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Jan Dutkiewicz serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute's School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, where he examines the ethical, political, and environmental dimensions of economic activity through the lens of food systems. His research centers on meat and commodity production in the United States, bridging academic scholarship with public policy discourse.
Education:
- Ph.D. and MPhil in Politics, The New School for Social Research
His interdisciplinary work integrates political economy, environmental ethics, and public health to analyze food system transformations. Key themes include cellular agriculture ethics, zoonotic disease risks in industrial farming, and the socio-political implications of plant-based transitions. He challenges locavore narratives through evidence-based advocacy for technology-informed food policy, emphasizing accessibility and systemic justice over individual consumer choices.
Publications spanning 2013-2023 reveal consistent engagement with food system governance, appearing in The Lancet Planetary Health, Nature Food, and Journal of Peasant Studies. These works demonstrate methodological diversity—from ethnographic analysis of factory farms to policy frameworks for novel food technologies—while maintaining critical focus on labor conditions, environmental sustainability, and ethical consumption.
Scientific recognition includes:
- SSHRC Doctoral Award
- Harvard Law School Policy Fellowship
- Connie Caplan Post-Doctoral Fellowship
- Visiting Fellowships at Oxford, Wesleyan, and UC Santa Barbara
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Robert L. Heilbroner Center, his research informs high-impact public scholarship. He contributes to The Guardian, Washington Post, and Vox while co-authoring the forthcoming trade book Feed the People! (Basic Books, 2026), which argues for technology-driven solutions to make industrial food systems more equitable. Current teaching includes SS-253P The Politics of Food.
His collaborative projects with institutions like Harvard Law School and Oxford's Martin School demonstrate transdisciplinary approaches to food system transformation, though specific lab affiliations aren't documented in source materials.
