Hein MALLEE

Biography

Hein MALLEE is a social scientist with a Ph.D. from Leiden University, the Netherlands. His work was initially concerned with migration and related policies in China, but as he started working in international development, he became involved in projects on rural development, natural resources management and poverty alleviation both in China and in Southeast Asia. The dominant theme in this was local people’s involvement in and rights to resources. He has been a Professor at RIHN since March 2013 and a Deputy Director- General since April 2018. He is also the Director of the Regional Center for Future Earth in Asia.