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 […]
The Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Prof. Adil Najam, was interviewed by Reuters TV for a report on the Copenhagen climate change negotiations and the US EPA decision on regulating greenhouse gases (view video here). Prof. Najam, who is an expert on international environmental negotiations, and […]
A number of Boston University scholars and researchers will be in Copenhagen over the next two weeks to attend global climate change negotiations that are already being described as “historic.” The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future was recently designated as an official observer organization for these negotiations […]
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 […]
With the publication of the Pardee Center Task Force Report on the Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has launched a new publication series called Pardee Center Task Force Reports. Download PDF Download executive summary This Task Force Report written […]
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 […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future spoke to National Public Radio’s (NPR’s) news show All Things Considered on the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan announced by U.S. President Obama. In the interview, which focused on how this new military […]
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 […]