On the second day of the program, the Graduate Summer Fellows at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future participated in a writing and communications workshop led by Director Anthony Janetos and Associate Director Cynthia Barakatt. Janetos and Barakatt began with an overview of the structure and objective of the research paper that […]
On May 30, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future welcomed its 2017 class of Graduate Summer Fellows. The eight Boston University graduate students, representing six different academic departments, will spend the next 10 weeks in residence at the Pardee House developing research papers on a wide range of topics for consideration in […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2017 Graduate Summer Fellows. These eight outstanding Boston University graduate students represent various disciplines, including Earth & Environment, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology, International Affairs, and Political Science. Starting May 30th, the Graduate Summer Fellows will spend 10 weeks at the Pardee House developing […]
Radost Stanimirova, a 2016 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a PhD candidate in the Department of Earth & Environment, has been accepted as a fellow in the Young Scientists Summer Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Vienna. Since 1977, IIASA’s annual three-month […]
Joshua Duclos, a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy and a 2016 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave a wide-ranging interview for NPR affiliate Wisconsin Public Radio about the morality of hunting. Duclos identified three rationales for hunting — therapeutic, subsistence, and sport […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has published a new paper in its Issues in Brief series. The paper, titled “Diffusion of Microfinance in Development: The Role of U.S. Philanthropic Foundations,” was written by Emily Bryant, a Boston University doctoral candidate in Sociology and 2015 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow. Microfinance programs […]
Application deadline: Monday, March 13, 2017 Download application instructions Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program, which offers graduate students from across Boston University an opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary research and writing on topics aligned with the broad research interests of BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study […]
Chukwuemeka Umeh, a PhD candidate in the School of Public Health and a 2016 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently published a paper in the journal Global Health Research and Policy. The paper, which stems from Umeh’s research at the Pardee Center, explores premium exemption for […]
Joshua Duclos, a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy and a 2016 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored an article for The Conversation on the morality of hunting. In the article, Duclos identifies three rationales for hunting – therapeutic, subsistence, and sport – […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a seminar titled “Conservation in Urban and Suburban Landscapes: What Does Nature Mean?” on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The seminar, which was moderated by Pardee Center post-doctoral associate John Patrick Connors, featured a discussion with David Stainbrook, a Deer/Moose biologist at the Massachusetts Division of […]