The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2022 Faculty Research Fellows. With seed funding from the Pardee Center, the nine new Faculty Research Fellows will launch one- or two-year interdisciplinary research projects. The projects were selected by an interdisciplinary committee of Pardee Center-affiliated faculty. Over the course […]
Les Kaufman, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, co-authored a major new paper exploring the costs and benefits of primary pandemic prevention actions. The authors of the paper, which was published in the journal Science Advances, included environmental and […]
Application Deadline: Tuesday, March 15 Download full application instructions Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program, which offers graduate students from across Boston University an opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary research and writing on topics aligned with the future-focused research interests of BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study […]
On December 4, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future’s International History Institute (IHI) held a symposium at the American Heritage Museum titled “Pearl Harbor: Inevitable or Infamy?” The day-long event, which attracted over 200 attendees, explored the factors that led up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, […]
Pablo Suarez, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently joined the Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) for a participatory webinar titled “Serious Fun: Reimagining Virtual Events on Ecological Forecasting.” During the session, Suarez explored how the inclusion of spontaneity, humor, and games can make virtual […]
What will be Brazil’s role in the global order after the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro? Will the illiberal and ‘anti-globalist’ turn of Brazil’s politics outlive Bolsonaro? How can Brazil contain or overcome the damage the Bolsonaro presidency has inflicted on its international reputation? In this Working Paper from the Rising Powers Initiative (RPI), Oliver Della […]
On November 12, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Center for the Study of Asia co-hosted a webinar titled “The Russia-China Quasi-Alliance and the Polar Silk Road.” The event featured a presentation by Lyle J. Goldstein (Research Professor, China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI), Naval War College), […]
Robinson (Wally) Fulweiler, a Professor of Biology and Earth & Environment, co-authored a new paper exploring using oysters for long-term removal of nitrogen from coastal ecosystems. In the paper, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, the authors explain that the complex biogeochemistry of denitrification has limited policy consideration of oyster-mediated denitrification within nutrient […]
On October 30, Adil Najam, Dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies, gave a keynote address at a conference titled “The Post-COVID Political Agenda,” hosted by the Sabino Arana Foundation in Spain. In his remarks, Najam reflected on the lessons learned from the “World After Coronavirus” video series produced by the Pardee Center for […]
On November 2, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a virtual book talk by Peter Martin, Defense Policy & Intelligence Reporter for Bloomberg News and author of the new book, China’s Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy (Oxford University Press 2021). In the book, Martin […]