Pardee Center Featured in BU’s “Research 2008” Magazine

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is one of the feature stories in the 2008 edition of the Research and Boston University magazine.

The Pardee Center is one of the interdisciplinary initiatives at Boston University featured in this year’s edition. The feature write-up on the Pardee Center highlights some of the research activities being undertaken at the Center, including its conferences, its seminar series, its new publication series and its ongoing research programs.

The feature on the Pardee Center and its research includes:

– A write-up on the 2007 Pardee Center conference on The Future of Space Exploration, including an interview with Prof. Supriya Chakrabarti of the BU Center for Space Physics who organized the conference.

– A write-up on the research of Pardee Center Fellow Prof. Kevin Gallagher on international trade and development dynamics.

– A write-up on Pardee Center research on ‘development and democracy’, including an interview with Pardee Center Fellow Prof. John Gerring, on his recent research done with Pardee Center Fellow Prof. Strom Thacker.

– A conversation with Pardee Center Director, Prof. Adil Najam, on the future plans and directions for the Center.