DR. HELENA BINTI MUHAMAD VARKKEY
Department of International and Strategic Studies
Office of The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Dr Helena Varkkey is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She completed her Doctorate at the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney, Australia under the guidance of Associate Professor Susan Park and Professor Lily Rahim. Dr Helena has been interested in sustainable development throughout her academic career, beginning at the undergraduate level when she was selected to represent Malaysia at the Hitachi Young Leaders Initiative in 2005, where she was involved in a working group on "Translating Environmental Awareness into Action". Her interest in the field has evolved to a focus on transboundary pollution in Southeast Asia, particularly pertaining to the role of patronage in agribusiness, especially the oil palm industry, and its link to forest fires and haze in the region. Her findings have been published as a book in 2016 as part of the Routledge Malaysian Studies Series. Her writings have also appeared in many international academic journals, including International Environmental Agreements, Environmental Hazards, Asia Pacific Business Review, Wetlands, and Asia Pacific Viewpoint. One of her academic articles won third place in the ASEAN Peatland Media Award 2013. Her work was also featured in the 2014 Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Malaysia. Dr Helena has been interviewed by various media for her views on haze, agribusiness and ASEAN, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Financial Times, Channel News Asia, The Straits Times Singapore, and The Star Malaysia. Her commentaries on sustainable development and haze issues have also been published in The Straits Times Singapore. She continues to undertake research in this field. |
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PV007-2021 |
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GC003B-17SBS |
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The Ambiguities of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification: Internal Incoherence, Governance Rescaling and State Transformation
El Ni o driven haze over the Southern Malaysian Peninsula and Borneo
Palm Oil Development in Riau, Indonesia: Balancing Economic Growth and Environmental Protection
Exchanging Health for Economic Growth?: Haze in the Context of Public Health and Political Economy 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
ASEAN in Regional Environmental Governance: Bright Prospects or Hazy Future?
Government communication on transboundary haze: The nexus between public health and tourism
Socio-Political Responses Towards Transboundary Haze: The Oil Palm in Malaysia s Discourse
Preventing Dispute over Haze Through Regional and Local Governance