The 2017 session of the Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows program concluded on Friday, August 4 as the Summer Fellows submitted their final research papers. The eight BU graduate students spent 10 weeks at the Pardee Center, conducting research and writing papers as well as participating in a series of lunch meetings with Boston University […]
The Boston Green Ribbon Commission and Boston University hosted a panel discussion on Internal Carbon Funds on Thursday, September 21. Carbon pricing is a policy instrument regarded by climate scientists, economists, and political and business leaders as an important part of efforts to mitigate global climate change. Microsoft’s Liz Willmott explained how in its first five years […]
On July 31, the Graduate Summer Fellows had their ninth and final faculty lunch discussion of the session with Prof. Pallab Mozumder, an Associate Professor of Earth & Environment and Economics at Florida International University and a recently appointed Sabbatical Scholar at the Pardee Center from August 2017 through May 2018. Prof. Mozumder spoke about his educational background, from […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, will teach a graduate level course this fall titled “Scientific Assessments of Environmental Issues: Process and Evaluation.” Drawing on his wealth of experience serving on several national and international study teams, including the U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA) […]
On July 26, the Graduate Summer Fellows had a lunch discussion with Suchi Gopal, a professor of Earth & Environment and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Prof. Gopal talked about her career path and her wide range of research interests, including GIS and remote sensing, artificial intelligence, spatial analysis […]
The Graduate Summer Fellows recently had a lunch discussion with Jennifer Weeks, the Environment and Energy Editor at The Conversation, a non-profit online publication featuring articles written by academics and intended for the general public. Weeks gave an overview of the origin of The Conversation, which began in Australia and now has editions in Africa, Canada, […]
Pablo Suarez, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, hosted an interactive game session with the Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows on July 18. Suarez facilitated a series of activities with the Fellows designed to demonstrate the value of participatory games for contextualizing risk, probability, preparation, and […]
The Graduate Summer Fellows participated in the fifth faculty lunch discussion of the session on July 13 when they were joined by Henrik Selin, an associate professor of international relations and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Prof. Selin spoke about his research on environmental politics, toxic chemicals, the […]
On July 12, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a group of students from the St. Paul’s School Advanced Studies Program for a conversation with Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos about science, ethics, and climate change. Prof. Janetos presented the science and impacts of climate change, and the current and […]
On July 6, the 2017 Graduate Summer Fellows had a lunch discussion with Madhu Dutta-Koehler, an Associate Professor of Practice and the Director of the City Planning and Urban Affairs program, as well as a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Prof. Dutta-Koehler spoke about her unique career […]