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Applications Now Being Accepted for 2022 Graduate Summer Fellows Program
Application Deadline: Tuesday, March 15 Download full application instructions Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 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
IHI Hosts All-Day Symposium Titled “Pearl Harbor: Inevitable or Infamy?”
On December 4, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future's International History Institute (IHI) held a symposium at the American Heritage Museum titled “Pearl Harbor: Inevitable or Infamy?” The day-long event, which attracted over 200 attendees, explored the factors that led up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the major battles that ensued, and its aftermath. The morning panel, which was chaired by Boston University Prof. David Mayers, featured... More
Suarez Participates in Ecological Forecasting Initiative Session on Humor and Problem-Solving
Pablo Suarez, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently joined the Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) for a participatory webinar titled "Serious Fun: Reimagining Virtual Events on Ecological Forecasting." During the session, Suarez explored how the inclusion of spontaneity, humor, and games can make virtual events more engaging, and ultimately help improve communication and solve global problems. Suarez's work on humor and problem-solving builds on... More
New RPI Working Paper: Brazil’s Role in the Global Order After Bolsonaro
What will be Brazil's role in the global order after the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro? Will the illiberal and ‘anti-globalist’ turn of Brazil’s politics outlive Bolsonaro? How can Brazil contain or overcome the damage the Bolsonaro presidency has inflicted on its international reputation? In this Working Paper from the Rising Powers Initiative (RPI), Oliver Della Costa Stuenkel explores these questions, laying out Brazil's post-Bolsonaro foreign policy options. Oliver Della Costa Stuenkel is an Associate Professor at the... More
Pardee Center Co-Hosts Webinar on Russia-China Relations and the Arctic
On November 12, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Center for the Study of Asia co-hosted a webinar titled “The Russia-China Quasi-Alliance and the Polar Silk Road.” The event featured a presentation by Lyle J. Goldstein (Research Professor, China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI), Naval War College), who discussed his current research on Russia-China relations with respect to the Arctic, including transportation routes, access to natural resources, More