Category: 2010

Bert Metz Speaks at Pardee House Seminar

Dr. Bert Metz kicked off the first Pardee House Seminar of this semester with a discussion on his new book “Controlling Climate Change After Copenhagen” on February 2, 2010. The event brought together a full-room of BU faculty and students, including a number who had been at Copenhagen last December. Dr. Metz was the co-Chair […]

Next Pardee Seminar (Feb. 10): The Future of NAFTA

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a lunch seminar on ‘The Future of NAFTA ‘ on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, featuring Prof. Eduardo Zepeda, Dr. Timothy A. Wise and Prof. Kevin P. Gallagher. The Seminar will be moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, Director, Pardee Center. The seminar […]

Follow Pardee Center Updates on Twitter

You can now follow news and updates from the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on Twitter at http://twitter.com/BUPardeeCenter. Pardee Center’s twitter feed will be used to provide updates on Pardee Center events, announcements, publications, videos and news. The feed will be updated when a new news item, publication or […]

Najam Interview: Solving a Planet-Sized Puzzle on a Deadline

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Professor of International Relations and of Geography and Environment at Boston University, and a Lead Author of the Third and Fourth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was interviewed by the German media group […]

Pardee Seminar: IPCC Co-Chair on Climate After Copenhagen

With climate change policy as well as climate change science being so much in the news recently, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is proud to welcome Dr. Bert Metz to lead the first Pardee House Seminar of this semester – “Controlling Climate Change After Copenhagen” – on Tuesday, February […]

Pardee Center Director in Germany for Media and Lecture Tour

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future just concluded a week long lecture and media meetings tour of Germany focusing on the results of the recently concluded Copenhagen climate negotiations and the research on global development issues being conducted at the Boston University […]

Pardee Center Hosts 2nd Marine Management Area Science Scientific Workshop

On 20 – 23 January, 2010, a meeting of participating investigators and science communicators was convened at the Pardee Center to begin work on the booklet Living with the Sea: one of the thematic science-to-action products focusing on disseminating the results from the natural science studies. The meeting was co-organized by the Boston University Marine […]

Adil Najam Speaks at Rheinland-Pfalz State House in Germany

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future was the featured speaker at a major public event hosted by the Minister-President of the German State of RheinlandPfalz, Mr. Kurt Beck. Organized by the German State of RheinlandPfalz and the Initiative for the Future of […]

Pardee Center to hold conference on Africa’s Future

The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study for the Longer-Range Future will convene a conference on the future of Africa, titled “Good News from Africa” on Friday, April 16, 2010. The all-day conference will be held at the Boston University Law School 12th Floor Lounge and will bring together leading scholars, practitioners […]

Pardee Center seeks Post-Doc for Energy Transitions Research

The Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future at Boston University (BU) seek applicants for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to support a research project on the interdisciplinary aspects of energy transitions that is funded by the Mellon Foundation.  The successful candidate will serve as post-doctoral Fellow at the Pardee Center with a […]