Dr Adil Najam is the inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, USA. He is also a Professor of International Relations and of Earth and Environment. Earlier, Prof. Adil Najam served as Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan and as the Director of the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. In addition to Boston University, Najam has taught at MIT and at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. His research focuses on issues of global public policy, especially those related to global climate change, South Asia, Muslim countries, environment and development, and human development.

Dr Najam was a co-author for the Third and Fourth Assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - work for which the scientific panel was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing the public understanding of climate change science. In 2010, he was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence), one of Pakistan’s highest civil awards by the President of Pakistan. In 2019, he was appointed to the Prime Minister of Pakistan’s Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs.

Dr Najam has written over 100 scholarly papers and book chapters. His recent books include South Asia 2060: Envisioning Regional Futures (2013). He was also the lead author for the 2017 Pakistan National Human Development Report on youth.