April 2013
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Pardee Informal Conversation: The Cultural and...
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On Wednesday April 10, 2013 Pardee Post-Doctorate Research Fellow Dr. Laura Ann Twagira lead an informal discussion about the different ways in which perceptions of the future influence academic scholarship at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University. This...
March 2013
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The New Global Agreement on Mercury: The Minamata...
Pardee Faculty Fellow Henrik Selin (International Relations, BU) gives an account and history of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, a global legally binding treaty on mercury use. Watch the complete Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future House Seminar titled The New Global Agreement on Mercury: Will It Make a Difference? here.
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The New Global Agreement on Mercury: Dentistry
Panelists Prof. Noelle Eckley Selin, (Atmospheric Chemistry, MIT) and Pardee Faculty Fellow Henrik Selin (International Relations, BU) discuss the environmental and health consequences of using mercury in dental practice as how dental mercury was addressed at the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Watch the complete Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future House Seminar...
February 2013
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The Urban Century: The Urban Metabolism
Pardee Faculty Fellow Nathan Phillips discusses “The Urban Metabolism” and how the information he gathers from tracking carbon dioxide from rooftops allows him to study cities as if they were organisms. Prof. Philips of the BU Earth and Environment Department gave this talk at The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University for the Pardee House...
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The Urban Century: Predictions
Steven Strauss, former head of economic development strategy in New York City under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a 2012 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University predicts upcoming changes and challenges in urban areas at The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University House Seminar “The Urban Century: Local Challenges, Global Matters” on...
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The Urban Century: City States
Experts discuss city states at The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University for the Pardee House Seminar titled,“The Urban Century: Local Challenges, Global Matters,” on Thursday, December 13, 2012. Pardee Faculty Fellow Paul McManus, director of Boston University’s Sustainable Neighborhood Lab project, Pardee Faculty Fellow Prof. Nathan Phillips of...
January 2013
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Maize & Malaria: An Economic Transformation
Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future Director ad interim James McCann explains how an economic transformation lead to a transformation in agriculture and disease and what his five year Rockefeller Foundation study of the links between maize and malaria is doing about it.
More information including the documentary “Maize & Malaria” is available at...
December 2012
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Maize & Malaria: The History of a Landscape
Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future Director ad interim James McCanndescribes the history of a Waktola, Ethiopia landscape, the site of the five-year Rockefeller Foundation funded study of the links between maize and malaria. Prof. McCann is a principal investigator of the project.
More information including the documentary “Maize & Malaria” is...
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Remittances and Human Development
In this clip Prof. Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles describes the prevalence of remittances and how nations on both ends of the exchange are dependent on a system whereby migrants ship money home.
This clip is taken from an event titled, “Remittances and Development in Post-Conflict States,” co-sponsored by The...
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POWERPOINT: Shaping the Future of the Asia-Latin...
Download the PowerPoint from the Frederick S. Pardee for the Study of the Longer-Range Future House Seminar, “Shaping the Future of the Asia-Latin America Relationship” by Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Principal Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank. Watch the the complete lecture with economics Professor Enrique Dussel Peters of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and moderated...
November 2012
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Powerpoint: Sustainable Development Governance:...
Download the PowerPoint from the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future Lecture titled, “Sustainable Development Governance: ‘Glocal’ Challenges and Opportunities,” by international climate change law and policy expert Prof. Joyeeta Gupta of VU University Amsterdam. A recording of the entire seminar is available here.
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A Call for New Development Criteria
International climate change law and policy expert Prof. Joyeeta Gupta of VU University Amsterdam calls for new development criteria for distinguishing developed and developing countries in the October 2012, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future Lecture titled, “Sustainable Development Governance: ‘Glocal’ Challenges and Opportunities.” A recording of the entire...
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Sustianable Development at the Global Level
International climate change law and policy expert Prof. Joyeeta Gupta of VU University Amsterdam answers a question about which aspects of sustainable development can be done at the global level in a clip from an October 2012, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future Lecture titled, “Sustainable Development Governance: ‘Glocal’ Challenges and Opportunities.” A...
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The Case For Global Governance
International climate change law and policy expert Prof. Joyeeta Gupta of VU University Amsterdam makes an argument for a global governance system enforcing environmental standards in the October 2012, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future Lecture titled, “Sustainable Development Governance: ‘Glocal’ Challenges and Opportunities.” A recording...
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Beyond GDP: India
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Pardee Post-Doctorial Fellow Suranjana Nabar-Bhaduri discusses how GDP may not be an accurate indicator of economic growth at the September Pardee House Seminar titled, “Beyond GDP in Brazil, India, and China: Prospects for the Long-Run Development,” at the Frederick. S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University. A recording of the...
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BEYOND GDP: ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES & PROSPECTS IN...
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Experts Prof. Cornel Ban (International Relations), Prof. Min Ye (International Relations), and Pardee Post-Doctoral Fellow Suranjana Nabar-Bhaduri met at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University on September 26, 2012, to discuss the future of economic development in Brazil, China, and India at a seminar at the Pardee...
October 2012
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STUDENT SYMPOSIUM | YOUNG ASIA: CONVERSATION...
Students took in a viewing of the music video for Gangnam Style, by South Korean rapper PSY, in Amy Arim Kim’s (Undergraduate, CAS, Economics and International Relations) presentation, “Hallyu as a Response: Globalization, Popular Culture and Their Effects on Youth,” at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future Monday October 22, 2012. The student...
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Nidad: The Maize and Malaria Game
BU Pardee Center Director ad interim James McCann will be playing Nidad: The Maize and Malaria Game with students in Addis Ababa University, and Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia. The strategy and risk card game is based on agricultural practices in Ethiopia and informed by the research funded by the five-year Rockefeller Foundation research project, lead by Prof. McCann. Prof. McCann’s research,...
August 2012
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Research Fellows make Videos on Climate Risk and...
Research Fellows Pablo Suarez and Janot Mendler de Suarez are continuing to work on material related to the Games for a New Climate Task Force Meeting and Gaming Session organized by the Pardee Center in March, 2012.
These two videos are filmed and produced by PopTech and sponsored by Rockefeller Foundation and the Nike Foundation with additional support from the Kenya Red Cross for...
July 2012
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THE MOSQUITO HUNTER: BU TODAY FEATURES PROF....
Professor Richard Pollack is featured catching research specimens from the depths of a local swamp in the BU Today video and article, “The Mosquito Hunter.” Prof. Pollack, an epidemiologist, and a research associate professor at BU, plays an active role at the Frederick S. Pardee Center For the Study of the Longer-Range Future. He spoke at the Pardee House Seminar, Invasive Species...
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Pardee Center Enjoys First International Potluck
On July, 20 2012 the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University invited Summer Fellows, Research Fellows and Pardee Staff to participate in an international potluck. Catch a glimpse of the event in the video clip above.
James McCann, Director ad interim: Penne Arrabiata Romana (Vegetarian) Cynthia Barakatt, Associate Director: Kale Avocado...
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FACULTY FELLOW MUHAMMAD ZAMAN: "DESIGNING FOR THE...
Pardee Faculty Fellow Muhammad Zaman spoke at the Cambridge Science Fair, “Big Ideas for Busy People,” seminar in April 2012. Prof. Zaman says, “I am driven and motivated by simple solutions, simple solutions for the poorest of the poor people on this planet.” In this presentation, “Designing for the Bottom Billion,” he offers a “simple solution”...
June 2012
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Graduate Summer Fellow Lunch Meetings
Frederick S. Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows take a break from their research meet with Pardee Center Faculty Fellows John Hammock. Summer fellows meet for a casual conversations over lunch with Faculty and Research Fellows every week.
To see more photos and read more about Prof. Hammock’s conversation about development and Professor Robert Hollister’s meeting with Summer...
May 2012
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Pardee Center Video: Games for a New Climate
This Pardee Center Produced Video was filmed at the day-long event, “Games for a New Climate” held on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 and sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for Study of the Longer-Range Future. The session followed a Task Force meeting of a small group of scholars and practitioners at the Pardee Center who discussed the real world applications of participatory games in...
March 2012
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CHINA'S NEW FIVE YEAR PLAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATIN...
In the February 29, 2012 Frederick S. Pardee Center at Boston University, Pardee House Seminar “China’s New Five Year Plan: Implications for Latin America,” Margaret Myers, (Director of China and Latin American program, Inter-American Dialogue), Pardee Faculty Fellow, Prof. Kevin Gallagher, (International Relations, BU), and Prof. Edward Cunningham, (Department of...
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RESOURCE SHIFT: CHINA SWITCHES FROM EXPORTER TO...
In the February 29, 2012 Pardee House Seminar “China’s New Five Year Plan: Implications for Latin America,” Prof. Edward Cunningham, (Department of Geography and Environment, BU) discussed the implications of China’s rapid shift from one of the world’s biggest exporters of coal to an importer. Click here for a write up of the event and the complete video...
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POWER POINT: CHINA, THEIR NEW FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND...
In the February 29, 2012 Pardee House Seminar “China’s New Five Year Plan: Implications for Latin America,” Margaret Myers, (Director of China and Latin American program, Inter-American Dialogue) gave a detailed explanation of the agenda and implications of China’s latest Five Year Plan. Her talk was paired with an informative PowerPoint. Click here for a PDF copy of her presentation....
February 2012
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PARDEE HOUSE SEMINAR: FUTURE UNIVERSITIES, FUTURE...
Dean Hardin Coleman discussed the present and future financial burdens facing students at universities in the Pardee House Seminar, “Future Roles of Universities Worldwide: Moving Beyond the Ivory Tower?” on January 24, 2012. Dr. Coleman is the Dean of the School of Education at Boston University. To see the complete lecture click here.
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PARDEE HOUSE SEMINAR: THE FUTURE OF LIBERAL ARTS...
Dr. Phil Altbach answered a question about the tension between career oriented schools and the liberal arts in the Pardee House Seminar, “Future Roles of Universities Worldwide: Moving Beyond the Ivory Tower?” January 24, 2012. Dr. Altbach is the Director at the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. To see the complete lecture click here.
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PARDEE HOUSE SEMINAR: FUTURE UNIVERSITIES IN THE...
Dr. Sally Susnowitz said she envisions universities in the future will allow students to collaborate in the creation of their own education with the help of new technologies in the Pardee House Seminar, “Future Roles of Universities Worldwide: Moving Beyond the Ivory Tower?” January 24, 2012. Dr. Susnowitz is the Director of the Public Service Center at MIT. To see the complete lecture click...
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PARDEE HOUSE SEMINAR: THE FUTURE COLLABORATION OF...
Pardee Faculty Fellow Dr. Rob Hollister described a vision in which universities worldwide engage in the social and economic development of their communities. Dr. Hollister was the director of the Talloires Network, a growing global coalition of 230 universities in 62 countries moving beyond the ivory tower. He was the moderator of the Pardee House Seminar, “Future Roles of Universities...
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PARDEE HOUSE SEMINAR: FUTURE UNIVERSITIES, FUTURE...
Dean Hardin Coleman described the potential for collaboration between universities and communities in “Future Roles of Universities Worldwide: Moving Beyond the Ivory Tower?” on January 24, 2012. Dr. Coleman is the Dean of the School of Education at Boston University. To see the complete lecture click here.
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PARDEE HOUSE SEMINAR: MASSIFICATION AND THE FUTURE...
Dr. Philip Altbach discussed the impact of “massification” or the growing global educated population in the Pardee House Seminar, “Future Roles of Universities Worldwide: Moving Beyond the Ivory Tower?” on January 24, 2012. Dr. Altbach is the Director at the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. To see the complete lecture click here.
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MAZE AND MALARIA: PARDEE DIRECTOR SAYS SATELLITE...
This satellite image was taken January 28, 2012, of the Waktola region in Ethiopia. The image is part of the Rockefeller funded project, Maize and Malaria, Pardee Center Director, ad interim, James McCann leads. The colors in this map are false with the vegetated areas indicated in red and the soil is indicated in greens and blues. Researchers are examining correlations between maze crops and...
January 2012
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PARDEE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: DR. JOBIN PROPOSES...
Dr. William Jobin, an engineer, proposed the next step in disease control in Africa at the Pardee Distinguished Lecture, ”WHO Controls the Future of Disease: Agroecology, Hydropower, and Malaria.” Dr. Jobin says the solution may be to assist the African Development Bank and support guided development in Africa. For more information and to see the entire lecture,...
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PARDEE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: DR. JOBIN CALLS FOR...
Pardee Distinguished Lecturer Dr. William Jobin presented an American hydrograph at the December event, ”WHO Controls the Future of Disease: Agroecology, Hydropower, and Malaria.” Dr. Jobin explains how the Tennessee model managed water levels in coordination to mosquito breeding patterns in order to prevent disease. The challenge, says Dr. Jobin, is to create a model for bodies of...
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PARDEE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: REMEMBERING DR....
The late Dr. Andrew Spielman was considered a visionary in the field of public health and disease. In this clip, Pardee Distinguished Lecturer Dr. William Jobin recalls Dr. Spielman’s remarkable teaching approach at the Pardee Center Distinguished Lecture, “WHO Controls the Future of Disease: Agroecology, Hydropower, and Malaria,” last December. The lecture was dedicated to Dr....
PARDEE HOUSE SEMINAR: EXPERTS GIVE ADVICE TO...
To conclude the Frederick S. Pardee House Seminar, ‘Future Roles of Universities Worldwide: Moving Beyond the Ivory Tower,’ speakers summarized their thoughts with brief words of advise to theoretical high-level decision makers in education.
Sally Susnowitz (Director, Public Service Center MIT), emphasized the future role of community and distance education. “[Officials]...
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PARDEE HOUSE SEMINAR: THE GLOBAL LAND RUSH & THE...
2010 Pardee Center Summer Fellow, Rachel Nalepa, discussed the the World Bank’s investments into agriculture and the effect on small holders in our November Pardee House Seminar, ‘The Global Land Rush: The Future of Food, Fuel, and Agricultural Development.’ Nalepa is a doctoral student in the Geography and Environmental department at Boston University. The Pardee House Seminar is...
December 2011
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PARDEE HOUSE SEMINDAR: VIRTUAL WATER & THE GLOBAL...
Mtulu Ozdogan discussed the role of virtual water in Africa in the context of the global land rush in this clip from the Pardee House Seminar, ‘The Global Land Rush: The Future of Food, Fuel, and Agricultural Development.’ Dr. Ozdogan is an assistant professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Forest Ecology & Management at the University of...
PARDEE HOUSE SEMINAR: UTILIZING RESEARCH ON THE...
Mutlu Ozdogan explained how his research gets in the hands of those people on the ground in this clip from our November House Seminar, ‘The Global Land Rush: The Future of Food, Fuel, and Agricultural Development.’ Dr. Ozdogan is an assistant Professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Forest Ecology & Management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison....
PARDEE HOUSE SEMINAR: FOOD SECURITY IN WAKE OF THE...
Rachel Nalepa explored the narratives surrounding the growing need for food projected in the year 2050. The clip is selected from the Frederick S. Pardee Center November House Seminar, ‘The Global Land Rush: The Future of Food, Fuel, and Agricultural Development.’ Ms. Nalepa is a doctoral student in the Geography and Environment Department at Boston University. The seminar is based...
DR. WILLIAM R. JOBIN VISITS THE FREDERICK S....
Dr. William R. Jobin and his wife Judith Estes Jobin outside the Frederick S. Pardee Center. Dr. Jobin delivered the Pardee Center Distinguished Lecture, “WHO Controls the Future of Disease?” at the Hillel House, Thursday, December 15, 2011. For a complete write up of the event click here.
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MEDIA: DR. PABLO SUAREZ FEATURED ON CLIMATE GAMES
Our Pablo Suarez, a visiting post-doc fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center, has received quite a bit of media attention for his innovative approach to climate change impacts. Reporters from caught up with him at a global climate summit in Durban, South Africa. He explained how he uses games to educate communities, farmers, policy makers, and humanitarian workers on the probabilities of...
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The IMF must heed G20 decisions: op-ed by Kevin...
In an op-ed for The Guardian, Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher writes the International Monetary Fund should follow the G20’s October conclusion; there is no “one size fits all” system for speculative capital controls in emerging markets.
The IMF should not ignore the G20’s direction on capital flows. Rather than...
November 2011
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DR. POLLACK RESPONDS: SLATE MAGAZINE & GM...
A recent article in Slate Magazine on genetically modified mosquitoes used in the malaria and dengue effort strikes chords of interest with us at the BU Frederick S. Pardee Center. The article, GM Mosquitos Bite, by Ed Young, examines the past and potential problems associated with modifying mosquitoes. Young claims difficulties arise both in achieving the intended result, and unintended...
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IMAGES: THE GLOBAL LAND RUSH SEMINAR
Rachel Nalepa (BU Department of Geography and Environment), Sarah Phillips (Department of History), and Mutlu Ozdogan (University of Madison-Wisconsin Department of Environmental Studies and Forest Ecology and Management.)
Panelists met last Tuesday, November 15 for the seminar on The Global Land Rush: The Future of Food, Fuel, Agriculture, and Development. The seminar is part of the Pardee...
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LAUNCH: 2010 PARDEE CENTER TASK FORCE REPORT
Pardee Center Faculty Fellows Professor Carlos Blanco, Professor David Palmer, Professor Ann Helwege, and BU doctoral candidate Oya Yegen.
The official launch of the 2010 Pardee Center Task force report, Latin America 2060: Consolidation or Crisis? at annual meeting of the New England Council of Latin American Studies at Dartmouth College, on November 5, 2011.
The report is the outcome of last...
