Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow and Associate Professor of International Relations Prof. Kevin Gallagher published a blog post at the Financial Times (FT) Economists Forum on April 21, titled “Will the Real IMF Please Stand Up?” In the post, Prof. Gallagher argues that “clear and consistent proposals toward crisis recovery and prevention are needed at […]
The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held an all-day conference on ‘Good News from Africa’ as part of its Africa 2060 program of research. The conference was held on Friday, April 16, 2010 at the Boston Law School and brought together experts from a variety of fields […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a contributor to the Triple Crisis blog wrote a new post titled “Selecting the New U.N. Climate Chief: Mr. Secretary General, Be Bold.” Prof. Najam whose work focusses on global climate change policy and who also serves […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future released two new publications in March and May 2010 respectively as part of the Africa 2060 research program. The first is an issue brief on Envisioning Africa’s Future: A Story of Changing Perceptions by Pardee Post-Doctoral Fellow, Julius Gatune Kariuki, and the second […]
Prof. Adil Najam, the 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 one of the panelists at the 16th Annual International Development Conference at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University on April […]
Prof. Ellen Ruppel Shell, Professor of Journalism and co-Director of the Center for Science and Medical Journalism at Boston University, who attended the recent Pardee House Seminar on “Dealing with Disasters” says that, in part, the conversation at the Seminar inspired her to write an op-ed on the recent earthquake in Haiti which was published […]
Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations and of Geography and Environment at Boston University, spoke at a special panel on Global Governance for Environment and Sustainable Development held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on 8 […]
(A news report of the conference is available here). Registration is now open for the 2010 Pardee Center Conference on “Africa 2060: Good News from Africa” to be held on Friday, April 16, 2010. The all-day conference will feature four panels (on Social Development, on Markets and Economy, on Politics and Institutions, and on Society and […]
Sustainability@BU and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future co-hosted a panel discussion on Monday, April 5, 2010, to offer an inside look at the roads leading to and from Copenhagen, featuring Boston University faculty and students who attended the UN Climate Change Conference. Speakers from the Pardee Center included […]
Pardee Center Research Fellow Moeed Yusuf has been appointed South Asia Advisor at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), a Congressionally created think tank that teaches and supports peacemaking efforts around the world. Moeed Yusuf, who is completing his Political Science PhD at Boston University has been a Pardee Center Fellow since late 2007 […]