Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Netherlands
fellow
Dmytro Fedchyshyn
2023-2024
Home institution
Zaporizhzhia National University
Country of origin (home institution)
Ukraine
Discipline(s)
Economy and finance
Law
Theme(s)
Agriculture & Food
Health
Peace & conflict
Fellowship dates
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Biography
Dmytro is a Safe Haven Fellow at NIAS during 2023-2024.
Dmytro Fedchyshyn received his LL.M. degree in 2011 after graduating from Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Kharkiv, Ukraine). He obtained his Ph.D. in Law in 2015 upon completing a doctoral program at the same university. In 2021, he was awarded the scientific degree of Doctor of Legal Sciences by Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Kharkiv, Ukraine).
Since 2018, Dmytro has been working in the Department of Civil Law at Zaporizhzhia National University (Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine). He served as the Principal Investigator for the scientific project of young scientists, financed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, titled "Legal Provision of Food Security and Rational Land Use in Organic Production in Ukraine in the Context of European Integration" (2020–2022). Dmytro is a qualified attorney and has been a member of the Ukrainian National Bar Association since 2019.
Dmytro Fedchyshyn is an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Law, University of Aberdeen (Scotland, United Kingdom) (2022–2026). In 2024, he was a Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) (Amsterdam, Netherlands). From 2023 to 2024, he was also a Fellow of the Virtual Ukraine Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin, Germany).
The scope of his research activities encompasses the fields of land law, agricultural law, and environmental law, with a specific focus on food security, land use, land rights, organic production, and environmental justice.
Research Project
Food security, organic production and their impact on right to health in Ukraine and the EU in the context of Russian invasion
Food security is a pressing global issue in the modern world economy, with direct implications for the health of nations. It is essential to develop an effective model of food security in Ukraine, aiming to establish a competitive food complex capable of producing high-quality products to meet the population’s needs, ensuring adequate food security and promoting the right to health. Organic agriculture, as an alternative technology, plays a significant role in food and environmental security. However, the organic sector in Ukraine requires improvement.
With this project Dmytro Fedchyshyn aims to address food security challenges and the impact of the Russian invasion on organic production in Ukraine and the EU. The project will focus on issues such as the lack of proper regulations, inadequate state control, low producer awareness, and the need for a balanced organic policy.
Research Interests:
Food security policy; organic agriculture regulation; conflict and agricultural systems; Ukrainian food production