On May 30, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future welcomed its 2017 class of Graduate Summer Fellows. The eight Boston University graduate students, representing six different academic departments, will spend the next 10 weeks in residence at the Pardee House developing research papers on a wide range of topics for consideration in […]
Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently presented a paper on sustainable energy transitions in developing countries at a conference in Bonn, Germany. Delina’s paper, titled “Non-state actors’ contributions in meeting mitigation and access challenges in rural Thailand,” explores the global challenges of […]
Les Kaufman, a Professor of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently took part in the annual Regional Aquatic Workshop (RAW), hosted by the New England Aquarium (NEAq). The week-long workshop featured representatives from many of North America’s professional aquariums, in addition […]
Richard Primack, a Professor of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently featured in a WGBH story about how the early arrival of spring in New England is an indicator of accelerating climate change. In the article, Prof. Primack explains how […]
Les Kaufman, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a Professor in the Department of Biology, is part of a research team that is attempting the first lake-wide fish biodiversity survey in the world’s largest tropical lake, Lake Victoria. The team recently launched a multi-part […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2017 Graduate Summer Fellows. These eight outstanding Boston University graduate students represent various disciplines, including Earth & Environment, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology, International Affairs, and Political Science. Starting May 30th, the Graduate Summer Fellows will spend 10 weeks at the Pardee House developing […]
Prof. Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently participated in a day-long meeting on multiple breadbasket failure sponsored by the University of Wisconsin, the U.S. Geospatial Agency, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Economic Research Service. The meeting was held at the USDA’s […]
Prof. Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, attended the spring meeting of the National Academy of Sciences Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) last week in Washington, DC. The Committee aims to bring together a wide range of expertise to advise the USGCRP […]
Radost Stanimirova, a 2016 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a PhD candidate in the Department of Earth & Environment, has been accepted as a fellow in the Young Scientists Summer Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Vienna. Since 1977, IIASA’s annual three-month […]
Laurence Delina and John Patrick Connors, post-doctoral associates at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently presented their research at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2017 Annual Meeting in Boston. Delina presented a paper titled “The Pa Deng Model for rural energy transitions in Thailand: communities, configurations, contestations, and […]