Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment was one of the featured speakers at the International Conference on Climate and Development held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on October 21-22, 2010. The conference, which attracted a […]
Green Revolution 2.0: A Sustainable Energy Path By Nalin Kulatilaka October 2010 (8 pages) Download PDF version The Green Revolution in agriculture greatly increased crop yields and averted mass starvation, but it also turned small farms into factory farms that concentrated production in a few locations and reduced the diversity of crops. In this paper, […]
On October 18 and 19, 2010, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Goethe-Institut Boston and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen (KWI) organized a symposium on Transatlantic Perceptions of Climate Change: The Role of the Arts and Media at at Boston University. The symposium addressed […]
On Monday, October 18, 2010, renowned Indian social activist and dancer Mallika Sarabhai spoke at the Boston University College of Fine Arts on the role of the arts in bringing about social change. The public event was co-hosted by the Pardee Center in collaboration with the BU Center for the Study of Asia, the CAS Core Curriculum, […]
New England International Donors (NEID) and the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will co-host a panel discussion on the current situation with the devastating floods in Pakistan and the ongoing impacts of Haiti’s earthquake earlier this year. The event will be held on Thursday, November 4, 2010, from 5:30-7:30pm, […]
On Friday October 15, 2010, the Sawyer Seminar on Energy Transitions and Society convened for its second meeting. The session entitled Energy, Culture, and Society featured Laura Nader and Peter Shulman. It was moderated by Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and coordinator of the […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and the Environment, gave the keynote address at an international symposium of the Asian Pacific Islander Social Work Educators Association (API SWEA) on October 13, 2010. The symposium was […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and the Environment, participated in an advisory group meeting to develop a policy assessment framework to be used in the forthcoming Fifth Global Environmental Outlook Report (GEO-5) of the […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow, Prof. Kevin Gallagher, launched his new book on China and Latin America at the School for International and Public Affairs, Colombia University on October 11, 2010. Professor Gallagher co-authored the book, “The Dragon in the Room: China and the Future of Latin American Industrialization,” with Roberto Porzecanski, a research fellow at the […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has become an accredited observer organization to follow the negotiations on a global legally binding instrument on mercury. Pardee Faculty Fellow Professor Henrik Selin, will be attending the next Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) taking place from January 24 to January 28 in Chiba, […]