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 was honored by the Houston-based Alliance for Multicultural Community Services (AMCS) at their Annual “Stars Among Us” Gala event celebrating the 25th Anniversary of […]
Prof. Adil Najam’s paper on Globalization and Environment (co-authored with Mark Halle and David Runnals) has been included in the new edition of the popular college textbook “Green Planet Blues: Four Decades of Global Environmental Politics” edited by Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko. The paper is a review of the key trends that are […]
Experts from a variety of disciplines will meet at Boston University on April 29 – 30, 2010, to discuss the current best practice modalities for preventing and treating a host of communicable and non-communicable diseases and what explains variation in the implementation of the bio-medical knowledge. The workshop is sponsored by The Clinton Global Initiative […]
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 Environemnt at Boston University was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (the Star of Excellence Medal)- one of the highest civil awards of his native country, Pakistan – by the President of […]
From 31st May to 11 June the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will hold a meeting of its Subsidiary Bodies, including the 32nd Sessions of the SBSTA and SBI, the 12th Session of the AWG-KP and the 10th Session of the AWG-LCA. As an Observer Organization, the Pardee Center is Boston University’s […]
Prof. Henrik Selin, Pardee Center Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University, spoke to science journalists from across the United States and Canada on issues related to the global management of hazardous wastes. The Seminar, held on March 31, 2010, was organized for science journalists by the Metcalf Institute for Marine […]
On Tuesday, March 30, 2010, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a lunch seminar on ‘Future Challenges: Dealing with Disasters’. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Dr. Pablo Suarez, Prof. Anuradha Mukherji , and Prof. Enrique R. Silva, and was moderated by Prof. Adil […]
BU@Sustainability and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will co-host a panel discussion on Monday, April 5, 2010, at 4pm to offer an inside look at the orads leading to and from Copenhagen, featuring Boston University faculty and students who attended the UN Climate Change Conference. Speakers from the […]
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 Environemnt at Boston University was invited to present a special lecture on water resource management challenges in Pakistan at the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) in […]
An eminent group of international scholars came together to discuss current and future trends in the Gulf region in terms of people, money and ideas at a 2-day conference on March 25 – 26 titled “Transnational Currents in the Gulf: People, Money & Ideas”. Sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of […]