Najam Discusses Lessons & Opportunities of COVID
Adil Najam, Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, spoke during a webinar hosted by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), the premier Economic/Research think tank of Pakistan, on global opportunities and environmental aspects of COVID-19 pandemic.
In his remarks, Najam commented on the lack of a multilateral response and complacency during the pandemic, the environmental impacts of COVID-19 and the fact that lessons learned early on have not been retained, as well as what the post-COVID future might look like.
A recording of the event can be viewed below.
Adil Najam is a global public policy expert who also served as the Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. He is the Inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and was the former Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). His research focuses on issues of global public policy, especially those related to global climate change, South Asia, Muslim countries, environment and development, and human development. Read more about Dean Najam on his faculty profile.