Piotr Dutkiewicz is Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Center for Governance and Public Policy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He is also a Permanent Fellow of the Centre for Civilizational Studies in the Russian Academy of Science.
He is Editor-in-chief of a 19-volume series on Local and Regional Development in Poland (1986-1989) and editor (or co-editor) of 12 other books, the most recent of which are: Piotr Dutkiewicz, Richard Sakwa, Fyodor Lukyanov, (eds.) Eurasia on the Edge, Rowman & Littlefield, 2018; Vladimir Popov & Piotr Dutkiewicz (Eds.) Mapping a New World Order: The Rest Beyond the West , Edgar Edward Publishing , 2017; Piotr Dutkiewicz & Richard Sakwa, Vladimir Kulikov (eds), Social History of Post-Communist Russia, Routledge (London & New York), 2016; Piotr Dutkiewicz &, Richard Sakwa, Eurasian Integration: The View from Within, Routledge, 2015); Piotr Dutkiewicz & Richard Sakwa, 22 Ideas To Fix the World, New York University Press, 2013); Democracy versus Modernization: A Dilemma for Russia and for the World (co-edited with Vladislav Inozemtsev, Routledge, 2012) Piotr Dutkiewicz & Dmitri Trenin, Russia: The Challenges of Transformation, NYU Press, 2011, Piotr Dutkiewicz and Andrei Margolin, eds., New Technologies in Public Administration as Reflected by the Canadian and Russian Experience, Moscow Governance University Press, 2013. He has received two doctorates honoris causa (2006 and 2007). Member of the Valdai Club.
Research Interests: Russia (Politics and Social Protection, Regionalism); Eastern and Central Europe; Regional Development; Political History of Eastern Europe; Postcommunism; Women in Labour Market in Russia