Category: 2018

Janetos Presents and Moderates at IEW Panel on BU Research Centers’ Global Engagement

As part of Boston University’s 7th annual International Education Week (IEW), Global Programs hosted a panel discussion titled “Why Engaging Globally Matters,” highlighting the work of five BU research centers. Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos gave an overview of the Center’s mission, activities, and research priorities, and also moderated a discussion that included Azer Bestavros, Director […]

Former Summer Fellow Kristen Carey Authors Article on Population Growth in Tanzania for The Conversation

Kristen Carey, a PhD candidate in the Department of History and a 2018 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored an article in The Conversation exploring population growth in Africa, the history of family planning policies in Tanzania, and the connection between demography and […]

Experts Discuss Global Health & the Social Sciences at Pardee Center Seminar

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future recently hosted a panel discussion convened by Faculty Research Fellow Prof. Joseph Harris reflecting on the Symposium on Global Health & the Social Sciences, an effort he led to bring together nearly 30 leading anthropologists, political scientists, and sociologists to contribute to evolving […]

Faculty Research Fellow Michael Dietze Gives NSF Distinguished Lecture

Michael Dietze, an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, recently gave a Distinguished Lecture hosted by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences. In the lecture, Prof. Dietze discusses the challenges and opportunities in near-term ecological forecasting, an emerging interdisciplinary research area spanning environmental […]

Faculty Research Fellow Jim Stodder Consults on Barcelona’s New Electronic “Social Currency”

Jim Stodder, a Visiting Professor in BU’s Metropolitan College and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently worked as a consultant on the Rec, a newly launched electronic “social currency” sponsored by the European Union and the City Council of Barcelona. Barcelona’s Rec (Real Economy Currency) is […]

Ecological Forecasting Initiative Website Launches

Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Prof. Michael Dietze has launched the Ecological Forecasting Initiative website. The Initiative is “a grassroots consortium aimed at building and supporting an interdisciplinary community of practice around near-term (daily to decadal) ecological forecasts.” The website is a major component of Prof. Dietze’s work as a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, […]

Sullivan-Wiley and Short Gianotti Co-Author Paper on Agricultural Land Management in Uganda

Pardee Center post-doctoral associate Kira Sullivan-Wiley and Faculty Associate Prof. Anne Short Gianotti recently co-authored a paper on agricultural management in eastern Uganda in the journal Land Use Policy.  The paper, titled “Pursuing productivity gains and risk reduction in a multi-hazard landscape: A case study from eastern Uganda,” explores the co-beneficial role that agricultural land […]