Faculty Fellow Kevin P. Gallagher is quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek’s article, “IMF Officially Endorses Capital Controls in Reversal.” Also quoted is Paulo Nogueira Batista, Executive Director for Brazil and eight other Latin American countries at the International Monetary Fund, who was the featured luncheon speaker at a September 2011 meeting of the Pardee Task Force […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce a Parde House Seminar titled The Urban Century: Local Challenges, Global Matters. The seminar will be held at the Pardee Center on Thursday, December 13, 2012. Featured speakers include Pardee Faculty Fellow Prof. Nathan Phillips, (Earth and Environment, BU), Faculty Fellow […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has published the 25th paper in the Issues In Brief series. “Religion, Social Movements, and Zones of Crisis in Latin America,” was written by Boston University Prof. Jeffrey W. Rubin, Prof. David Smilde of the University of Georgia, and Prof. Benjamin Junge of […]
Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Nathan Phillips was interviewed on the WBUR show Radio Boston November 25. Prof. Phillips answered questions about his study on leaks in Boston’s aging natural gas system published earlier this month in Environmental Pollution titled Mapping urban pipeline leaks: Methane leaks across Boston. The interview came in the wake of a […]
Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Kevin P. Gallagher gave a talk titled, “Latin America’s China Triangle: The Environmental Dimension,” at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C., November 26. Prof. Gallagher was introduced by Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, a Principal Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank. Prof. Gallagher and Mr. Moreira also spoke at the Pardee House Seminar, Shaping the Future […]
The Pardee Cener has published a new report titled, “Creating an Innovation Ecosystem: Governance and the Growth of Knowledge Economies,” by Azatuhi Ayrikyan and Pardee Faculty Fellow Muhammad H. Zaman. The report looks at the role of governance in the creation of knowledge-based economies, and finds connections between governance practices and a nation’s ability to develop and sustain […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow Muhammad Zaman took part in a lunchtime “Global Conversation” on Thursday, Nov. 15 as part of a program of activities organized by BU Global Programs to celebrate International Education Week (IEW), Nov. 12-16. Prof. Zaman was joined by Prof. Don Thea (Center for Global Health & Development) and Prof. Susie Foster (School […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University has released a new Task Force Report titled Games for a New Climate: Experiencing the Complexity of Future Risks. The report is a collaborative effort of the 12-member Task Force, which was convened on behalf of the Pardee Center by Visiting […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future co-sponsored and hosted a special lunch seminar on “Remittances and Development in Post-Conflict States” on Nov. 9. The event was held in connection with a task force of the same name organized by the BU Center for Finance, Law & Policy and co-sponsored […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a Pardee House Seminar titled “Shaping the Future of the Asia-Latin America Relationship” on Nov. 6 featuring Economics Professor Enrique Dussel Peters of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Principal Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank. Pardee Faculty Fellow […]