Jianguo Liu, an Associate Professor at Peking University in China and a Visiting Scholar at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently participated in an Asia-Pacific regional expert workshop on chemicals management held in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop, titled “Perspectives on Sustainable Chemistry Innovation and the Global Chemicals Outlook II: Understanding […]
Prof. Pallab Mozumder, an environmental economist with expertise in socioeconomic aspects of natural hazards, has concluded his year-long appointment as a Sabbatical Scholar at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Prof. Mozumder is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment with a joint appointment in the Department […]
Pardee Center Visiting Scholar Jianguo Liu, Associate Professor at Peking University, recently participated in a public meeting of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Toxics Use Reduction Act program. Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Wendy Heiger-Bernays is a member of the SAB. Prof. Liu is an expert on environmentally sound management […]
Pablo Suarez, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, hosted an interactive game session with the Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows on July 18. Suarez facilitated a series of activities with the Fellows designed to demonstrate the value of participatory games for contextualizing risk, probability, preparation, and […]
Elisabetta Genovese has joined the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on a three-week appointment as a Visiting Scholar. Elisabetta is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth (IRCrES) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), where she is currently working on the project “Economics of Natural […]
Irit Altman, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been appointed as a Research Assistant Professor in Boston University’s Department of Biology. Prof. Altman is an ecologist and conservation scientist with extensive experience integrating ecological information into complex system models to understand ecosystem scale consequences of […]
Bas van Ruijven has joined the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on a six month appointment as a Visiting Scholar. Bas is a Project Scientist II with the Integrated Assessment Modeling group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO. Bas holds an MSc in Environmental […]
Brian Swett, a Visiting Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, joined WBUR’s Morning Edition on Thursday to speak about the role of cities in addressing climate change. Swett, the former Chief of Environment, Energy & Open Space for the City of Boston, stated that cities are at the front line of […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce the Center’s Visiting Fellows for the 2015-16 academic year. While they hold positions at other organizations, the Visiting Fellows contribute to the intellectual life of the Pardee Center through scholarly collaborations and participation in the Center’s programs and events. This year’s […]