Eminent demographer and head of the Laboratory of Populations at Rockefeller University, Prof. Joel E. Cohen delivered a set of five lectures on “The Human Population: Past, or Passing, or To Come” as part of the Pardee Distinguished Lecture Series.
Pardee Center Director Adil Najam, who was on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, spoke at various events related to current debates on climate change.
Prof. Adil Najam was widely quoted in media stories related to the recent assassination of Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and its political outfall on the future of Pakistan and the region.
International development and diplomacy expert and member of Nobel Prize-winning IPCC team of scientists, Adil Najam, who taught at Boston University from 1997 to 2003, returns to the University this fall as the new director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The center also will receive new resources […]
Eminent demographer and head of the Laboratory of Populations at Rockefeller University, Prof. Joel E. Cohen delivered a set of five lectures on “The Human Population: Past, or Passing, or To Come” as part of the Pardee Distinguished Lecture Series. The series explored the current and likely 2050 populations, the Earth’s carrying capacity, preparing for […]
The Future of Space Exploration: Solutions to Earthly Problems? Marking the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the 40th anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty, the conference brought together leading space scientists, visionaries, and entrepreneurs from around the world to imagine the next half-century of space exploration. The conference resulted in […]