might come out of the Copenhagen negotiations, […]

Dr. Julius Gatune Kariuki Joins Pardee Center as Post-Doc Fellow

Dr. Julius Gatune Kariuki joins the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future as a Post-doctoral Fellow focussing on development issues in Africa. Dr. Gatune, who specializes in public policy and future scenarios for African development will be an integral part of the Pardee Center team working on the Africa 2060 project. […]

Pardee House Seminar Looks at the Future of Renewable Energy

On Tuesday, November 17, 2009, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a seminar on ‘Is The Future Renewable?’ Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Prof. Michael Caramanis, Prof. William Moomaw and Dr. Miquel Munoz, and was moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the […]

Pardee Fellow Speaks on Terrorism in South Asia

Pardee Center Research Fellow Moeed Yusuf delivered two lectures and spoke at a panel discussion at the Center of Excellence- Defense Against Terrorism, a NATO think-tank based in Ankara, Turkey. The lectures and panel were held as part of the Center’s course on Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism on November 12-13, 2009. The course was […]

Pardee House Seminar on the Internationalization of Higher Education

Dr Daniel Guhr, Managing Director of Illuminate Consulting Group,  dicussed  ‘Internationalization of Higher Education’ at a Pardee House Seminar on Thursday, November 12, 2009.  Prof. Ben DeWinter, Boston University’s Associate Provost for International Programs and Dean Jay Halfond of the Boston University Metropolitan College gave opening remarks at the Seminar. Dr. Guhr serves as Illuminate Consulting […]

SDKP Launches New Publication Series With Pardee Center

A new series of policy briefs called Sustainable Development Insights has been launched by the Sustainable Development Knowledge Partnership in collaboration with the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The Pardee Center is one of the partners in this UN initiated public-private knowledge partnership on sustainable development (see here). This […]