Najam Speaks in London on Climate and Girls Education
Adil Najam speaks in London on climate change and girls education at workshop and public event organized by the Malala Fund and the Center for Global Development (CGD).
Najam Briefs UN Humanitarian Leaders on ‘Age of Adaptation’
Adil Najam briefs UN Humanitarian agency leaders on the ‘Age of Adaptation’, and why climate change is now a major humanitarian crisis.
Challenging Times for Pakistan Supreme Court Says Justice Mansoor Ali Shah
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah tells a Pardee School audience, “the legitimacy of my court is under serious threat, and that pains me and every judge of the [Pakistan] Supreme Court very gravely.”
Najam Interviewed on Saudi-Israel Relations
Professor Adil Najam was interviewed by Dawn News TV on the possibility of Saudi Arabia recognizing Israel and the possible response to such a decision in the Muslim world.
Najam’s Book Chapter Describes Collaborative Governance as Jazz
Prof. Adil Najam conceptualizes collaborative governance as Jazz in his chapter in the book ‘Building Collaborative Governance in Times of Uncertainty.’
Najam Speaks at UNGA/IIASA Event on Systems Analysis
Adil Najam spoke at the launch of IIASA’s 50th Anniversary Flagship Report at a United Nations General Assembly event, calling for boldness in policy.
Najam Publishes Research in SM+S
Prof. Adil Najam co-authors paper in the journal Social Media and Society on how media attitudes on climate change coverage in the Global South are changing.
Adil Najam on a ‘Planet on Fire’
Professor Najam interviewed with other leading climate change experts on how the sizzling summer of 2023 all around the world.
Najam Awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz and Development Leadership Award
Adil Najam conferred the Hilal-i-Pakistan, Pakistan’s second-highest civil award, by the President of Pakistan for contributions to education and environment. Also awarded the ‘Development Leadership Award’ to mark the country’s 75 years.
Adil Najam Featured in State Department Blog
Dr. Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations and of Earth and Environment at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston Univeristy was interviewed by the U.S. Department of State’s ExchangeAlumni blog for a feature profile post on his work on climate change and his recent appointment as the incoming President of…
Najam in ‘Nature’ on Titan submersible tragedy
Adil Najam is quoted in a Nature report on Titan submersible implosion tragedy and the science philanthropy background of two of the deceased.
Najam named De Jánosi Visiting Fellow at IIASA
Adil Najam has been named as the Peter De Jánosi Visiting Fellow for 2023 at the Austria-based International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). He becomes the first to hold the new visiting fellowship created by Friends of IIASA (FoI).
Najam Interviewed by BBC on Future of GDP
Najam talks on BBC on why GDP is a flawed measure of development but is unlikely to be dethroned.
Najam Presents Seminar on Climate and Security at Uppsala
Dean Emeritus Adil Najam argues that climate change is no longer a future threat. It is a real and present danger today.
Najam in Foreign Policy on Pakistan’s Constitutional Crisis
An analysis of Pakistan’s ongoing constitutional crisis, titled “The Many Trials of Imran Khan” by Betsy Joles published in Foreign Policy magazine on April 5, 2023, quotes Pardee School Professor and Dean Emeritus Adil Najam as suggesting that what we are now seeing in Pakistan is an implosion of all the major political institutions in…
Adil Najam named as new President of WWF International
Dr. Adil Najam, the inaugural dean (2014-2022) of Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies and now Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations and Earth and the Environment has been named as the new President of WWF-International, one of the largest and most respected environment and conservation organizations in the world. WWF, recognized globally…
Najam Speaks at Brussels Launch of Collaborative Governance Book
Dean Emeritus and Professor Adil Najam joined a panel of international experts in Brussels at the Delegation of the Basque Country to the European Union on March 28, 2023, for the launch of the book Building Collaborative Governance in Times of Uncertainty, in which he has written a chapter on “Collaborative Governance as Jazz.” Edited…
Najam Profiled in Austria’s Südwind-Magazin on ‘Age of Adaptation’
Dean Emeritus Adil Najam is interviewed and profiled in Südwind-Magazin, Austria’s leading development magazine.
Najam in NYT on Political Chaos in Pakistan
Dean Emeritus Adil Najam is interviewed by New York Times on the unending political chaos in Pakistan.
Najam Speaks at Royal Society on Science in Muslim Societies
Professor Najam challenges environmentalists to engage with religion and faith because these will invariably be the front line of people’s coping strategies when they are confronted with ever-more-frequent climate calamities.