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On March 14, Research System Developer Steve Hedden and Lead System Developer José Solórzano led a workshop at the UN Data Innovation Lab in Nairobi. Forty-seven development practitioners from UN agencies including UNDP, UNDP, WFP, FAO and UNICEF participated in a hands-on exploration of the International Futures (IFs) integrated assessment model.
The Atlantic Council in association with Zurich Insurance Group published a report in April 2017 analyzing three key areas of geopolitical risk: protectionism, energy crisis, and water and food scarcities.
In February 2017, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures completed two reports, prepared for and funded by the USAID Southern Africa regional mission.
As part of her brief visit to the University of Denver on March 2nd, the honorable Dr. Condoleezza Rice made an appearance at the Pardee Center for International Futures. During her visit to the Center, Professor Jonathan Moyer discussed forecast modeling specifically surrounding global governance and the movement of heads of state. Though a short conversation, Dr.
The article, “ICT/Cyber benefits and costs: Reconciling competing perspectives on the current and future balance,” has been published in the February 2017 issue of Technological Forecasting and Social Change. The authors, Barry B. Hughes, David Bohl, Mohammod Irfan, Eli Margolese-Malin, and José Solórzano all represent the Pardee Center.
Director Jonathan Moyer presented two conference papers at the International Studies Association conference in Baltimore from February 22-25.
On Thursday, February 2, the Pardee Center for International Futures and the Council on International Finance, Trade, and Economics presented a luchtime seminar entitled, "How does offshoring by multinational firms affect U.S. employment outcomes?" The seminar featured Nicholas Sly, Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The seminar discuss ed evidence from U.S.
The Pardee Center is seeking applicants for a Project Manager position. The Project Manager is responsible for coordinating, tracking and delivering high-quality, timely research products in the Diplometrics project. The Diplometrics project at the Pardee Center focuses on building databases, constructing tools and performing analysis focused on international relations theory.
On Thursday, January 19, Professor Jonathan Moyer, Director of the Pardee Center for International Futures, joined Dr. Mathew J. Burrows, Director of the Atlantic Council's Strategic Foresight Initiative, for a presentation to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland.
On January 11, 2017, as part of the Pardee Center Brown Bag Series, Dr. John Corbett, founder of aWhere, presented his findings regarding weather variability and its impact on global agriculture and food security. Founded in 1999, aWhere operates a global-scale agronomic model dedicated to helping small-scale farmers face complex agricultural challenges. Dr.