The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites you to attend its upcoming seminar, “Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Migration in Bangladesh,” at the Pardee Center, 67 Bay State Road, on Wednesday, February 14 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm (lunch will be available beginning at 11:30 am). Faculty Research […]
The Global Development Policy Center, the Institute for Sustainable Energy, and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invite you to a talk by Frank Ackerman about his latest book, Worst-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate and Finance. Ackerman, Principal Economist at Synapse Energy and Research Fellow at the Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI), will […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites you to attend its upcoming seminar, “Pathways to a Natural Gas Off-Ramp: The Economic Case for an Energy Transition,” at the Pardee Center, 67 Bay State Road, on Thursday, February 1 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm (lunch will be available beginning at […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a seminar titled “Integrating Science, Health & Policy to Engineer Global Sustainable Water Access” on October 25. Access to safe drinking water is considered a fundamental human right; when access is denied there are widespread health, education, and economic implications. One solution to […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Initiative on Cities invite you to attend an upcoming seminar, “Research Spotlight: Impacts of Climate Change on Population Health,” on Tuesday, October 24 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm at the Initiative on Cities, 75 Bay State Road. Patrick Kinney, BU’s inaugural […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Institute for Sustainable Energy invite you to attend a special lecture by Prof. Christian Blanco, an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the Fischer College of Business at The Ohio State University. Prof. Blanco will discuss how he analyzes data to gain insights to help firms […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a seminar on October 19 titled “Assessment of Risks and Options in a Changing Climate,” featuring Katharine Mach, a Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University. Over decades, assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many others has bolstered understanding […]
Michael Dietze, an associate professor of Earth & Environment, discussed concepts from his new book, Ecological Forecasting (Princeton University Press 2017), at a seminar hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on June 21. In the book, Prof. Dietze presents “a new way of doing ecology,” bringing together the […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites you to attend its upcoming seminar with Prof. Michael Dietze, an associate professor in the Department of Earth & Environment, where he will discuss his new book, “Ecological Forecasting” from Princeton University Press. The seminar will be held at the Pardee Center at […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future recently hosted a seminar lecture and discussion with Pamela Templer, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow. In her talk, Prof. Templer explored the implications of nitrogen deposition and carbon dioxide losses from soil respiration in […]