Qi Zhang, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently published a paper exploring an approach to detect expanding impervious surfaces, such as rooftops, roads, and sidewalks, in Nanchang, China. The paper, titled “An efficient approach to capture continuous impervious surface dynamics using spatial-temporal rules and dense Landsat time series […]
Prof. Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor and Chair of the Department of Earth & Environment, was featured on WGBH’s Greater Boston where he discussed a recently released United Nations assessment report on the global state of biodiversity. The report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy […]
Robinson (Wally) Fulweiler, an Associate Professor of Biology (jointly with Earth & Environment) and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently announced as the recipient of the 2019 Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching, the University’s highest teaching honor. The Metcalf Cup and […]
Laurence Delina, a senior post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored his fourth book, titled Emancipatory Climate Actions: Strategies from histories. The book, published by Palgrave Macmillan, offers strategies for strengthening climate change activism based on the mechanisms that made previous large-scale social movements successful. […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2019 Graduate Summer Fellows. These seven outstanding Boston University graduate students represent six different academic departments. Starting May 28th, the Graduate Summer Fellows will spend 10 weeks at the Pardee House developing research papers to be considered for publication as part of […]
Les Kaufman, a professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a book chapter published in the new second edition of Biodiversity and Climate Change: Transforming the Biosphere (Yale University Press 2019), edited by Thomas E. Lovejoy and Lee […]
Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently discussed the “Extinction Rebellion” — a group of climate activists holding public demonstrations in the U.K. — for The World in 2:00, Talk Media News’ flagship world news radio broadcast. During the interview, Delina expressed support […]
Ariana Gunderson, a 2018 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow, was one of seven graduate students from across Boston University who participated in a “puppet slam” on April 18 as part of an experimental course called “Thinking Through Puppets and Performing Objects” initiated by Pardee Center Faculty Associate Felice Amato. The HUB Cross-College Challenge course, a […]
Catherine West, a Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently presented a paper titled “Human Behavioral Ecology and the Complexities of Arctic Foodways” at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The paper, which […]
Several scholars affiliated with the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future presented research at the 2019 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting held from April 3-7 in Washington, DC. Post-doctoral associate Laurence Delina presented a paper titled, “Energy Use for Productive Purposes as Indicator for Energy Access: Lessons Learned […]