Category: 2010

Pardee Center Director Participates in Higher Education Workshop

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment, attended a consultation organized by the U.S. State Department on higher education in Pakistan on behalf of the Boston University President. The consultations were held in Washington […]

November 18: Conference on Latin America 2060

The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Boston University Latin America Studies Program (BU LAS) will hold a conference on Latin America 2060 at Boston University on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. The project is part of the Task Force on Latin America 2060 that has been […]

Prof. Adil Najam at World Economic Forum Meeting on International Environmental Governance

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment, was invited to participate in a global consultation on International Environmental Governance organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 8-9 November, 2010. The […]

Experts discuss Energy and Development at third Sawyer Seminar

On Monday, November 8, 2010, the John Sawyer Seminar on Energy Transitions and Society convened for its third meeting. The session entitled Energy and Development featured Joan Martínez -Alier and Paul Epstein, and was moderated by James McCann, professor of history at Boston University. Joan Martínez-Alier is a Professor at the Department of Economics and […]

Pardee Fellow Speaks in Mexico and Michigan

Pardee Fellow Pablo Suarez was invited to give the keynote speech in Guadalajara, Mexico during an award ceremony at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente. On November 5th Dr. Suarez addressed the role of university students in the future of humanitarian work, and then joined the provost and other university authorities in […]

Experts Discuss Philanthropy and Disasters in Pakistan and Haiti

Over a hundred people from across the Boston area gathered at Boston University on November 4, 2010, at a discussion on on the current situation with the devastating floods in Pakistan and the ongoing impacts of Haiti’s earthquake earlier this year, and in particular on the lessons that can be learnt from these two experiences […]

Pardee Center Director Speaks on Floods and Disasters at Oberlin College

The Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Prof. Adil Najam, spoke at a special event at Oberlin College on the devastation caused by the recent floods in Pakistan and on its developmental consequences for the country. The event, held on the evening of November 3, 2010, was […]

Adil Najam Publishes Op-Ed on Renewable Energy Governance

Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and of Geography and Environment, published an op-ed on the future of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in The National, Abu Dhabi’s largest English newspaper, on November 1, […]

Pardee Center Director Presents at the United Nations on Rio+20

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment, was invited to present at a special panel event before the Second Committee (on Economics and Finance) of the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly […]

Pardee Researchers Publish Op-Eds on IRENA and Cancún

Pardee Center Director Prof. Adil Najam and Pardee Fellow Dr. Miquel Muñoz published respective op eds on the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Change negotiations in Cancún. Professor Najam’s op ed, titled Renewing the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has been published in the blog Triple Crisis, and can be accessed here. In […]