What would a 21st-century global constitution look like—one that embraces equity, sustainability, and justice for all life on Earth? As part of a new initiative led by Professor Joyeeta Gupta, Vice-Chair of the Prince Claus Chair Curatorium and recipient of the 2023 Spinoza Prize, we warmly invite all (alumni) Chairholders to participate in a unique…

The Executive Board of Utrecht University has the pleasure of inviting you to a special ceremony in which Professor Shazly Savahl will formally accept the appointment to the Prince Claus Chair in Equity and Development 2024-2026 at Utrecht University on:  Monday, May 26, 2025 from 4:15-5:00 PM Location: Auditorium, University Hall (Domplein 29, Utrecht)Livestream via this link.  If you…

📅 Dates: Thursday 3 & Friday 4 April 2025📍 Location: International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague What can researchers, citizens, and other stakeholders in citizen science in Latin America and the Netherlands learn from each other? How can they collaborate to ensure citizen science and technologies facilitate participatory, inclusive, and sustainable ways of measuring and addressing local manifestations of…

On 6 December, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Prince Claus Chair (PCC) with Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. The PCC anniversary event honours the life and legacy of Prince Claus (1926-2002), who, in his time, challenged thinking on North-South relations and equity. The event focused on climate transition, exploring where we…

The Rector Magnificus of Utrecht University, Professor Henk Kummeling, has the pleasure of inviting you to a special ceremony on July 5 in which Dr. Fatima Denton will formally accept the appointment to the Prince Claus Chair in Equity and Development 2022-2024 at Utrecht University. Her lecture is titled: Power and powerlessness in climate diplomacy: looking…

Dr Seye Abimbola is one of the members of the interactive session and Q and A titled Creating Shared Priorities for Prevention & Healthcare on May 4. The Forum for Global Challenges is a major international meeting that will showcase and generate solutions to some of the most pressing challenges faced by our planet and…

Useful fictions in the knowledge practices of global health, lecture by Dr Seye Abimbola

22 March 2022 at 3-4.30 PM CET With Khayaat Fakier and Agustina Solera.

On 10 April, ISS and Partos, the Dutch Association of NGOs working in International Development, jointly organized a symposium on Youth Research and Development which included a keynote speech and panel discussions. The keynote speech was given by Alcinda Honwana, Prince Claus Chair 2007-2008, on ‘Waithood and Youth Protest Movements in Africa’. For more info and pictures; click here

On 17 October 2013, Stella Quimbo joined an expert group meeting at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss access to health insurance. The meeting was set up to discuss research on the economic effects of health insurance. Stella Quimbo discussed specifically the problems of non take-up, arguing that the reasons are often cultural…