Richard Samuel 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, gave a keynote talk at the Center for United Nations Constitutional Research (CUNCR) Climate Democracy & Justice Summit on June 22. In a wide-ranging talk, […]
Nicholas Ray, a PhD candidate in the Department of Biology and a 2019 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow, is the first author of a recent paper exploring oysters’ denitrification ability. In the paper, published in Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS), Ray and his co-authors demonstrate that the oyster digestive system can remove significant amounts of […]
Suchi Gopal, a 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 on spatial analytics in public health at a symposium hosted by the World-Wide Human Geography Data (WWHGD) Working Group and the Center […]
A new paper published today in Nature Communications by researchers from Boston University, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice found that by mid-century climate change will increase the demand for energy globally, even with modest warming. Most previous studies explored this topic for a single country […]
Jim Stodder, a Visiting Professor in BU’s Metropolitan College and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently presented his research on carbon tax forecasts at the 42nd International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) Annual Conference in Montréal, Canada. At the conference, Stodder presented a paper titled “Carbon […]
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, recently presented his research on the role of alcohol policy in reducing domestic violence in India. The talk, titled “Alcohol Consumption and Domestic Violence in India: Exploring the Role […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future co-sponsored the 2019 Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) Conference in Washington, DC, this week. The three-day conference, co-convened by Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Prof. Michael Dietze, brought together an interdisciplinary group of over 100 natural and social scientists, public health professionals, engineers, and […]
Robinson (Wally) Fulweiler, an Associate Professor of Biology (jointly with Earth & Environment) and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently announced as the recipient of the 2019 Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching, the University’s highest teaching honor. The Metcalf Cup and […]
Catherine West, a Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently presented a paper titled “Human Behavioral Ecology and the Complexities of Arctic Foodways” at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The paper, which […]
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, was recently elected as a 2019 Ecological Society of America (ESA) Fellow. The ESA fellows program was established in 2012 to recognize members who have made outstanding contributions to ecological […]