Lodewijk Van Dycke

Dr. Lodewijk Van Dycke is a Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), specializing in legal frameworks for agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa. His work focuses on the intersection of intellectual property law, seed sector regulation, and climate change adaptation in agrarian economies.

• Key Research Themes: Regulatory capture in agricultural sectors, plant variety protection systems, and colonial legal legacies in African seed policies.
• Recent Publications:
  • 2023: Analysis of colonial institution impacts on African seed business law
  • 2023: Empirical study on regulatory capture in Kenya’s maize seed sector
  • 2023: Critique of plant variety protection failures in Kenyan maize innovation
  • 2017: Examination of Bt cotton patent law in India through socio-political contexts
• Contact: lodewijk.vandycke@his-online.de