Adil Najam
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| Born | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
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| Residence | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Fields | international relations,conflict resolution, and environment and development policy |
| Institutions | Boston University Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Tufts University |
| Alma mater | University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), U.S.A |
| Notable awards | Fletcher School Paddock Teaching Award (2004) MIT's Goodwin Medal for Effective Teaching (1997) International Political Science Association's Stein Rokkan Award (1997) Pakistan Television Outstanding Achievement Medal (1990) |
Adil Najam is an academic and writer of Pakistani origin based in Boston. He is a leading expert on issues related to developing country environmental policy, especially climate change, and also on the politics of South Asia. He is currently the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations and of Geography & Environment, both at Boston University. He is the winner of teaching awards at MIT and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the author of multiple books, scholarly papers and book chapters. He is also the founding editor of the blog Pakistaniat: All Things Pakistan.
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[edit] Education
Adil Najam attended University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore UET, Lahore. He did his B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering. After Graduating from UET, Adil Najam went to United States for higher studies where he attended MIT. Prof. Najam holds two Masters Degrees and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His teaching and research focusses on international relations, environment and development policy, negotiation and conflict resolution, and on South Asian issues. Adil Najam was an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University (1997-2002), an Associate Professor of International Negotiation and Diplomacy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (2002-2007), and returned to Boston University as a Professor of Global Public Policy, of International Relations and of Geography and Environment in 2007. In November 2007, Adil Najam was named director of Boston University's Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, [1][2][3] where he replaces eminent historian David Fromkin.
[edit] Publications
He has published widely in scholarly journals and his books include "Envisioning a Sustainable Development Agenda for Trade and Environment" (co-editor, 2007), "Portrait of a Giving Community" (2007), "Environment, Development and Human Security" (editor, 2003), "Civic Entrepreneurship" (co-author, 2002), amongst others. He serves on the editorial boards of several scholarly academic journals, including Global Governance, Ecological Economics, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. He also writes occasionally in the international press and in 2007 launched his blog "All Things Pakistan (Pakistaniat)."[4][5]
[edit] Awards
In 2009 Prof. Najam was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP) which advises the UN ECOSOC on development priorities and is also responsible for periodic reviews of the UN’s list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs).[6] Leading development thinkers like Ester Boserup, Gamani Corea, Hernando de Soto, Mahbub ul Haq, Sir Richard Jolly, Robert McNamara, Sir Shridath Ramphal, Klaus Schwab, and Nobel winning economist Jan Tinbergen have served on the CDP in the past. Prof. Najam was also one of over 450 Lead Authors of the Third and Fourth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), works for which the IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. [7] Prof. Adil Najam won the Fletcher School Paddock Teaching Award (2004), MIT's Goodwin Medal for Effective Teaching (1997), the International Political Science Association's Stein Rokkan Award (1997), and the Pakistan Television Outstanding Achievement Medal (1990).[2][3] He has been a famous Pakistani TV Talk Show host and journalist who has emerged as a rising star in the international environmental movement according to The Boston Globe.[1]
[edit] Controversy
Najam's views have been criticized on several issues. One claim is that he is appearing on various American talk shows as an expert on Pakistan, while his main knowledge is in the technical field of environment.[8] His liberal views towards pro-peace, anti-violence, depicted in his books as the Pakistani Sufi Muslim way, has been rejected by various Muslim groups throughout the world, and in Pakistan in particular[9]. His stance against nuclear bombs worldwide[5] where he calls for banning atomic weapons in the United States as well as worldwide, has received criticism[citation needed].
[edit] References
- ^ a b Omar Sacirbey (2008-02-18). "Adil Najam puts things on global perspective". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2008/02/18/the_moderator/. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
- ^ a b "Faculty Profile for Prof. Adil Najam". Boston University. http://www.bu.edu/pardee/experts/staff/adil-najam/. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ a b "Faculty Profile for Prof. Adil Najam". The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. http://fletcher.tufts.edu/faculty/najam/profile.asp. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ Adil Najam (2007-06-08). "Climate change conversion". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/06/08/climate_change_conversion/. Retrieved on 2008-12-23.
- ^ a b Get rid of all nuclear arms (February 18, 2004)
- ^ "Pardee Center Director Tapped for United Nations Role". Boston University. http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/02/24/pardee-center-director-tapped-united-nations-role. Retrieved on 2002-03-01.
- ^ "IPCC Chair and senior members, incl Prof. Najam, discussing importance of Nobel recognition for IPCC". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/551/. Retrieved on 2008-07-10.
- ^ Hugh Fitzgerald (2006-07-15). "What is NPR's excuse?". jihadwatch.org. http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/012255.php. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
- ^ Najam wrote "First, no one has the right to restrict anyone’s else’s right to personal expressions of belief and faith, no matter what that belief or faith might be." (Pakistaniat article on the Pakistani cricket team praying in public.)[citation needed]
[edit] External links
- Pardee Center Profile of Prof. Najam
- Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Global Public Policy
- International Institute for Sustainable Development staff page
- YouTube of Adil Najam talk on Democracy and the Muslim world
- Boston Globe calls Najam Global Citizen
- Pakistaniat: All Things Pakistan blog
- Voice of Adil on National Public Radio (NPR)
- June 2007 Op-Ed on Climate Change in The Boston Globe
