Inaugural Lecture Prince Claus Chair

The Rector of the International Institute of Social Studies has the pleasure of inviting you to a special ceremony in which Professor Helena Varkkey will formally accept her appointment to the Prince Claus Chair in Equity and Development 2025-2027

‘Fire, Water and Haze:
Chasing blue skies in Southeast Asia’

Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Time: 16:00-17:00 CEST
Where: ISS, Aula B
Address: Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague 

About Helena Varkkey

Helena Varkkey is an Associate Professor of Environmental Politics at the Department of International and Strategic Studies, Universiti Malaya. Her areas of expertise include transboundary haze governance in Southeast Asia and global palm oil politics.