On 18 May 2015 Her Royal Highness Queen Máxima attended Javier Couso’s inaugural address ‘The observance of human rights requires an independent justice system’ Who protects the people of Latin America against the government? This is the key question in Professor Javier Couso’s inaugural address which he will be holding at Utrecht University on 18…

The Hague, 7 September 2015 As of the 1st of September 2015 dr. Saradindu Bhaduri will hold the new Prince Claus Chair (PCC) for a period of two years. His thematic focus will be on ‘Frugal Innovation for Development and Equity’, a topic on which dr. Bhaduri holds an excellent academic record. Frugal Innovation is a new…

Professor Javier A. Couso, professor and director of the Constitutional Law programme at the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago, Chile, has been appointed to the Prince Claus Chair of Development and Equity as from 1 September. During the next two years, he will be conducting comparative law research in collaboration with scholars at Utrecht University. Couso…

On 20 May 2014, Professor Jumoke Oduwole gave her inaugural lecture as Prince Claus Chairholder 2013-2014.  In her lecture, entitled ‘International Law and Development: A Pragmatic Approach for Africa’, Professor Oduwole discussed how the Right to Development, as shaped in international law, could be made more relevant for Africa.   In the presence of Her…

Her Majesty Queen Máxima stepped down as Chair of the Curatorium of the Prince Claus Chair on Tuesday 20 May 2014. Professor Louise Gunning-Schepers has taken over the reins as the new Chair of the Curatorium. Her Majesty Queen Máxima will continue to be involved with the Prince Claus Chair in her new role as Patron. Both…

‘Learning to talk about chairs (and other things: Emergence and development of language-and-communication in children’ Prof. Aylin Kuntäy has delivered her inaugural address on 22 May 2013 in the Aula of the ‘Academiegebouw’at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands

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…

Dr Jumoke Oduwole has been appointed to the Prince Claus Chair. As of 1 September 2013, she will hold this position for a period of two years, working on research on The Right to Development. Oduwole aims to define this theme in the African context and in relation to trade and human rights. Dr Jumoke Oduwole…

‘Science bridges policy reforms and children’s health: lessons from a policy experiment in the Philippines’ A lecture about health policy reforms in the Philippines. full text In her lecture, Stella Quimbo considers why such common diseases as pneumonia and diarrhoea are still among the leading causes of mortality of young Filipino children despite the fact…