The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future co-hosted a panel discussion on Thursday, February 22, highlighting the role played by Boston University researchers in two of the city of Boston’s signature climate initiatives: Climate Ready Boston and the Boston Climate Action Plan. The event, co-hosted by Initiative on Cities (IOC), the […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites you to attend its upcoming seminar, “Atmospheric Pollution in Urban Areas: Implications for Air and Water Quality,” featuring Prof. Pamela Templer, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow. The seminar will be held at […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future recently hosted a seminar titled “Financing Global Climate Change Commitments: The Role of Public Finance” featuring a panel discussion with Faculty Research Fellow Prof. Kevin Gallagher (Pardee School of Global Studies; Global Economic Governance Initiative), Faculty Associate Henrik Selin (Pardee School of Global Studies), […]
Les Kaufman, a Professor of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, participated in two related workshops in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area of southeastern Florida during the week of November 13. The first workshop was a one-day forum focused on the health of […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) are pleased to announce the publication of a new report, “Trade in the Balance: Reconciling Trade and Climate Policy.” The report is the outcome of the Working Group on Trade, Investment, and Climate Policy convened by […]
Jillian Goldfarb, a research assistant professor in the College of Engineering and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently received a Fulbright award for teaching and research for her project titled “Global Insights into Sustainable Energy Engineering and Sustainable Solutions for Municipal Solid Waste Management.” […]
Pamela Templer, an Associate Professor of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was featured on a segment of VICE News Tonight that aired on HBO on October 14, 2016. The segment highlighted Prof. Templer’s Climate Change Across Seasons Experiment (CCASE) at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in […]
Richard Primack, a Professor of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, will deliver the University Lecture on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Tsai Performance Center. The lecture is titled “Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods,” based on his […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2016-17 Faculty Research Fellows. With seed funding from the Pardee Center, the four new Faculty Research Fellows will launch three-year interdisciplinary research projects, joining the six ongoing projects underway by the 2015-16 cohort of 10 Fellows. Over the course of […]
Prof. Les Kaufman, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-authored an article that will be published in the journal Ecohydrology. The article, titled “Fisheries and Water Level Fluctuations in the World’s Largest Desert Lake,” explores how the fisheries of Lake Turkana in Kenya — which […]