Muhammad Zaman, a professor of Biomedical Engineering and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, is the author of a new book titled Bitter Pills: The Global War on Counterfeit Drugs published by Oxford University Press. The book provides a journalistic account of the increasingly common problem of counterfeit pills — which […]
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, has been awarded a Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship at the Technical University of Munich’s (TUM) Institute for Advanced Study. The three-year Fellowship, which is named after 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Hans […]
Rachael Garrett, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth & Environment and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently profiled in an article published by BU Research. The article highlights Prof. Garrett’s decade of experience in Brazil, where she has been interviewing farmers to better […]
Rachael Garrett, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-authored a paper on the effectiveness of companies’ supply-chain initiatives aimed at reducing deforestation. The paper, titled “The role of supply-chain initiatives in reducing deforestation,” was published in Nature Climate […]
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, has been selected as an expert for the newly-formed Minamata Convention on Mercury effectiveness evaluation committee, representing the Pardee Center, which is an observer organization of […]
Nathan Phillips, a Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently led a discussion on the economic case for an energy transition away from natural gas at a seminar held at the Pardee Center on February 1. Prof. […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, is serving on the Organizing Committee for the second annual GlobalFood+ Speed Talks Symposium to be hosted by the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. The symposium will take place at the Behrakis Auditorium of the Jaharis […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites you to attend its upcoming seminar, “Pathways to a Natural Gas Off-Ramp: The Economic Case for an Energy Transition,” at the Pardee Center, 67 Bay State Road, on Thursday, February 1 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm (lunch will be available beginning at […]
Lawrence Were, a Lecturer in the Department of Health Sciences at BU’s Sargent College and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored an article in the The Lancet Global Health. In the article, titled “Informality and health: universal health coverage in the era of SDGs,” Were […]
The Graduate Summer Fellows participated in the fifth faculty lunch discussion of the session on July 13 when they were joined by Henrik Selin, an associate professor of international relations and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Prof. Selin spoke about his research on environmental politics, toxic chemicals, the […]