On Monday 23 May 2016, Professor Saradindu Bhaduri gave his inaugural lecture as Prince Claus Chair holder 2015-2016. In his lecture, entitled ‘Frugal innovation by “the small and the marginal”: an alternative discourse on innovation and development’, Bhaduri discussed the current discourse on frugal innovations, making the point innovations made with the global North in…

Dr. Fatima Suleman, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, has been appointed to the Prince Claus Chair of Development and Equity as of 1 September 2016. During the next two years, she will be conducting research in affordable (bio)therapeutics in collaboration with scholars at Utrecht University. “I am…

Professor Fatima Suleman has formally accept her appointment to the Prince Claus Chair in Development and Equity 2016/2018. She has delivered her inaugural address, entitled: “Affordability and equitable access to (bio)therapeutics for public health” on the 16th of May 2017 in the University Hall (Academiegebouw). Dr. Fatima Suleman, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the…

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