The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has published a new paper in its Issues in Brief series. The paper, titled “Demography is not Destiny: The Faulty Link Between Population and Development,” was written by Kristen Carey, a PhD candidate in the department of history and a 2018 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow. […]
Over the past two weeks, the 2019 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows have had lunch discussions with Faculty Research Fellow Prof. Kevin Gallagher (Pardee School of Global Studies and Director of the Global Development Policy Center) and Faculty Associate Prof. Felice Amato (School of Visual Arts). On June 26, as they reached the midpoint of the […]
Emily Klein, a senior post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, co-chaired the International Council for Exploration of the Seas Working Group on the History of Fish and Fisheries (ICES WGHIST) annual meeting at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom last week. The ICES WGHIST […]
Suchi Gopal, a Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave a talk on spatial analytics in public health at a symposium hosted by the World-Wide Human Geography Data (WWHGD) Working Group and the Center […]
A new paper published today in Nature Communications by researchers from Boston University, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice found that by mid-century climate change will increase the demand for energy globally, even with modest warming. Most previous studies explored this topic for a single country […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has published a new paper in its Issues in Brief series. The paper, titled “The Informal Sector and Universal Health Coverage: Crucial Considerations,” was written by Lawrence Were, a Pardee Center Faculty Associate and an Assistant Professor in both BU’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences […]
Over the course of the past two weeks, the Graduate Summer Fellows at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future have had a lunch discussion with Center Director Prof. Anthony Janetos, attended a reception with program alumni, and participated in an interactive game session designed to improve decision-making about the […]
Irene Monasterolo, a Visiting Research Fellow and a former post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-edited a special issue of the journal Ecological Economics with Andrea Roventini and Tim Foxon. The special issue, titled “Understanding uncertainty of climate policies and implications for economics and finance: an […]
Jim Stodder, a Visiting Professor in BU’s Metropolitan College and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently presented his research on carbon tax forecasts at the 42nd International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) Annual Conference in Montréal, Canada. At the conference, Stodder presented a paper titled “Carbon […]
Ziming Xuan, an Associate Professor in BU’s School of Public Health and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently presented his research on the role of alcohol policy in reducing domestic violence in India. The talk, titled “Alcohol Consumption and Domestic Violence in India: Exploring the Role […]