Muhammad H. Zaman, a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and a Pardee Center Faculty Associate, is the founder of a new university-wide initiative on forced displacement. The Initiative for Interdisciplinary Approaches to Forced Displacement (IIAFD) at Boston University will foster interdisciplinary collaborations among faculty, staff, and students in the emerging field of refugee studies. Through teaching, research, […]
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently launched “How We Respond: Communities and Scientists Taking Action on Climate Change,” which brings together stories highlighting the ways that 18 communities across the U.S. are responding to climate change. Pardee Center Director Prof. Anthony Janetos, who passed away last month, served for a year and a […]
Last week, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a two-day workshop exploring the nitrogen removal capacity of oyster habitats via denitrification. The workshop, convened by Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Prof. Robinson W. (Wally) Fulweiler, brought together a group of about 30 experts to assess the current state of knowledge […]
The Global Development Policy Center, the Institute for Sustainable Energy, and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future recently co-sponsored a seminar titled Tackling Climate Change: The Case for Carbon Dividends” featuring University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor of Economics James K. Boyce. Prof. Boyce discussed his new book, The Case […]
Henrik Selin, an Associate Professor in the Pardee School of Global Studies and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore the environmental and human health risks from mercury pollution in artisanal and small-scale gold […]
Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Prof. James McCann and 2018 Graduate Summer Fellow Kristen Carey presented at the first Rocky Mountain Workshop on African History from August 9-11 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Carey, a PhD candidate in the Department of History, presented a paper titled “Bogeys and Misconceptions: The Formation and Portrayal of Tanzanian Population Policy: […]
Michael Dietze, an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently interviewed in Science about the Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI). Launched in 2018 with the help of a seed grant from the Pardee Center, EFI is […]
The Boston University community, and especially the staff of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, deeply feels the loss of Director Anthony Janetos, who died of pancreatic cancer in early August. A well-known leader in the global climate change community, Tony came to BU and the Pardee Center in […]
Pablo Suarez, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave a TEDx talk in Modena, Italy, exploring how humor can help improve communication, build relationships, enhance problem solving, increase productivity, and strengthen leadership. Because risk management requires creative learning and dialogue, Suarez has been […]
Richard Samuel Deese, a Senior Lecturer in the College of General Studies and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, gave a keynote talk at the Center for United Nations Constitutional Research (CUNCR) Climate Democracy & Justice Summit on June 22. In a wide-ranging talk, […]