On November 7, 2024, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a workshop for local K-12 teachers sponsored by the Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator (COBRA). COBRA is an NSF-funded international network-of-networks focused on the structure, function, resilience, and ecosystem services of the crustal ocean biosphere to inform decision-making […]
Joseph Harris and Joshua Shifrinson, Faculty Associates at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Prof. Harris (Department of Sociology) is an Expert Affiliate of the Pardee Center’s Rising Powers Initiative (RPI). As a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow from 2015-2018, he […]
Henrik Selin, an Associate Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, co-authored a new book examining efforts to achieve sustainability through the lens of human interactions with mercury throughout history. The book, titled Mercury Stories: Understanding Sustainability […]
Min Ye, an Associate Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave a talk exploring the origins, motivations, and implementation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and examined the various impacts of COVID-19 on the […]
Governments might be able to prevent future pandemics by investing as little as $22 billion a year in programs to curb wildlife trafficking and stem the destruction of tropical forests, according to a new analysis by an international team of scientists and economists. In the paper, published July 24 in Science, the authors argue that […]
Ian Sue Wing, a Faculty Associate and, from 2015-2018, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been promoted to the rank of full professor in the Department of Earth & Environment. Prof. Sue Wing was one of 19 Charles River Campus faculty promoted to full professor. […]
Prof. Suchi Gopal and Prof. Les Kaufman, Faculty Associates at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, co-authored a new paper on the application of big data science to improve food, energy, and water systems (FEWS) sustainability. In the paper, published in the journal Frontiers in Big Data, the authors present a […]
Henrik Selin, a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been appointed the new Associate Dean of Studies at the Pardee School of Global Studies. In this role, Prof. Selin will be responsible for all student affairs and services, including both the graduate and undergraduate programs at […]
Les Kaufman, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Pardee Center Faculty Associate, and Eliza Garfield, a 2015 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow, are among the co-authors of a new analysis of coral reef restoration projects in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary published in the journal PLOS ONE. Since the 1970s, staghorn coral […]
Min Ye, an Associate Professor in the Pardee School of Global Studies and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been appointed the first Rosenberg Institute Scholar at Suffolk University’s Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. As part of the appointment, Prof. Ye will write a research […]