Pardee Center Associate Director Cynthia Barakatt was an invited speaker at the October 1 inaugural meeting of the Boston University graduate student group Advocates for Literacy in Environmental Science (ALES). ALES is a forum where graduate students actively engage in a cross-disciplinary dialogue to foster the interpretation, communication and development of policy-relevant environmental research. The […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a lunch meeting on Oct. 4 for Pardee-affiliated faculty with Prof. Xiangrong Wang, Director of the Center for Urban Eco-Planning and Design at Fudan University in Shanghai. Prof. Wang talked about his Center’s work, which is using sophisticated modeling tools to compare […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher wrote a piece for Al Jazeera titled, “Trade rules should not constrain fixing global finance,” about the emerging market and developing countries world trade policy the World Trade Organization is set to review this week. Prof. Gallagher argues a decision on the relationship between recent financial regulatory reforms and global trade rules […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is sponsoring a lecture by international climate change policy and law expert Prof. Joyeeta Gupta of VU University Amsterdam on Thursday, Oct. 11 beginning at 5 p.m. at The Castle. Titled “Sustainable Development Governance: ‘Glocal’ Challenges and Opportunities,” the lecture is co-sponsored by […]
Experts discussed the future of economic development in Brazil, China, and India at a seminar at the Frederick. S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on September 26. Titled “Beyond GDP in Brazil, India, and China: Prospects for Long-Run Development,” the seminar featured Prof. Cornel Ban (International Relations), Prof. Min Ye (International […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has released a new paper in its Issues in Brief series titled, “Global Financial Reform and Trade Rules: The Need for Reconciliation.” The paper is co-authored by Pardee Faculty Fellow Prof. Kevin Gallagher with Leonardo E. Stanley. In the brief the authors discuss the recent support […]
On Tuesday, October 9, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will co-sponsor a movie screening of Peepli Live followed by a reception with the BU Center for the Study of Asia, Akshaya Patra Foundation, and BU India Club. The event will take place at 640 Commonwealth Ave., College of Communication, Room 101, from […]
Pardee Visiting Research Fellow Pablo Suarez was invited to the White House to lead a participatory gaming session as a part of the Champions of Change series on September 14. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano spoke at the event and about 130 attendees participated in the game. The players were asked to stand and […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is holding the first Pardee House Seminar of the academic year on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 titled “Beyond GDP in Brazil, India, and China: Prospects for the Long-Run Development.” The seminar will feature Prof. Min Ye (International Relations), Prof. Cornel Ban (International Relations), […]
Pardee Center Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Suranjana Nabar-Bhaduri was a guest author for the Argentinean newspaper Página/12. Her her article was published on September 12 is titled India’s Growth Model: A Need for Change. She argues that India’s current emphasis on the service sector as the focus of economic growth efforts at the expense of agriculture […]