Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Prof. Robinson W. (Wally) Fulweiler and 2019 Graduate Summer Fellow Nicholas Ray recently published a paper exploring the impact of oysters on nitrogen cycling in coastal ecosystems in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS). Recent research has focused on quantifying the impact of oyster habitats on biogeochemical cycling in coastal ecosystems, but […]
Heidi Peltier, a Research Professor at the BU Department of Political Science and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, authored an article for The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft exploring the environmental costs of recently proposed increases in military spending to “enhance U.S. deterrence of China.” In the article, Prof. Peltier reflects on the financial […]
The Department of Defense has increased its spending on contractors by 164 percent since 2001, according to a new report from the Costs of War project’s “20 Years of War” research series, a collaboration between the Pardee Center and Brown University’s Watson Institute. By relying so heavily on contracting in the post-9/11 wars, the Pentagon has […]
Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellows Prof. Lucy Hutyra, Prof. Dan Li, and Prof. Pamela Templer recently co-authored a paper exploring the effects of increasing urban tree canopy cover as a nature-based solution to combat excess urban heat. Trees provide a wide range of ecosystem services, particularly in cities where their ability to cool local air […]
Pamela Templer, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-authored an editorial arguing for a more “solutions-based” higher education experience that combines an interdisciplinary approach with a focus on human and environmental well-being. In the article, published […]
Ziming Xuan, an Associate Professor in BU’s School of Public Health and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently awarded a developmental study to explore associations between alcohol use and HIV among married couples in India. Given rising rates of alcohol consumption and HIV […]
Heidi Peltier, a Research Professor at the BU Department of Political Science and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, authored an op-ed for The Conversation exploring the economic opportunities presented by conservation of—as opposed to expanded oil and gas development on—public lands. Using an input-output model, Prof. Peltier shows that each $1 million of spending […]
Sam Deese, a Senior Lecturer in the College of General Studies and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, authored a recent op-ed on the democratization of global governance for Democracy Without Borders. Drawing on ideas from his 2018 book titled Climate Change and the […]
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. […]
Michael Dietze, an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave a talk at the Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University. In his talk, titled “Forecasting Ecology in a Changing World,” Prof. […]