The health, business, and regulatory implications related to products that contain or are manufactured with toxic chemicals was the topic of discussion at the Pardee House seminar on Thursday, March 19. Pardee Faculty Fellow Henrik Selin moderated the session, titled “Chemicals, Products, and Health: Global Challenges.” Other panelists included BU Prof. Wendy Heiger-Bernays (School of Public […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos has been invited as the keynote speaker for the 3rd Annual Massachusetts Water Forum on Tuesday, March 24. Prof. Janetos’ talk, titled “Climate Change Implications for Water and Coastal Resources,” will discuss future water resource issues in Massachusetts and beyond, drawing on the findings of the third U.S. National Climate […]
Abhishek Sharma, a 2014 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellow and currently a graduate student at the Boston University School of Public Health, is the lead author of a paper recently published in the online journal BMJ Open. The paper, titled “Implications of private sector Hib vaccine coverage for the introduction of public sector Hib-containing pentavalent vaccine […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos gave the keynote talk on “Climate Policy Successes and Failures” at the opening session of the 2015 Graduate Student Research Conference at the Pardee School of Global Studies on Friday, February 27th. The presentation outlined successes and significant challenges for policy decisions on climate change in both international and domestic […]
At the Pardee Center lunchtime seminar on Feb. 25, architect and Metropolitan College Adjunct Professor Madhu Dutta-Koehler spoke of the need for urban planners to “look for synergies” between climate change adaptation opportunities and existing plans for urban development and improvements in the mega-cities of South Asia and elsewhere. Dutta-Koehler was the featured speaker at […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos is featured in a recent BU Research article about his work to develop a National Climate Indicators System to help policymakers with decisions related to preparing for and responding to the impacts of climate change. Titled “Building a Better Barometer,” the article describes the interdisciplinary effort that Prof. Janetos is […]
A recent special issue of the journal Latin American Research Review co-edited by Boston University Prof. Jeffrey Rubin (History) is based on a 2012 project co-sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs (CURA). Titled “Lived Religion and Lived Citizenship […]
Jonars Spielberg, a 2011 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow, is among the co-authors of a first-of-its-kind evaluation report on the use of solar lanterns as part of a development program. The report, recently published by MIT’s Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE), is titled “Experimentation in Product Evaluation: The Case of Solar Lanterns in Uganda, […]
Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Kevin P. Gallagher is the author of a new book titled Ruling Capital: Emerging Markets and the Reregulation of Cross-Border Finance published by Cornell University Press. The book is based on Prof. Gallagher’s work related to three Pardee Center Task Force Reports (here, here, and here) he has coordinated, edited, and […]
Ella Clausen recently joined the staff of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future as Communications Intern. Ella is a current Boston University Senior studying Public Relations and Environmental Analysis & Policy. She offers communications experience from non-profits including Australia for the United Nations Refugee Agency. As Communications Intern, Ella […]