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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 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 […]