Dr. Miquel Munoz, Pardee Center Post-Doctoral Fellow, will participate in climate change deliberations at the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Bonn, Germany, from 29 March – 8 April 2009 . The Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) was established under the Bali Action plan […]
Moeed Yusuf, Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has co-authored an academic paper that was recently published in the Islamabad Policy Research Institute’s IPRI Journal. The paper, titled "Pacifying Conflict through Economic Interdependence: Prospects in the Case of Jammu and Kashmir," examines the potential for cross-border trade and […]
Pardee Research Fellow Henrik Selin recently gave two presentations related to his research on climate change and global governance issues. On March 24, Prof. Selin delivered the keynote speech for a series called "Globalization and Sustainability" at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. His talk, titled "Global Sustainability and Climate Change," was followed by a reception […]
To explore the potential of a possible research project on mapping the future options for countries and regions, an exploratory brainstorming exercise was held at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future on March 22, 2009, focusing on Pakistan. The exploratory session was led by the Center Director, Prof. […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, gave a series of talks to lawmakers, journalists and corporate leaders in Pakistan on the importance of looking at global climate change as a longer-range development issue, especially for high-risk countries like Pakistan. The series of talks were […]
Pardee Center Director, Dr. Adil Najam, spoke in Doha, Qatar, at the 7th Doha Natural Gas Conference and Exhibition. Prof. Najam spoke on the panel on energy security which also included a presentation by Andris Piebalgs, the Commissioner of Energy for the European Union. Prof. Najam’s presentation discussed the post-2012 Kyoto climate regime which is […]
Prof. Simon Levin, the Moffett Professor of Biology at Princeton University and the Director of Princeton’s Center for BioComplexity, who is also the Pardee Visiting Professor for 2008-09 is visiting Boston University again this March, and will lead a Faculty Seminar on ‘Sustainability’ on Thursday, March 19, 2009. Last semester, Prof. Levin delivered a set of […]
On March 6th, 2009, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a seminar on ‘Energy and Environment: How is China Responding’. The seminar was part of the Pardee Center’s ongoing discussion on the future of China following the conference on China’s future held last December. The seminar featured a […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites applications for a post-doctoral research fellow to work on topics related to human development and Africa. The research fellow will help develop an Africa-focused research program at the Pardee Center, around the theme of Africa 2060. We are interested in candidates with […]
On March 4th, 2009, Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, spoke at Global U, organized by the Chicago Global Donors Network, in Chicago, Illinois. Global U–How to Connect Your Charitable Giving to Your Global Interests was created for people who give globally or who […]