Boston’s public radio station 90.9 WBUR recorded the Pardee Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Geoffrey West, “Growth, Innovation, and the Accelerating Pace of Life from Cells to Cities: Are They Sustainable?” The lecture was aired on May 12, 2013 on WBUR’s World of Ideas program and is also available as a podcast. A video recording of the lecture […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce that Prof. Susan Foster has been appointed as a Pardee Faculty Fellow. A professor in the Department of International Health at Boston University’s School of Public Health, she is an expert in the economics of infectious disease, international public […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce the arrival of the new director Prof. Anthony Janetos, an expert in the field of global change. Prof. Janetos says his priorities for the Pardee Center involve taking on the problems facing the planet over the next few decades […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher is quoted in the May 2, 2013 Reuters article, “Brazil WTO hopeful brushes off protectionist complaints.” Prof. Gallagher says that despite criticism, Brazilian diplomat Roberto Azevedo would likely be more trusted by developing countries as head of the World Trade Organization than his opponent. Azevedo is running against Mexico’s Herminio Blanco. […]
Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Nathan Phillips is quoted in articles in the The Christian Science Monitor and New Scientist about an explosion in Prague, Czech Republic likely linked to a natural gas leak that left 40 people injured. This incident follows a similar explosion in Reims, France that left three dead and 14 injured. Prof. Phillips […]
The Pardee Center Task Force Report Capital Account Regulations and the Trading System: A Compatibility Review is cited in an April 25, 2013 article at the Council on Foreign Relations website by Terra Lawson-Remer titled, Economic Instability, Capital Controls, and Bilateral Investment Treaties. The article reflects on a round table discussion with Nobel Laureate Joseph […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher discusses the role of cross-border financial regulations in the latest Pardee Podcast about the March 2013 Pardee Task Force Report, Capital Account Regulations and the Trading System: A Compatibility Review. Prof. Gallagher is the Co-Chair of the Pardee Task Force on Regulating Global Capital Flows for Long-Run Development. This report builds on the Task […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce the 2013 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows. The eight outstanding Boston University graduate students represent various schools and departments from across the university, including Energy and Environment, Global Development, History, International Relations, International Public Health, and Political Science. Starting June […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University has published the 16th paper in The Pardee Papers series. An Uncertain Future: Youth Frustration and the Arab Spring was written by 2011 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellow M. Chloe Mulderig. The paper argues that cultural and economic factors preventing youth […]
A new book titled How Immigrants Impact Their Homelands published by Duke University Press is the outcome of a Pardee Center Research Project, Diasporas and Development. The Pardee Center Research Project brought together experts from a variety of disciplines to build on the body of literature on the issues relating to the impact diasporas have on the society in […]