Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored his second book, titled Accelerating Sustainable Energy Transition(s) in Developing Countries: The challenges of climate change and sustainable development. The book, published by Routledge Press, explores how transitions away from carbon-based fuel sources to renewables occur in […]
Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Joseph Harris is convening the first-ever Symposium on Global Health and the Social Sciences on Nov. 9 and 10, with 25 invited sociologists, anthropologists, and political scientists whose research focuses on various aspects of global health. The Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is sponsoring this event […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host an information session on Monday, November 6 at 5 pm to provide details about the 2018 Graduate Summer Fellows Program. All interested Boston University graduate students are invited to attend the session, which will be held at Pardee House, 67 Bay […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a seminar titled “Integrating Science, Health & Policy to Engineer Global Sustainable Water Access” on October 25. Access to safe drinking water is considered a fundamental human right; when access is denied there are widespread health, education, and economic implications. One solution to […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Initiative on Cities invite you to attend an upcoming seminar, “Research Spotlight: Impacts of Climate Change on Population Health,” on Tuesday, October 24 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm at the Initiative on Cities, 75 Bay State Road. Patrick Kinney, BU’s inaugural […]
Last fall, the Climate Action Plan Task Force, which is chaired by Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos, was charged with developing a plan to address the University’s carbon emissions and prepare for the impacts of climate change on BU’s campuses. The Task Force has released its draft plan, and held public forum where the Janetos […]
Joseph Harris, an assistant professor of Sociology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has published a new book titled Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism (Cornell University Press 2017). In the book, Prof. Harris explores the dynamics that made universal health […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has published a new paper in its Issues in Brief series. The paper, titled “Governance Issues in China’s Food Sufficiency vs. Virtual Water Debate,” was written by Junda Jin, a 2015 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow and a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Boston University. Rapid […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Institute for Sustainable Energy invite you to attend a special lecture by Prof. Christian Blanco, an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the Fischer College of Business at The Ohio State University. Prof. Blanco will discuss how he analyzes data to gain insights to help firms […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a seminar on October 19 titled “Assessment of Risks and Options in a Changing Climate,” featuring Katharine Mach, a Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University. Over decades, assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many others has bolstered understanding […]