Irene Monasterolo, a Visiting Research Fellow and a former post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-edited a special issue of the journal Ecological Economics with Andrea Roventini and Tim Foxon. The special issue, titled “Understanding uncertainty of climate policies and implications for economics and finance: an […]
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 presented his research on carbon tax forecasts at the 42nd International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) Annual Conference in Montréal, Canada. At the conference, Stodder presented a paper titled “Carbon […]
Ziming Xuan, an Associate Professor in BU’s School of Public Health and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently presented his research on the role of alcohol policy in reducing domestic violence in India. The talk, titled “Alcohol Consumption and Domestic Violence in India: Exploring the Role […]
Emily Klein, a senior post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently invited by the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Protecting Antarctica’s Southern Ocean Campaign to give an organization-wide talk on her work on Southern Ocean management conducted over the past three years. In this work, Klein and her collaborators at […]
On Tuesday, May 28, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future welcomed the 2019 Graduate Summer Fellows to begin their 10 weeks in residence at the Pardee Center. Over the course of the summer, the seven BU graduate students will develop research papers to be considered for publication as part of the Pardee […]
Ariana Gunderson, a 2018 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow, recently won the Award For Excellence in Graduate Study for the Metropolitan College (MET) Gastronomy program. The award is presented each year during commencement to one student in each of MET’s 16 academic departments who “has exceptional academic records; has either made an outstanding contribution to […]
The Global Development Policy Center and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future recently co-hosted a seminar titled “A Climate Risk Assessment of Sovereign Bonds’ Portfolio,” featuring Irene Monasterolo of Vienna University of Economics and Business. Monasterolo, a Pardee Center post-doctoral associate from 2015-2017, is a development economist with experience in policy […]
Randi Rotjan, a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, recently gave a talk at the request of the Fijian Ambassador on the scientific success of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), one of the world’s largest […]
Abaas Yunas, a 2018 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow, was awarded the 2019 Eilts Award for best graduate thesis at the Pardee School of Global Studies convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 18. The Amb. Hermann Frederick Eilts Thesis Awards are given annually to the best undergraduate and graduate theses written by Pardee School students. The award “recognizes […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future co-sponsored the 2019 Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) Conference in Washington, DC, this week. The three-day conference, co-convened by Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Prof. Michael Dietze, brought together an interdisciplinary group of over 100 natural and social scientists, public health professionals, engineers, and […]