Research at the Pardee School brings together talent from across Boston University. The School’s research portfolio includes projects undertaken by Pardee School’s core faculty, Centers and Institutes, and research initiatives.
The Pardee School's 7 affiliated research centers are dedicated to advancing human progress. Each center has a regional or thematic focus: African Studies; Asian Studies; European Studies; Latin American Studies; Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA); Global Development Policy (GDP Center); and the Study of the Longer-Range Future.
Congratulations to Professor Quinn Slobodian, whose most recent book, Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right, has been named a finalist for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Awards under their Criticism category. The recognition highlights the book’s powerful intervention in debates about capitalism, democracy, and the contemporary far right....
On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies proudly hosted the Development Capstone seminar, the concluding project by the Master of Arts in Global Policy (MGP) students led by Rachel Brulé, Associate Professor of Global Development Policy. This year's students were tasked to research and develop intervention programs which aimed...
Written by Deniz Oray, Pardee School of Global Studies, Dean’s Ambassador (BAIR’26) On October 21st 2025, the Pardee School of Global Studies, alongside Boston University's History Department, had the utmost pleasure in hosting Professor Gretchen Heefner, Chair of the History Department at Northeastern University, to discuss her recent book Sand, Snow, and Stardust. Accompanied by...
Written by Jack Whitten, Pardee School of Global Studies, Dean’s Ambassador (MAIA ‘26) For the November 5th installment of the Global Security Initiative Speaker Series, the Pardee School of Global Studies hosted Julia Mead, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Mahindra Humanities Center. To a full audience, she shared stories from her research on coal mining,...
Three Pardee students share their research experiences in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom supported by the Keylor Travel Fund.
From Europe and Africa, three graduate students from the Pardee School for Global Studies were given the chance to travel and conduct their research across seas, thanks to the Gilman Grant. Established through the generous support of Lynda Gilman, the grant empowers graduate students to pursue self-directed research for their MA Papers and Capstone projects. ...
Dean Emeritus Adil Najam's research on environmental negotiations was cited in an editorial, published October 28, 2025, by the leading science journal, Nature, which posed ideas on how the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and their chair might be able to bridge agreements between countries after a series of explosive and tense talks this August....
Written by Tin Yan (Charlotte) Cheung, PAR '27, BA in International Relations and Economics. The Michael T. Corgan Internship Fund was established in 2021 to award selected Pardee students a stipend for an otherwise unpaid summer internship. The Fund supports internships in the field of international affairs to prepare them for future careers in the...