An international group of distinguished scholars came together to discuss the future China in terms of politics, religion, law, economics, energy, the environment and health care during an all-day conference on December 8 titled “Three Decades of Reform and Opening: Where is China Headed?” Sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of […]
As the keynote speaker at the December 8 conference, “Three Decades of Reform and Opening: Where is China Headed?”, former U.S. Ambassador to China Stapleton Roy said that 2009 will be a “defining moment in world affairs.” Although the global economic crisis is demanding a great deal of attention of the incoming administration of President-elect […]
Technology has been proclaimed as the “major driver of development.” Yet, to effectively and practically realize the vast potential of technologic advances certain obstacles must be addressed. On November 3rd, 2008, three leading experts from three different fields gathered at the Pardee House to discuss the variety of interdisciplinary challenges facing the long-range future of […]
Examining the challenges and opportunities to improve public health systems in India offers lessons for public health issues on a global scale, according to a panel of experts who spoke at the Pardee House Seminar on June 11. The seminar – titled Leadership for Public Health and Development – featured panelists including Dr. V.I. Mathan […]
Professor Simon A. Levin, the Moffett Professor of Biology at Princeton University and the Director of Princeton’s Center for BioComplexity, today delivered his second of two 2008 Frederick S. Pardee Distinguished Lectures at Boston University this week. Professor Levin is on campus all week as a guest of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the […]
Professor Simon A. Levin, the Moffett Professor of Biology at Princeton University and the Director of Princeton’s Center for BioComplexity, delivered his first Frederick S. Pardee Distinguished Lecture today. The lecture made a strong case for new global institutions that can serve as mechanisms of mutual trust and cooperation. According to Professor Levin, these will be […]
When it comes to food security, the issues confronting global food markets are not very different from the ones facing small farmers in Africa: food, fuel, finance and fertilizer. The manifestations are different, but the fundamentals are the same. This was one of the points made by a panel of experts who spoke at the […]
The global economy, geopolitics, technological innovation and security are all issues that will come into play as the world transitions from energy produced largely by oil to other, less polluting sources over the next 50 to 100 years, according to a panel of Boston University energy experts. The three experts – Professor Cutler Cleveland of […]
More than 50 students and faculty crowded into the third-floor conference room at the Pardee House on Monday, March 24 for the inaugural Pardee Center “Future Challenges” lunch seminar, co-sponsored by BU African Studies Center, the BU Global Health Initiative and the BU Institute for Economic Development. Titled “Disease and Development” the seminar panel featured […]
Inequity in the distribution of wealth both within countries and among them and the need to support local economies “at the bottom of the pyramid” were recurring themes in a conversation about trade and development at the Pardee Center’s “Future Challenges” seminar on April 7. Thirty people participated in the second lunch time seminar in […]