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Delina Authors New Paper on Resilient Energy Systems in Climate-Vulnerable Islands

Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a paper on the importance of resilient energy systems for islands in the journal Energy Research & Social Science. While the need for resilient infrastructure in climate-vulnerable islands (whether geographical islands surrounded by water […]

Postdoc Qi Zhang Co-Authors Paper on China’s Conversion of Cropland to Forest Program (CCFP)

Qi Zhang, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, is the lead author of a recent paper exploring the outcomes of China’s Conversion of Cropland to Forest Program (CCFP), one of the largest Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs in the world. In the paper, published […]

New Paper: “New Perspectives on the Dynamics of Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS)”

Research on coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) seeks to holistically understand how social, cultural, economic, and political systems are intricately connected to natural systems. Through an interdisciplinary approach blending natural and social sciences, this research can play a key role in decision-making about current and future challenges at the intersection of people and nature, […]

2020 Session of Graduate Summer Fellows Program Comes to an End

On July 31, the 2020 session of the Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows program came to an end, concluding the program’s twelfth year, and the first in a remote format. During the final two weeks of the 10-week program, the Fellows submitted preliminary drafts, and had virtual discussions with The Conversation’s Editor and General Manager […]

Delina Gives Keynote on Post-COVID-19 Energy Transition at Virtual Event Hosted by Ateneo de Manila University

Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave the keynote address at the Ateneo School of Government’s first Energy and Sustainable Development webinar. The event, which was attended virtually by over 400 people, focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on […]