Category: 2021

Former Summer Fellow Ahmad Azari Wins 2021 Chandler Citizenship Award

Ahmad Azari, a 2020 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow, was awarded the Carole A. Chandler Student Citizenship Award at the 2021 Pardee School of Global Studies Convocation. The Chandler Citizenship Award is the Pardee School’s highest student award and is given each year “to recognize the spirit of citizenship and a demonstration of exemplary commitment to […]

Faculty Research Fellow Pamela Templer Wins 2021 University Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award

Pamela Templer, 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, was recently named the winner of the 2021 University Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award. The award recognizes “outstanding scholars who excel as teachers inside and outside the […]

Fulweiler Co-Authors Paper Resulting from Pardee Center Workshop on Denitrification in Oyster Habitats

Robinson (Wally) Fulweiler, a Professor of Biology and Earth & Environment and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, co-authored a new paper exploring the opportunities for enhanced denitrification in oyster habitats. In the paper, published in the journal Estuaries and Coasts, the authors explain that policy interest in nitrogen removal from oyster habitats has so […]

Faculty Research Fellow Heidi Peltier Gives Talk on U.S. Military Spending for MIT’s Radius Initiative

Heidi Peltier, a Research Professor at the BU Department of Political Science and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, recently gave a talk exploring U.S. military spending in the context of other national priorities. In the talk, Prof. Peltier drew on her recent research for the Costs of War project to compare U.S. military spending […]

Pardee Center Announces 2021 Graduate Summer Fellows

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2021 Graduate Summer Fellows. These eight outstanding Boston University graduate students represent five different schools or colleges and eight different academic departments. Starting June 1, the Graduate Summer Fellows will spend 10 weeks developing research papers to be considered for publication […]

Pardee Center Hosts Webinar on Demographic Trends in Rising Powers

On April 16, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a webinar exploring the links between demography, politics, international security, and health among rising powers. The webinar, titled “Demographic Trends and the Making of a Superpower,” featured Jennifer D. Sciubba (Stanley J. Buckman Professor of International Studies and […]

Pardee Center Hosts Webinar on Rising Global Influence of Germany, Brazil, and India

On April 9, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a webinar exploring the global influence of Germany, Brazil, and India. The webinar, titled “Building 21st Century Power: Germany, Brazil, India, and Their Institutional Influence,” featured Rachel Rizzo (Truman National Security Project), Kaija Schilde (Boston University), and Oliver […]