2011 Pardee Summer Graduate Fellow M. Chloe Mulderig has won a grant under the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program, which this year includes additional support from the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Mulderig is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University whose work focuses on youth, gender, piety, and the creation of […]
Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was invited to give the keynote address at a 3-day international conference on Leadership for Sustainable Development organized by LEAD-Pakistan with support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Prof. […]
Pardee Center Director Adil Najam and Faculty Research Fellow Henrik Selin co-authored an article in the United Nations’ Global Compact International Yearbook 2011, which was published on July 15. The Yearbook is published by the United National Global Compact, a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with […]
Dr. Miquel Muñoz, Pardee Center Post-Doctoral Fellow, is among the contributors and served as a Lead Country Research for the Renewables Global Status Report 2011, produced by the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), and released in Paris on July 13. Dr. Muñoz has contributed to all six editions of the Global Status […]
Ann Helwege, Visiting Associate Professor in International Relations at Boston University, met with the Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows on July 14 and encouraged them to maintain their passion for research, especially when focusing on complex topics characterized by deep divisions among the scholarly and policy communities. During an informal lunch session at the Pardee House, […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University has published a new paper (No. 13) in The Pardee Papers series. The Global Land Rush: Implications for Food, Fuel, and the Future of Development was written by 2010 Pardee Summer Graduate Fellow Rachel Nalepa. The paper explores the political […]
Pardee Center Faculty Fellow John Gerring co-authored an article entitled “Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach” in the prominent political science journal Perspectives on Politics (June 2011), which is published by the American Political Science Association (APSA). The abstract for the article is as follows: In the wake of the Cold War, democracy has gained the status of […]
Ambassador In-kook Park, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations and Co-Chair of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) discussed the issues and prospects for Rio+20 in a luncheon roundtable with Pardee Center Summer Fellows on July 1st. During his remarks, Ambassador Park noted the key issues relating to […]
Prof. John Hammock, Associate Professor of Public Policy at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, discussed his work on human development and poverty – and on his book ‘Practical Idealists’ – during an informal lunch […]
Dr. Miquel Muñoz, Pardee Center, and Kandeh K. Yumkella, UNIDO Director-General Pardee Center Fellow Dr. Miquel Muñoz participated in the Ministerial Energy on Energy and the Green Industry, held in Vienna, Austria, on 21–22 June. The meeting, held in parallel to the UNIDO-organized Vienna Energy Forum, brought together ministers and high-level officials from over 70 […]