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 […]
A Boston Globe news story on New Englanders who will be attending the upcoming global climate negotiations at Copenhagen features Boston University researchers from The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The Pardee Center has designated observer organization status from the United Nations for these and future climate change negotiations. […]
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 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. […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a lunch seminar on ‘Is The Future Renewable?’ on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, featuring Prof. Michael Caramanis, Prof. William Moomaw and Dr. Miquel Munoz , who will discuss what our energy future will look like and if we are moving towards […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Office of the Dean of the BU College of Arts and Sciences and BU Latin America Studies Program co-organized a conference on US-Cuba policy on November 6, Friday. The conference, titled, Whither US Cuba Policy? is supported by a grant from the Christopher […]