The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future announces its annual call for proposals for Faculty Research Fellows and Associates for the 2016-17 academic year. Faculty Research Fellows and Associates are critical partners in achieving the Center’s core mission of developing and disseminating interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research on topics of global significance. […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future co-sponsored the BU Conference on Sustainability Research on Monday, May 9. Approximately 100 people attended the one-day conference that featured presentations by Boston University faculty with a diverse range of expertise on their research related to sustainability issues (a full list of presenters can be […]
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI), along with Georgetown University’s Harrison Institute for Public Law, hosted an international experts’ workshop titled “Reconciling Trade and Climate Change Policy: Opportunities and Challenges” on Monday, April 25 at the Pardee Center. Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow […]
A panel of experts discussed the public health impacts of climate change in India at a seminar hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on April 6. The seminar was organized and moderated by Prof. Sucharita Gopal of the Department of Earth & Environment and featured Prof. Susan Foster of the […]
On March 21, a panel of experts spoke about the implications of China’s “one belt, one road” initiative for transnational investment, foreign diplomacy, and regional geopolitics at a seminar hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The seminar, which was attended by about 50 people, was titled “The […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host a seminar titled “Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in India” on Wednesday, April 6 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm at The Pardee Center, 67 Bay State Road. Prof. Sucharita Gopal of the Department of Earth & Environment (E&E) will moderate […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host a seminar titled “The New Silk Roads: Will China’s Investments Enrich the World?” on Monday, March 21 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the Terrace Lounge on the 2nd floor of the George Sherman Union. In late 2013, China launched the […]
A panel of experts spoke about the impact of cancer and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the developing world at a seminar on February 24 hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The seminar, titled “Cancer and NCDs in the Developing World: The Looming Crisis in Global Health,” was moderated by Pardee […]
Prof. Bruce Anderson, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment, received the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) 2016 Editor’s Award from the Journal of Climate. This award was given for his consistently outstanding and insightful reviews of […]
Prof. Kevin Gallagher, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was quoted in a recent Financial Times story titled “Capital controls no longer taboo as emerging markets battle flight.” In the article, Gallagher calls on policymakers to use capital controls given the unprecedented capital outflows from emerging markets […]