Helena Varkkey

1.4k total citations
43 papers, 762 citations indexed

About

Helena Varkkey is a scholar working on Ecology, Sociology and Political Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Helena Varkkey has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 762 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ecology, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Helena Varkkey's work include Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (20 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (12 papers) and Asian Studies and History (8 papers). Helena Varkkey is often cited by papers focused on Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (20 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (12 papers) and Asian Studies and History (8 papers). Helena Varkkey collaborates with scholars based in Malaysia, United Kingdom and Singapore. Helena Varkkey's co-authors include Adam Tyson, Shofwan Al Banna Choiruzzad, Rory Padfield, Catherine M. Yule, Stephanie Evers, Patrick O’Reilly, Md Firoz Khan, Mazrura Sahani, Mohd Talib Latif and Liew Juneng and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Helena Varkkey

37 papers receiving 727 citations

Peers

Helena Varkkey

ECOLO

GPC

HTM

SPS

Zhen You China

Rosanna Salvia Italy

Lise Tole United Kingdom

Raymond Yu Wang China

Józef Hernik Poland

Fanglei Zhong China

Tomaz Ponce Dentinho Portugal

Xiang Luo China

James T. Erbaugh United States

Xiyan Mao China

Zhen You China

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124 ×0.4

ECOLO

299 ×1.0

GPC

51 ×0.4

HTM

107 ×1.0

SPS

66 ×1.0

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20 of 20 papers shown

Varkkey, Helena, et al.. (2025). CSOs and Polycentric Haze Governance in Southeast Asia. Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. 45(1). 128–150.

Brockhaus, Maria, et al.. (2024). Fatal attraction to win–win-win? Debates and contestations in the media on Nature Conservation Agreement in Sabah, Malaysia. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 29(8).

Varkkey, Helena, et al.. (2024). ‘Seasons of the Anthropocene’: Politicization of the haze season in Southeast Asia. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 46(1). 116–137. 1 indexed citations

O’Reilly, Patrick & Helena Varkkey. (2024). Governing the Palm Oil Industry.

Sahani, Mazrura, Hidayatulfathi Othman, Soo Chen Kwan, et al.. (2022). Impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on children in Malaysia. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 909779–909779. 9 indexed citations

Miller, Michelle Ann, Rini Astuti, Philip Hirsch, et al.. (2022). Selective border permeability: Governing complex environmental issues through and beyond COVID-19. Political Geography. 97. 102646–102646. 13 indexed citations

Choiruzzad, Shofwan Al Banna, Adam Tyson, & Helena Varkkey. (2021). The ambiguities of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil certification: internal incoherence, governance rescaling and state transformation. Asia Europe Journal. 19(2). 189–208. 22 indexed citations

Varkkey, Helena. (2021). TRANSBOUNDARY ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN THE EU AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: CONTESTING HYBRIDITY IN THE BIOFUELS AND PALM OIL REGIMES. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(2). 1 indexed citations

Varkkey, Helena. (2020). Asean As A ‘Thin’ Community: The Case Against Adopting The EU Acid Rain Framework For Transboundary Haze Management In Southeast Asia. 38(2). 1 indexed citations

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Varkkey, Helena & Amy L. Copeland. (2020). Exchanging Health for Economic Growth?: Haze in the Context of Public Health and Political Economy in Malaysia.. 1 indexed citations

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Lupascu, Massimo, Helena Varkkey, & Cecilia Tortajada. (2020). Is flooding considered a threat in the degraded tropical peatlands?. The Science of The Total Environment. 723. 137988–137988. 17 indexed citations

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Khan, Md Firoz, Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud, Mohd Talib Latif, et al.. (2020). El Niño driven haze over the Southern Malaysian Peninsula and Borneo. The Science of The Total Environment. 730. 139091–139091. 22 indexed citations

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Varkkey, Helena. (2020). Addressing Transboundary Haze Through Asean: Singapore’s Normative Constraints. 7. 5 indexed citations

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Latif, Mohd Talib, Murnira Othman, Liew Juneng, et al.. (2018). Impact of regional haze towards air quality in Malaysia: A review. Atmospheric Environment. 177. 28–44. 145 indexed citations

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Tyson, Adam, Helena Varkkey, & Shofwan Al Banna Choiruzzad. (2018). Deconstructing the Palm Oil Industry Narrative in Indonesia: Evidence from Riau Province. Contemporary Southeast Asia. 40(3). 422–448. 17 indexed citations

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Varkkey, Helena, et al.. (2017). The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia: Palm Oil and Patronage. Southeast Asian Economies. 34(3). 573–574. 44 indexed citations

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Varkkey, Helena. (2013). Regional cooperation, patronage and the ASEAN Agreement on transboundary haze pollution. International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics. 14(1). 65–81. 31 indexed citations

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Varkkey, Helena. (2013). Patronage Politics and Natural Resources: A Historical Case Study of Malaysia and Singapore.. 2 indexed citations

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Varkkey, Helena. (2011). Plantation Land Management, Fires and Haze in Southeast Asia. 3 indexed citations

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Varkkey, Helena. (2009). INDONESIAN PERSPECTIVES ON MANAGING THE ASEAN HAZE. The University of Malaya Research Repository (University of Malaya). 24(1). 83–101. 6 indexed citations

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