Category: 2021

Pardee Center Hosts Two-Day Conference on the Future of Carbon Pricing

On July 30 and 31, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies hosted a two-day virtual conference of panels and keynote addresses exploring the future of carbon pricing. The first day, which featured a keynote address by Geoffrey M. Heal (Professor […]

Graduate Summer Fellows Present Research Progress at Program’s Midpoint

The 2021 Graduate Summer Fellows have reached the midpoint of the 10-week program at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Over the course of two days last week, the eight Fellows gave presentations on their research progress and next steps, receiving feedback from their peers, Pardee Center staff, and Pardee School Dean Adil Najam. The Fellows […]

Faculty Research Fellows Deese & Holm Launch Podcast with BU’s The Politica on Future of Democracy

Sam Deese and Michael Holm, Senior Lecturers in the College of General Studies and Faculty Research Fellows at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, have launched a podcast exploring the challenges democracy faces around the world in the 21st century. The podcast, titled “How Democracy Survives,” is hosted in […]

New Paper: “Engaging Communities Through the Arts: A Proposed Framework and Model in Public Health Initiatives”

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there is an urgent need for more effective approaches to connect people from varying cultures and communities to public health solutions in ways that are accessible, helpful, and meaningful. In this Issues in Brief, Marial Williams argues that community engagement through the arts can be a means of improving […]

“The World After Coronavirus” Video Series Adapted by Link TV

“The World After Coronavirus,” a video series produced by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been adapted by Link TV, a content channel of the Public Media Group of Southern California (PMGSC). The series, which was hosted by Pardee School of Global Studies Dean Adil Najam, featured more […]

New RPI Working Paper: The Increasing Influence of Russia and China in the Western Balkans

A country’s “soft power” rests primarily on three resources: its culture, its political values, and its foreign policies, but it cannot exist on its own. A discussion of China’s or Russia’s soft power in the Western Balkans is inseparable from discussions of their economic or military strength. In this Working Paper from the Rising Powers […]

Harris and Shifrinson Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

Joseph Harris and Joshua Shifrinson, Faculty Associates at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Prof. Harris (Department of Sociology) is an Expert Affiliate of the Pardee Center’s Rising Powers Initiative (RPI). As a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow from 2015-2018, he […]

Connors and Janetos Author Book Chapter on Impacts of Potential Regional Crop Failures on Global Land Use

John Patrick Casellas Connors, an Assistant Professor of Geography at Texas A&M University and a Pardee Center post-doctoral associate from 2015-2018, is the lead author of a chapter in a new book titled Extreme Events and Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach. The chapter, titled “Agricultural Losses in a Telecoupled World,” was posthumously co-authored by Prof. […]