Geert Dhondt
Faculty Fellow
Geert Dhondt’s teaching and research focuses on the economics of crime and justice. He is particularly interested in the relationship between race in the post-segregation era, the logic of neoliberal capitalism, and the criminal justice system. The National Institute of Justice awarded Geert a grant to study the empirical relationship between prison cycling and crime rates. Geert received a distinguished service award in 2012 and a distinguished teaching award in 2015 at John Jay College, City University of New York where he is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three children. In his free time he is a PTA Treasurer.
Participating Years
2021–2022
Agrarian Questions, Urban Connections, and Planetary Possibilities: Fire, Water, Earth and Air
The material conditions of agrarian life are deeply connected to the political, social, economic, environmental and cultural challenges of contemporary existence at a planetary scale. Agrarian spaces are central to geopolitical disputes over land and other natural resources, and rural social movements play a key role in defending biodiversity and food production.