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Dr Helena Varkkey

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Dr Helena Varkkey

Associate Professor
Universiti Malaya (UM)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Expertise

Air Pollution
Environmental Politics
Palm Oil

Biography

Dr Helena Varkkey is an Associate Professor of Environmental Politics and Governance 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.

Her monograph on “The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia: Palm Oil and Politics” was published by Routledge in 2016. Her latest book is a collection of essays on the politics of haze and the environment in Southeast Asia called “The Forests for the Palms” published by ISEAS Singapore in 2021.

Dr Helena has more than fifteen years of experience in qualitative research, including conducting fieldwork, interviews, and focus groups among various government and non-government stakeholders, and has built up extensive research networks in countries across ASEAN. She has edited and produced reports for the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, UNICEF, and the ASEAN Secretariat.

Last updated: 16 June 2024

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