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Faculty Research Fellow Jeffrey Geddes Gives Talk at 2023 ACS Spring Meeting
Jeffrey Geddes, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, recently gave an invited talk at the American Chemical Society's 2023 Spring Meeting in Indianapolis. The title of his talk was “Sources and Sinks in the Biosphere: Advancing the Predictive Capacity of Ecosystem-Atmosphere-Chemistry Interactions.” In his presentation, Prof. Geddes discussed the challenges in accurately representing dynamic vegetation processes in current atmospheric chemistry models. His work points... More
Deese & Holm Co-Edit New Book on Future of Transnational Democracy
Sam Deese and Michael Holm, Senior Lecturers in the College of General Studies and former Faculty Research Fellows at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, are the co-editors of a new book exploring how liberal democracy can better adapt to the challenges of our time by evolving beyond the paradigm of the nation-state. The book, published by Routledge, is titled How Democracy Survives: Global Challenges in the Anthropocene, and is... More
Pardee Center Hosts 2023 Janetos Distinguished Lecture by Amb. Kishore Mahbubani
The world today faces a huge contradiction. On the one hand, the data shows that power, especially economic power, is shifting to Asia. On the other hand, the established powers, especially in the trans-Atlantic alliance, refuse to acknowledge that a major transition in world history is happening, as they continue to cling to old privileges like the leadership of the World Bank and the IMF. So, will we witness an Asian century? And, if it... More
Pardee Center Hosts “How Wars End” Conference
On March 29, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted an all-day conference titled "How Wars End." The event featured five expert panels. The full program is below. This conference was convened by
Applications Now Being Accepted for 2023 Graduate Summer Fellows Program
Application Deadline: Tuesday, March 14 Download full application instructions Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program, which offers graduate students from across Boston University an opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary research and writing on topics aligned with the future-focused research interests of BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The Pardee Center conducts future-oriented, interdisciplinary, and policy-relevant research that can contribute to long-term improvements in the human condition. More