Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin P. Gallagher wrote an op-ed for Aljazeera reflecting on the 65th anniversary of the IMF. Dr. Gallagher argues that in some ways the IMF is slowly going back to Kenyesian policy roots in wake of the 2008 crisis. “The IMF has reflected on its past wrongs, and has promised to change […]
Approximately 100 Boston university students, faculty, and other guests attended the Pardee Seminar held on March 8 that introduced the new Pardee Center Task Force Report titled Regulating Global Capital Flows for Long-Run Development. The seminar was organized by Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher, co-chair of the Task Force that produced the report. Other speakers […]
Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher wrote on an op-ed in support of the use of capital controls in emerging markets and the developing world in the Financial Times tying into this week’s Pardee Task Force Report, “Regulating Global Capital Flows for Long-Run Development.” His op-ed is in part a response to Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff’s move […]
IMPORTANT NOTE: Because of the large response, the venue for this event has been changed since the original announcement. It will take place at the BU Metcalf Trustee Ballroom at One Silber Way, 9th Floor from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold […]
Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Dr. Muhammad Zaman wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post entitled, “Make Development Part of the Equation.” In the article, Dr. Zaman reexamines engineering education. He reviews the dwindling number of engineers in US programs paired with the changing economic and manufacturing dynamic globally. He argues that engineers should be educated […]
Pardee Director ad interim, James McCann, is selected to give the annual Melville-Nelles-Hoffmann Lecture in Environmental History at York University in Toronto, Canada on March 7, 2012. The title of his talk is, “Africa’s Malarial Landscapes: History, Complexity, and Silver Bullets.” It will begin at 4:30 in the Schulich School of Business Executive Dining room. […]
How Latin America will feel the effects of projected economic, social, and industrial changes in China was the topic of discussion at the monthly Pardee House Seminar at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on February 29. Titled “China’s New Five Year Plan: Implications for Latin America,” the seminar […]
The Director and two Faculty Fellows of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future participated in the closing panel of the Food and the City Conference at Boston University on Saturday, February 25. Titled “Food and the City: Issues on the Horizon,” the panel was chaired by Pardee Center Director […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a Pardee House Seminar on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 titled “China’s New Five Year Plan: Implications for Latin America”. The seminar will feature Margret Myers, (Director of China and Latin American program, Inter-American Dialogue), Dr. Edward Cunningham, (Department of Geography and […]
Pardee Post-Doctoral Fellowship for September 2012 or January 2013 Review of applications begins March 19, 2012 The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for a year-long appointment, beginning in either September 2012 or January 2013. Researchers working on issues related […]