Joseph Harris, an associate professor of Sociology and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, co-authored a new paper exploring the role of the private sector on countries’ universal healthcare programs, focusing specifically on the experiences in Brazil and Thailand. The paper was published in the journal Global […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there is an urgent need for more effective approaches to connect people from varying cultures and communities to public health solutions in ways that are accessible, helpful, and meaningful. In this Issues in Brief, Marial Williams argues that community engagement through the arts can be a means of improving […]
WATCH ON YOUTUBE On August 19, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a webinar on our YouTube channel titled “Being Well & Staying Safe: Daily Life in a COVID-19 World.” The webinar, hosted by Pardee School of Global Studies Dean Adil Najam, featured a panel of infectious diseases […]
Governments might be able to prevent future pandemics by investing as little as $22 billion a year in programs to curb wildlife trafficking and stem the destruction of tropical forests, according to a new analysis by an international team of scientists and economists. In the paper, published July 24 in Science, the authors argue that […]
On July 21, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a webinar featuring Prof. Muhammad H. Zaman, where he discussed his newest book, Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens. The book explores the rise of antibiotic-resistant diseases and what we must do to address this […]
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 […]
Pablo Suarez, a Pardee Center Visiting Research Fellow and Associate Director for Research and Innovation at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, recently designed and facilitated a “cartoonathon” exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on the future of humanitarian work. The event, hosted by The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Solferino Academy, included over […]
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, recently authored an article published in The Conversation on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ability to conduct field work. In the article, Prof. Primack reflects on the necessary yet costly measures […]
Kate Mitchell, a doctoral candidate at the BU School of Public Health and a 2019 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-authored an article on maternal newborn health (MNH) care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic in the journal Health and Human Rights. In the article, the […]
Min Ye, an Associate Professor in 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 appointed the first Rosenberg Institute Scholar at Suffolk University’s Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. As part of the appointment, Prof. Ye will write a research […]