The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, BU

Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program, an intensive, interdisciplinary 10-week research and writing program open to Boston University master's and doctoral students from all schools and departments. The program, which runs from May 30 – August 4, 2023, provides a $6,000 stipend and an opportunity to conduct independent research on topics aligned with the Pardee Center’s future-focused research interests.

Join us on Zoom on Monday, February 13 from 3:00-4:00 pm for an information session to learn more about the program. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, March 14.

https://www.bu.edu/pardee/2023/01/24/applications-now-being-accepted-for-2023-graduate-summer-fellows-program/

We're pleased to announce the Spring 2023 schedule of talks in our Global Health Politics Workshop series! This monthly series brings together leading social scientists from the disciplines of anthropology, political science, and sociology to advance the understanding of health phenomena in a globally interconnected world.

The first talk of the semester, by University of California, Berkeley Prof. Ann Swidler, is titled “Paved with Good Intentions: Global Health Policy & Dilemmas of Care in High Viral Load HIV Clinics in Malawi.” The event will take place on Monday, January 30 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET in person and on Zoom.

Learn more & register to attend: https://www.bu.edu/pardee/global-health-politics-workshop/global-health-politics-workshop-spring-2023-schedule/

The Pardee Center is pleased to welcome Ambassador Jorge Heine, a Research Professor at Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, as Interim Director effective January 2023. Heine is a lawyer, IR scholar, and diplomat with a special interest in the international politics of the Global South. He has served as ambassador of Chile to China (2014-2017), to India (2003-2007), and to South Africa (1994-1999), and as a Cabinet Minister in the Chilean Government.

“The Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has been around for almost a quarter of a century, and it planted the seeds for what is now the Pardee School of Global Studies,” notes Heine. “The Center embodies the passion of that visionary philanthropist that was Fred Pardee for understanding the future and what lies ahead for humanity. I have always been a future-oriented person, and being appointed director of the Center, even if only on an interim basis, is a great privilege. At a time when the world is in turmoil, it is especially important to ask the big questions that need to be asked as to which way we are going, and that is what I plan to do.”

Read more: https://www.bu.edu/pardee/2022/12/14/amb-jorge-heine-named-pardee-center-interim-director/

Join us for our fall reception on Wednesday, September 28 from 4:00-5:30 pm at the Pardee Center (67 Bay State Road). At the beginning of the reception, the Pardee Center’s 2022 Graduate Summer Fellows will give a series of lightning talks on the outcomes of their summer research.

RSVP: https://www.bu.edu/pardee/2022/08/24/2022-lightning-talks/

We're pleased to announce the launch of the Global Health Politics Workshop series! This monthly series brings together leading social scientists and practitioners to advance the understanding of health phenomena in a globally interconnected world.

The first talk in the series, by University of Guelph Prof. Carmen Ho, is titled “Does Democracy Reduce Health Inequalities? Evidence from Africa.” The event will take place on Monday, September 26 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET in person and on Zoom.

Learn more & register to attend: https://www.bu.edu/pardee/global-health-politics-workshop/

RIP: Frederick S. Pardee (1932-2022) | The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies RIP: Frederick S. Pardee (1932-2022) Frederick S. Pardee, the visionary founding inspiration and benefactor of the Pardee School of Global Studies and before that the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future passed away in Los Angeles on June 27, 2022. He was 90. Fred Pard...

Pardee Center Welcomes 2022 Graduate Summer Fellows | The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Pardee Center Welcomes 2022 Graduate Summer Fellows On May 31, 2022, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, welcomed the 15th cohort of the Center’s Graduate Summer Fell...

In a new "Pardee Paper," former Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow & Boston University Economics MA Alumni Hannah Sherseth analyzes the current state of in the United States and presents a comparative analysis between the U.S. and similar OECD countries to determine if correlations exist between current laws and standard social and economic gender equality indicators, particularly female labor force participation rates, gender wage and employment gaps, and inequities in time spent in unpaid labor.

https://www.bu.edu/pardee/2022/05/05/new-paper-the-economic-political-and-social-context-of-maternity-leave-in-the-united-states/

We are excited to announce our 2022 Graduate Summer Fellows! These eight outstanding Boston University graduate students represent five different schools or colleges and eight different academic departments. Starting May 31, the Fellows will spend 10 weeks developing research papers while participating in programs designed to advance interdisciplinary research and learning.

https://www.bu.edu/pardee/2022/05/03/pardee-center-announces-2022-graduate-summer-fellows/

The Pardee Center is pleased to announce its 2022 Faculty Research Fellows! With seed funding from the Pardee Center, the nine new Faculty Research Fellows will launch one- or two-year interdisciplinary research projects, during which they will produce Pardee Center publications and lead Pardee Center-sponsored seminars, conferences, and workshops related to their research.

Learn more: https://www.bu.edu/pardee/2022/03/14/pardee-center-welcomes-nine-new-faculty-research-fellows/