Jack Kloppenburg focuses on social studies of science and technology and on environmental sociology. He explores the means by which those who “own” biological diversity in developing countries can claim ownership and maintain genetic “property rights” and systems of reward for the production, reproduction and maintenance of biological diversity. He specifically focuses on the problems of establishing rights to genetic information on behalf of peasant communities and indigenous peoples. In addition, he is undertaking a study to address the distinctions between “local/indigenous” and “scientific” knowledge production.
Professor Kloppenburg’s Curriculum Vitae
Ph.D., Cornell University
1985: Development Sociology, New York, USA
Master of Arts, Northwestern University
1976: Anthropology, Illinois, USA
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University
1974: Archaeology, Connecticut, USA
- 1987 Seed Wars [1721 kb pdf]
- 1990 No Hunting [637 kb pdf]
- 1991 Social Theory and the De-Reconstruction of Agricultural Science [1781 kb pdf]
- 1996 Coming In To The Foodshed [1631 kb pdf]
- 2000 Biopiracy, Witchery, and the Fables of Ecoliberalism [582 kb pdf]
- 2000 No Excuse for Hunger [34 kb pdf]
- 2000 Tasting Food, Tasting Sustainability [1165 kb pdf]
- 2003 Hochunk Are Rightful Heirs [68 kb pdf]
- 2004 Bringing the Moral Charge Home [253 kb pdf]
- 2004 Willy Street Co-op Best [40 kb pdf]
- 2006 From Old School to Reform School [215 kb pdf]
- 2007 If You Serve It Will They Come [419 kb pdf]
- 2008 Linking the Land and the Lunchroom [898 kb pdf]
- 2008 Seeds and Sovereignty [202 kb pdf]
- 2009 Open Sources, Open Minds: Open Source Biology and the Struggle for Organic Seed Sovereignty [811 kb pdf]
- Seed Sovereignty: the Promise of Open Source Biology [1,261 kb pdf]
- 2010 Impeding Dispossession, Enabling Repossession: Biological Open Source and the Recovery of Seed Sovereignty [121 kb pdf]
- 2013 Re-Purposing the Master’s Tools: The Open Source Seed Initiative and the Struggle for Seed Sovereignty [541 kb pdf]
IES 112: Introduction to Environmental Studies: The Social Perspective
C&E Soc 222: Food, Culture, and Society
- Marine Fellow
1992: Pew Fellows Program in Conservation and the Environment - Robert K. Merton Professional Award
1991 - MacArthur Fellowship in International Peace and Security
1989: SSRC - Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Award
1989
Leadership Positions
- Committee for Responsible Technology
past Steering Committee member - Rural Sociological Society Program Committee
1989 - University of Wisconsin Center for Livestock in International Development
past Steering Committee member
Associations
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Sociological Association
- Rural Sociological Association
- Society of Conservation Biology
- Society for Economic Botany
- Society for Social Studies of Science