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Prof. Najam Lectures on Negotiations and Sustainable Development in the Netherlands

Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of Geography, Environment and International Relations at Boston University, presented a series of lectures related to international sustainable development policy and to international negotiations as part of two trainings for mid-career policy professionals and advanced […]

Applications Invited: Post-Docs to Work on Global Development and Global Governance

Post-doctoral Fellowships: (1) Global Development (2) Global Governance The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University invites applications for up to two post-doctoral research fellows for year-long appointments each, beginning in Fall 2010. Researchers working on issues related to (a) global development and/or (b) global governance are encouraged […]

Cutler Cleveland Featured in Media on Gulf Coast Oil Spill

Following his comprehensive Encyclopedia of Earth article on all aspects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Pardee Faculty Fellow Prof. Cutler Cleveland has been featured and quoted in various media on the topic. Prof. Cleveland wrote a post based on his report for The Oil Drum, a highly regarded energy […]

Pardee Center Director to be featured at Global Media Conference in Germany

Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, Prof. Adil Najam, will be featured as a plenary speaker at a major global media conference organized by Germany’s Deutsche Welle to be held in Bonn, Germany, 21-23 June, 2010. The theme for this year’s conference is “The […]

Adil Najam Presents to International Business Executives at TiasNimbas

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Longer-Range Future  at Boston University, gave a keynote lecture on ‘Future Challenges for Climate Change and Development’ at the TiasNimbas Business School at Tilburg University – one of the leading European business schools in the Netherlands – to the executive MBA program (IIM) […]

Rajan Gupta Talks About Global Energy Systems at Pardee House Seminar

Dr. Rajan Gupta, a theoretical physicist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, gave a presentation titled  Future Challenges of Global Energy Systems at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future lunch seminar on June 8. He was introduced by Prof. Adil Najam, Director, Pardee Center. Dr. Gupta spoke about the […]

Miquel Munoz to Participate in World Climate Teach-in Day

Dr. Miquel Muñoz, Postdoctoral Fellow at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-range Future, contributes to the World Climate Teach-in Day. The World Climate Teach-In Day will consist of lectures on different aspects of climate change prepared by some of the leading experts in the field, and will involve thousands […]

Pardee Fellow Authors Articles for Encyclopedia of Sustainability

Pardee Graduate Fellow, Rachel Denae Thrasher, authored two articles with the recently reprinted Encyclopedia of Sustainability Volume II (The Business of Sustainability). Thrasher authored the articles on Fair Trade and Free Trade in the volume. The Business of Sustainability is a core resource for business and economics students, policy makers, members of the development community, […]

Pardee Center Director Speaks at Life Sciences Conference

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment at Boston University was invited to give a plenary presentation at the 2010 Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day (MALSI 2010). The theme of this year’s event was “The Future […]

Adil Najam’s Website Named Pakistan’s Best Current Affairs Blog

The blog All Things Pakistan (Pakistaniat.com) founded and edited by Prof. Adil Najam – the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a Professor of International Relations at Boston University – won top honors in the category of Current Affairs Blog in the First Pakistan Blog Awards. […]