On Saturday January 24 at 3:15 the Frederick S. Pardee Center is co-sponsoring the closing roundtable session for the two-day conference ‘Food and the City: Issues on the Horizon.’ Pardee director ad interim, Dr. James McCann will chair the roundtable event that will include comments by Pardee Faculty Fellows Dr. Sarah Philips, (History), Dr. Nathan […]
On Tuesday, October 18, 2011, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a lunch seminar on ‘Invasive Species and Future Ecologies: Bugs, Viruses, Mussels, and Weeds”. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Prof. Les Kaufman(BU Marine Program and Conservation International), Prof. Richard Pollack (BU Department of Biology) and Prof. […]
On Tuesday, November 15, 2011, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a lunch seminar on ‘The Global Land Rush: The Future of Food, Fuel, and Agricultural Development”. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Rachel Nalepa (BU Department of Geography and Environment), Sarah Philips (Department of History) and Mutlu […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold the first Pardee House Seminar of the year on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, on ‘Future Roles of Universities Worldwide: Moving Beyond the Ivory Tower?’ The seminar will feature Prof. Philip G. Altbach (Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College), Prof. […]
Alejandro Avenburg, a 2011 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been selected to present his paper, “Corruption, Accountability, and Citizen Participation in Protests in Latin America,” at the 2012 Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago next April. Avenburg’s paper is based on research he […]
On Thursday, December 15, 2011, Dr. William R. Jobin delivered the annual Pardee Distinguished Lecture sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at the Boston University. Students and faculty from BU and elsewhere filled the room for the lecture, which was held at BU’s Hillel House. Dr. Jobin […]
Prof. Adil Najam, former Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and co-author of the recent Pardee Center paper “Rio+20: Accountability and Implementation as Key Goals” presented this paper and some of the larger findings emerging from various Pardee Center activities related to Rio+20 at an Africa-wide preparatory […]
Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Les Kaufman has been selected as the recipient of the 2011 Parker/Gentry Award in Conservation Biology presented by The Field Museum of Chicago. The award, presented annually since 1996, honors an individual, team or organization “whose efforts have had a significant impact on preserving the world’s natural heritage and whose actions […]
David Levy, one of the contributors for the Pardee Center Task Force Report on Beyond Rio+20: Governance for a Green Economy, was featured on The Green Economy Post on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011. An edited version of his chapter contribution for the task force report is featured on the web site. David Levy is the Chair of […]
Pardee Center Director Prof. Adil Najam and Pardee Fellow Dr. Miquel Muñoz published respective op eds on the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Change negotiations in Cancún. Professor Najam’s op ed, titled Renewing the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has been published in the blog Triple Crisis, and can be accessed here. In […]