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The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is pleased to present the second issue of the Pardee Magazine. Building on last year’s inaugural edition, this issue reflects the school’s enduring commitment to rigorous, interdisciplinary, problem-driven research and education focused on the world’s most pressing challenges.
Dr. Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School, has recently contributed two chapters in a new book, From Fragility to Resilience: Enhancing Sustainable Development. The book was edited by Uzma Tariq Haroon, Sarah Siddiq Aneel, and Tatyana Hanif and published by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). Najam's chapters,...
On February 3, 2026, Research Professor Jessica Stern of the Pardee School spoke to the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals in Orlando, FL, whose audience primarily consisted of professionals involved in threat assessment and law enforcement officers. Her presentation marked the conclusion of a research project that had been taking place since early 2022. The...
A new study titled Structural Change in Africa: The Role of North–South and South–South Trade by Solomon Owusu, Assistant Professor of Global Economic Policy at the Pardee School, and co-authors Gideon Ndubuisi and Woubet Kassa, was published by The World Economy in early January 2026. The paper provides one of the most detailed examinations to...
Congratulations to Professor Rachel Nolan, Assistant Professor of International History, who has been awarded the HCI Collaborative Grant for her independent research project, History of Deportation! Professor Rachel Nolan will receive $5,000 for her independent project examining the history of deportations from the United States to Latin America. With this funding, she will travel to...
On January 29th, 2026, Scott Taylor, Pardee School Dean and Professor of International Relations, moderated WorldBoston's first conversation of 2026 between Stephanie Sullivan, former ambassador for the US to the African Union, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ghana, and Kennedy Ukelegharanya, business attorney at a major multinational law firm, advising innovative technology and life...
On February 2, 2026, the Pardee School of Global Studies welcomed Boston University scholars and faculty for a panel discussion as part of its Beyond the Headlines series, as they examined the global attention and role in national security of Greenland today. The panel consisted of Adriana Craciun, Professor at the College of Arts and...
Pardee Professor and GDP Center Director, Kevin P. Gallagher, spent a week in China in January to participate in the U.S.-China Global Economic Order (GEO) Dialogue, a track two dialogue between ex-officials and experts from the United States and China on the global economic order. Now in its 11th year, the group is chaired by...
Professor of the practice of diplomacy Mark Storella told students that leaders in an uncertain world must identify what is their “rock” and proceed with confidence from the things about which they are uncertain. Storella was speaking as a member of the concluding panel of the 40th Annual Tufts Symposium, this year entitled “Risk and...