The Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is now accepting proposals for Faculty Fellows starting in Fall 2015. The Pardee Faculty Fellows are an integral part of the Center’s research programs and critical partners in conducting interdisciplinary, policy-relevant studies on a wide range of issues that contribute to improvement in the human […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos addressed state and local officials and Boston University alumni regarding the impacts of climate change at two different events in late March. Prof. Janetos joined the Foundation for a Greener Future as the keynote speaker at the 3rd Annual Massachusetts Water forum on March 24th, discussing “Climate Change Implications for Water […]
The health, business, and regulatory implications related to products that contain or are manufactured with toxic chemicals was the topic of discussion at the Pardee House seminar on Thursday, March 19. Pardee Faculty Fellow Henrik Selin moderated the session, titled “Chemicals, Products, and Health: Global Challenges.” Other panelists included BU Prof. Wendy Heiger-Bernays (School of […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host a panel discussion on Friday, March 27 from 3 to 4 pm titled “Water Politics in the Nile Basin” as part of a four-day series of events at Boston University coordinated by the BU Arts Initiative in association with The Nile Project. […]
The health, business, and regulatory implications related to products that contain or are manufactured with toxic chemicals was the topic of discussion at the Pardee House seminar on Thursday, March 19. Pardee Faculty Fellow Henrik Selin moderated the session, titled “Chemicals, Products, and Health: Global Challenges.” Other panelists included BU Prof. Wendy Heiger-Bernays (School of Public […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos has been invited as the keynote speaker for the 3rd Annual Massachusetts Water Forum on Tuesday, March 24. Prof. Janetos’ talk, titled “Climate Change Implications for Water and Coastal Resources,” will discuss future water resource issues in Massachusetts and beyond, drawing on the findings of the third U.S. National Climate […]
Abhishek Sharma, a 2014 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellow and currently a graduate student at the Boston University School of Public Health, is the lead author of a paper recently published in the online journal BMJ Open. The paper, titled “Implications of private sector Hib vaccine coverage for the introduction of public sector Hib-containing pentavalent vaccine […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos gave the keynote talk on “Climate Policy Successes and Failures” at the opening session of the 2015 Graduate Student Research Conference at the Pardee School of Global Studies on Friday, February 27th. The presentation outlined successes and significant challenges for policy decisions on climate change in both international and domestic […]
At the Pardee Center lunchtime seminar on Feb. 25, architect and Metropolitan College Adjunct Professor Madhu Dutta-Koehler spoke of the need for urban planners to “look for synergies” between climate change adaptation opportunities and existing plans for urban development and improvements in the mega-cities of South Asia and elsewhere. Dutta-Koehler was the featured speaker at […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos is featured in a recent BU Research article about his work to develop a National Climate Indicators System to help policymakers with decisions related to preparing for and responding to the impacts of climate change. Titled “Building a Better Barometer,” the article describes the interdisciplinary effort that Prof. Janetos is […]