Adriana Craciun, Emma MacLachlan Metcalf Chair of Humanities and Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been awarded a Henderson Senior Research Fellowship by the Boston University Center for the Humanities (BUCH). Named after Jeffrey Henderson, former Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS), the […]
Muhammad Zaman, a professor of Biomedical Engineering and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently awarded a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship. Awarded annually by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Fellowship recognizes individuals who have “demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability […]
Qi Zhang, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently published two papers on the mangrove ecosystems in India’s Sundarbans Biosphere Region (SBR), a biodiversity hotspot that is acutely susceptible to the impacts of climate change. The region makes up nearly 3 percent of the Earth’s total area […]
Emily Klein, a senior post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-authored a paper on historical lessons for the future implementation of “blue growth” strategies, a concept that aims to promote growth in ocean economies while managing marine systems. The paper, titled “Something old, something new: Historical […]
The late Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future from 2013-2019, has been posthumously awarded the Ecological Society of America (ESA) 2020 Distinguished Service Citation. The Distinguished Service Citation “recognizes long and distinguished volunteer service to ESA, the scientific community, and the larger purpose of ecology in […]
Neta C. Crawford, Professor and Chair of the BU Department of Political Science and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, recently co-authored an op-ed in The Hill comparing the coronavirus response to fighting a war. In the article, titled “Fighting a virus with the wrong tools,” Prof. Crawford and Prof. Catherine Lutz, co-founders and co-directors of […]
WATCH ON YOUTUBE On April 1, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Center for the Study of Asia hosted a livestreamed seminar titled “Coronavirus and the Future of Infectious Disease.” The seminar featured a panel discussion including Nahid Bhadelia (Associate Professor, Medicine/Infectious Diseases, BU School of […]
Emily Klein, a senior post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-authored a paper on the human dimensions of fisheries in the journal Fish and Fisheries. In the paper, titled “Opportunities for agent‐based modelling in human dimensions of fisheries,” the authors explore the importance of agent-based […]
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 indigenous peoples’ dissent against state and corporate incursions in their land, published in the journal Energy Research & Social Science. In the paper, Delina explains the widespread global suppression of indigenous […]
This event has been postponed. Please stay tuned for information about a rescheduled date. The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites you to attend its 2020 Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, April 13 from 4:00 – 5:30 pm at the Metcalf Trustee Center, 1 Silber Way. The annual Pardee Center […]