As of 1 September 2025, Dr. Helena Binti Muhamad Varkkey will formally start the Prince Claus Chair in Equity and Development at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus university Rotterdam (ISS) on Transboundary haze governance in Southeast Asia. She will hold this position for two years, until 1 September 2027. In addition, she…

Dr. Fatima Denton has been appointed to the Prince Claus Chair in Equity and Development 2022-2024 at Utrecht University. On July 5, she gave her inaugural lecture in which she explored the dynamics of power and powerlessness in climate diplomacy beyond the surface of just transitions. During her lecture, Fatima Denton took her audience on…

Dr Sebastián Ureta new Prince Claus Chairholder (PCC) for a period of two years from 1 September 2023.

As of 1 September 2022, Dr. Fatima Denton will formally start the Prince Claus Chair in Equity and Development at Utrecht University on ‘Just Transitions’. As the world seeks to address climate change and transition to new ways of life, there is an increasing demand for what is called a ‘just transition’; the need to…

From 1 September 2021 Dr Khayaat Fakier will hold the Prince Claus Chair (PCC) for a period of two years at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS).

As of 1 September 2020, Dr. Seye Abimbola will hold the Prince Claus Chair at Utrecht University on Justice in Global Health Research.

Due to restrictions as a result of the coronavirus, the inaugural of Dr Gustavo García López has been postponed. We do not yet have a new date but will communicate it as soon as we do. We have temporarily suspended registration to this event, we will re-open it as soon as we have set a…

As of 1 September 2018, Dr Veena Srinivasan will hold the Prince Claus Chair at Utrecht University for her research into sustainable and inclusive food production in Asian delta regions. With this position, Srinivasan is keen to not only contribute to delta and food research being conducted in Utrecht, but also to play a role…

As of the 1st of September 2017 Dr. Ali Bilgiç will hold the Prince Claus Chair (PCC) for a period of two years at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS). His thematic focus will be on ‘Migration and Human Security’. As holder of the Prince Claus Chair, professor Bilgiç will focus on the relations…

Dr. Fatima Suleman, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, has been appointed to the Prince Claus Chair of Development and Equity as of 1 September 2016. During the next two years, she will be conducting research in affordable (bio)therapeutics in collaboration with scholars at Utrecht University. “I am…