The Pardee Center is pleased to present a new video highlighting our mission and research playing on screens across the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting throughout the week of December 10. The five-minute video, produced by WebsEdge, highlights how the Center uses interdisciplinary collaborations to tackle the most important issues today and in the decades to […]
On November 29, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a seminar exploring the socioeconomic impacts of climate change in China. The seminar featured a presentation and discussion with Tao Ye, a Professor of Geographical Science at Beijing Normal University (BNU) and a Pardee Center Visiting Scholar. Prof. Ye […]
Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently convened a small group of Boston-based academics and practitioners for a full-day workshop at the Pardee Center to explore emerging research opportunities related to making clean energy transitions better. The participants shared their ongoing work and […]
Ellen Ruppel Shell, Professor and Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Science Journalism and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a new book titled The Job: Work and its Future in a Time of Radical Change (Penguin Random House 2018). In the book, Prof. Shell […]
Sam Deese, a Senior Lecturer at the College of General Studies and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a new book titled Climate Change and the Future of Democracy (Springer 2018). As economic globalization has accelerated since 1945, international institutions have done a remarkable job […]
Catherine West, a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Archaeology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently presented her research on the resilience and sustainability of Pacific cod at the Oceans Past International Conference in Bremerhaven, Germany. The focus of the conference was […]
Henrik Selin, a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies, recently presented his research on mercury and sustainability transitions at the 2018 Utrecht Conference on Earth System Governance in the Netherlands. Prof. Selin’s presentation […]
As part of Boston University’s 7th annual International Education Week (IEW), Global Programs hosted a panel discussion titled “Why Engaging Globally Matters,” highlighting the work of five BU research centers. Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos gave an overview of the Center’s mission, activities, and research priorities, and also moderated a discussion that included Azer Bestavros, Director […]
Kristen Carey, a PhD candidate in the Department of History and a 2018 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored an article in The Conversation exploring population growth in Africa, the history of family planning policies in Tanzania, and the connection between demography and […]
Ariana Gunderson, a graduate student in the Department of Gastronomy and a 2018 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave a presentation titled “Cape Cod Oysters and Climate Change” at the Cotuit Library on Cape Cod. The talk was based on the findings from […]