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Jonathan B. Wiener

William R. Perkins Distinguished Professor of Law
School of Law
Duke Law School Room 3192, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Law School 210 Science Dr, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


William R. Perkins Distinguished Professor of Law · 2023 - Present School of Law
Professor of Law · 1999 - Present School of Law
Co-Director of the Center on Risk in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2018 - Present Duke Science & Society, Initiatives
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2011 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy · 2012 - Present Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment
Professor at Duke Kunshan University · 2023 - Present DKU Faculty
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2015 - Present Duke Science & Society, Initiatives

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


William R. and Thomas L. Perkins Distinguished Professor of Law · 2004 - 2023 School of Law
Professor of Environmental Policy at Duke Kunshan University · 2017 - 2022 DKU Faculty
Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative · 2012 - 2022 Initiatives, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2014 - 2015 Duke Science & Society, Initiatives
Professor of Public Policy Studies · 2003 - 2011 Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy · 1999 - 2004 Nicholas School of the Environment
Associate Professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment · 1996 - 1998 School of Law
Associate Professor · 1997 - 1998 School of Law
Associate Professor · 1994 - 1996 School of Law

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


Co-Director, Duke Center on Risk, in the Science & Society Initiative, 2018 - .
Co-Director, Rethinking Regulation Program, in the Kenan Institute on Ethics, 2015–2019.
Director, JD-LLM Program in Comparative and International Law, Duke Law School, 2007–2015.
Founding Faculty Director, Duke Center for Environmental Solutions, 2000 – 2005, which then became the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions (Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee, 2007–2010), and then the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability.

Academic Positions Outside Duke


Distinguished Visiting Scholar · 2023 NYU Law School
Visiting Research Scholar · 2023 NBER
Eli Goldston Visiting Professor · 2010 Harvard Law School
Visiting Professor · 2007 University of Chicago Law School
Visiting Professor · 1999 Harvard Law School
Visiting Professor · 2005 - 2006 EHESS and CIRED, Paris
Visiting Professor · 2011 Universite Paris - Dauphine
Visiting Professor · 2014 Universite Paris Ouest Nanterre La Defense
Visiting Professor · 2008 Sciences Po, Paris