ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. HELENA BINTI MUHAMAD VARKKEY
Department of International and Strategic Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Dr 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. 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 almost two decades 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. |
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IF070-2022 |
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IF036-2022 |
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PV007-2021 |
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GC003B-17SBS |
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Selective border permeability: Governing complex environmental issues through and beyond COVID-19
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES AND ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING: COMPARING FELDA AND FGV
Emergent geographies of chronic air pollution governance in Southeast Asia: Transboundary publics in Singapore
Impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on children in Malaysia
The Forests for the Palms: Essays on the Politics of Haze and the Environment in Southeast Asia
Local and Transboundary Haze
The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia: Palm Oil and Patronage
Southeast Asian haze and socioenvironmental–epidemiological feedback
Government Communication on Transboundary Haze: The Nexus between Public Health and Tourism
Governing across regions: global environment and regionalism in Europe and Southeast Asia
ASEAN in Regional Environmental Governance: Bright Prospects or Hazy Future?