The Pell Center regularly hosts conferences on topics related to
international security, cultural challenges, economic shifts and the emergence
of new global alignments. To date, the Pell Center has received funding support
from NATO's Science for Peace and Security Programme, the United Nations, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Brown University's Watson Institute for
International Studies and the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Past Workshops
NATO Advanced Research Workshop: "Achieving Environmental Security: Ecosystem Services and
Human Welfare"
July 5-10, 2009
The workshop brought together a mix of natural and social
scientists to discuss ecosystem services and their benefit for human welfare.
Click here to view the 2009 NATO ARW photo gallery.
"Future Shock: How Environmental Change and Human Impact
Are Changing the Global Map"
March 4, 2008
The symposium on
environmental change and human impact highlighted substantive concerns and
programs to which the Pell Center is committed.
NATO Advanced Research
Workshop:
"Environmental Change and Human Security: Recognizing and Acting on
Hazard Impacts"
June 4-7, 2007
The workshop brought together a mix of natural and social
scientists for an exchange of views and experience in the fields of
transboundary cooperation, common response to new environmental challenges and
conflict prevention.
"The Asian Century? Common Challenges, Emerging
Strategies"
Sept. 19-20, 2006
The conference brought together scholars and
practitioners from around the globe to address traditional and non-traditional
security issues.
"The Future of 'Human Security' Challenges, Capability,
Identity"
June 5-7, 2005
The conference brought together scholars to debate and
attempt consensus on human security as a viable concept and how it might
possibly - and positively - influence policy decisions.
"Asia Rising? Emerging Dynamics in the Asia-Pacific Rim"
April 11-12, 2005
The conference brought together scholars and
practitioners from around the globe to address traditional and non-traditional
security issues.
"Prepared for Peace? The Use and Abuse of 'Culture' in
Military Simulations, Training and Education"
Dec. 6-7, 2004
The
workshop charted and analyzed developments in classroom syllabi, field
exercises and electronic simulations used to prepare various nations' soldiers
for work in today's complex operations.