The Pardee School’s Centers and Institutes aim to both develop and share knowledge of specific regions and their states, societies, cultures, languages, peoples, and environment. They foster rigorous, transformative scholarship that crosses existing national, regional, and disciplinary boundaries.
ASC's National Resource Center (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grants total just over $2.4 million and will support Africa-focused education, including African language instruction.
Congresswoman-elect Karmen Ramírez Boscán, a Geneva-based indigenous Wayúu woman who was selected to represent overseas Colombians in the Congress - discusses the challenges facing Colombia today.
Chinese investment in Indonesia is unique from other BRI projects, as it’s concentrated in the environmentally sensitive sectors of the metals industry and infrastructure. This GDP Center research compares the environmental risks between FDI projects and identifies Indigenous communities that may be impacted by multiple risks
The eight fellows gave presentations on their research progress and next steps, which covered topics including vaccine hesitancy and implications for future interventions, the backsliding of women’s and LGBTQ+ rights in Poland and Hungary, and much more.
Over the course of the next 10 weeks, the 8 fellows will write research papers to be considered for the Pardee Center’s publication series while participating in programs designed to advance interdisciplinary research and learning.
Over ten weeks, the Summer in the Field Fellows will develop their skills, research, and professional experience by participating in a variety of research projects and internships.
Professors Robert Hefner and Mark Storella both bring important leadership experience and a passion for the regions they work in; in these roles, they will continue the tradition of Asia and Africa-focused scholarship and Boston University and further enhance the great reputations that both of these Centers enjoy.
The researchers find legal claims from oil and gas investors in response to government actions to limit fossil fuels could reach $340 billion, which would divert critical public finance from essential mitigation and adaptation efforts to the pockets of fossil fuel industry investors.