Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Professor of International Relations and of Geography and Environment at Boston University, and a Lead Author of the Third and Fourth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was interviewed by the German media group […]
With climate change policy as well as climate change science being so much in the news recently, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is proud to welcome Dr. Bert Metz to lead the first Pardee House Seminar of this semester – “Controlling Climate Change After Copenhagen” – on Tuesday, February […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future just concluded a week long lecture and media meetings tour of Germany focusing on the results of the recently concluded Copenhagen climate negotiations and the research on global development issues being conducted at the Boston University […]
On 20 – 23 January, 2010, a meeting of participating investigators and science communicators was convened at the Pardee Center to begin work on the booklet Living with the Sea: one of the thematic science-to-action products focusing on disseminating the results from the natural science studies. The meeting was co-organized by the Boston University Marine […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future was the featured speaker at a major public event hosted by the Minister-President of the German State of RheinlandPfalz, Mr. Kurt Beck. Organized by the German State of RheinlandPfalz and the Initiative for the Future of […]
The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study for the Longer-Range Future will convene a conference on the future of Africa, titled “Good News from Africa” on Friday, April 16, 2010. The all-day conference will be held at the Boston University Law School 12th Floor Lounge and will bring together leading scholars, practitioners […]
The Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future at Boston University (BU) seek applicants for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to support a research project on the interdisciplinary aspects of energy transitions that is funded by the Mellon Foundation. The successful candidate will serve as post-doctoral Fellow at the Pardee Center with a […]
Application deadline: Friday, January 22, 2010 The Frederick S Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Range Future seeks up to four research assistants to join us in the Spring 2010 Semester as part of the Center’s Africa 2060 program. The Research Assistants will help research, conceptualize and analyze development data to identify trends […]
Beyond The Resource Curse: Minerals and Global Development By Saleem H. Ali January 2010 (8 pages) Download PDF version. This policy brief discusses the concept of the “resource curse” and the often-assumed connection between a country’s significant mineral wealth and violence and corruption. The paper argues that developing countries with abundant mineral resources can have positive […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations, Geography and Environment at Boston University, delivered the keynote address at a symposium on “Broadening the Perspectives on Forests Beyond REDD+ and Copenhagen” held at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Prof. Najam argued that […]