The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce the 2014 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows. These seven outstanding Boston University graduate students represent various schools and departments from across the university, including Earth & Environment, History, International Relations, Public Health, and Political Science. Starting May 27th, the Graduate […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, in cooperation with the Center for the Study of Asia and the East Asian Studies program at Boston University, cosponsored an April 16th talk titled “Indian Americans: The Life and Work of a New Immigrant Community”. The event, part of BU’s India-China Comparative […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Latin American Studies Program and the Initiative on Cities at Boston University cosponsored an event on April 9th on “Latin American Urban Experiences: Crisis, Creativity, and Renewal”. The conference, organized by Pardee Faculty Fellows Susan Eckstein and Enrique Silva, featured faculty and student […]
Former Pardee Center Director Adil Najam has been named inaugural Dean of the new Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. The school, which is set to open in the fall of 2014, brings together existing area studies programs and the International Relations department within the College of Arts and Sciences. Professor […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher’s work was the focus of an April 12th article in The Economist examining the role of Chinese Lending in Latin America. The article titled “Flexible Friends” discusses natural resource investment and loan-for-oil arrangements between China and countries such as Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil. According to Gallagher, China is a particularly […]
Rosina Bierbaum, a science advisor to the White House and international environment and development agencies, will deliver the annual Frederick S. Pardee Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, April 30 at the Metcalf Trustee Center at One Silber Way. The title of her lecture is “Past is Not Prologue: How Climate Change Alters Development Prospects.” The lecture […]
Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Mohammed Zaman is the author of an April 8th article in The Express Tribune titled “The high price of low quality”. Citing the recent seizure of spurious medicine in Lahore as well as a number of other issues involving expired and illegal drug distribution, the article offers key points for effectively […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos is among 23 leaders from Boston’s academic, business, and non-profit communities appointed to a steering committee that will provide advice as the City updates its Climate Action Plan. According to an April 4 press release issued by the Boston Mayor’s Office, the Steering Committee will review the second update to […]
Members of a new Pardee Center Task Force on Higher Education and Innovation in Emerging Economies will give presentations at a public event set for Thursday, April 24 at the Metcalf Trustee Center at Boston University starting at 8:30 am. The day-long event, titled “Higher Education and Innovation in Emerging Economies: From Local Development to […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos delivered an invited lecture on April 2nd at Northeastern University as part of The Myra Kraft Open Classroom series, Water: The Challenges of Extremes. His talk, which focused on “International and National Water Security Issues”, discussed the interactions of water, land use, and energy as well as the impact that […]