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, […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of Geography and the Environment and Boston University gave the opening plenary address to the 10th Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change held at the Freie Universitat Berlin on October 8-9, 2010. […]
The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future published two new papers in its Issues in Brief series. The first – No. 017 in the series (October, 2010) – is written by Enrique Silva and focused on the potential and future role of the university in disaster mitigation and humanitarian […]
On Wednesday, October 6, 2010, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a lunch seminar on ‘Building Global Citizenship – The Role of the University’. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Dean Jay Halfond, Dean Robert Hollister and, Professor Fernando Reimers, and was moderated by […]
Renowned Indian social activist and danseuse Mallika Sarabhai will present a performance followed by a conversation on the role of the arts in bringing about social change. The public event will be held on Monday, October 18, 2010, at the Boston University College of Fine Arts (Room 500, 855 Commonwealth Ave.) from 2.00-3.15pm and will be […]
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, attended CIGI ’10, the annual conference of the Center for International Governance Innovation at Waterloo, Canada. This conference is the premier annual event for CIGI and brings […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a lunch seminar on ‘Building Global Citizenship – The Role of the University’ on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, featuring Dean Rob Hollister (Tufts University), Prof. Fernando Reimers (Harvard University) and Dean Jay Halfond (Boston University). The Seminar will be moderated by […]
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 of Geography and Environment, was the keynote speaker at the Annual “Science Day” for researchers at the pharmaceuticals company, Vertex. Prof. Najam spoke to the gathering of nearly three hundred […]
Call for a Corporate Social Conscience Index By Stephanie Watts September 2010 (8 pages) Download PDF Version Corporate social responsibility” (CSR) has become a widely used term to describe how large companies adopt practices and policies that curb the potential negative impacts their operations can have on the surrounding environment and the community in which […]