Category: 2009

Prof. Adil Najam Featured in WFP Video on Food Security

Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future, was interviewed in a feature video for the World Food Programme (WFP), headquartered in Rome, Italy. The video focussed on the issue of food security and climate change. The video can be viewed here. […]

Prof. Saleem Ali Discusses Treasures of the Earth at Pardee Seminar

Prof. Saleem H. Ali, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, discussed his new book, Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and A Sustainable Future, at the Pardee House Seminar on 23 October, 2009. The talk was moderated by Professor Adil Najam, Director of the […]

Pardee Fellow Presents on Pakistan-US Relations

Pardee Center Research Fellow Moeed Yusuf presented at a seminar on Pakistan-US relations at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University on October 23, 2009. The seminar titled, “Pakistan-US Relations: Militancy, Nuclear Weapons, and a Faltering Economy” featured, besides Moeed, the former Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan, Aziz Ahmed Khan, and prominent Pakistani international […]

Pardee Center Designated Observer Organization at U.N. Climate Change Negotiations

Boston University has been designated an observer non-governmental organization (NGO) by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future serving as Designated Contact Point. This designation allows Boston University and Pardee Center affiliated researchers (including students) to gain official accreditation to […]

Prof. Najam Speaks at Pugwash Seminar on US-Pakistan Economic Relations

Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was one of the panelists at a seminar organized by the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs on “Pakistan-US Economic Relations.” The seminar was hosted by the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington DC and […]

John Kerry and Bill Delahunt to speak on U.S.-Cuba Policy

U.S. Senator John Kerry and U.S. Congressman Bill Delahunt will be amongst the speakers at a Boston University conference on “Whither U.S Cuba Policy?  A Dialogue Among Policy Makers and Scholars” to be held on Friday, November 6, 2009, at 1.30pm. The conference is co-sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of […]

Pardee Center Director Speaks in Iceland on Climate and Human Development

The Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Prof. Adil Najam, spoke in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Climate Change, Security and Human Development at the National Museum of Iceland at a special lecture organized by the Nordic House, the Iceland Ministry of Environment and the Institute for Sustainability Studies at the University of Iceland. […]

Pardee House Seminar: Need, Greed and A Sustainable Future

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold its next Pardee House Seminar on ‘Need, Greed and A Sustainable Future’ featuring Prof. Saleem H. Ali from University of Vermont who will talk about his book, Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and A Sustainable Future . Saleem H. Ali […]

Prof. Henrik Selin Presents on E-Waste Management

Pardee Research Fellow Prof. Henrik Selin was invited to be a Resource Person at a week-long meeting on Asian e-waste governance organized by the Asian Productivity Organization in Taipei this week. He first presented on Oct 12, Monday, on European Union E-Waste Management. On Oct 15, he presented on Strategies for Regulating and Managing E-waste.  […]