RESEARCH THEMES AND STUDY AREAS

· ETHNOBIOLOGY OF MINORITIES

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS OF LEK BETWEEN ETHNIC, LINGUISTIC, AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES (AND OTHER MARGINALIZED “PERIPHERAL” GROUPS) AND THEIR SURROUNDING MAJORITY GROUPS, DOCUMENTATION AND CELEBRATION OF BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITIES

· ETHNOBIOLOGY OF FORAGING

HUMAN ECOLOGY OF FORAGING, ORIGINS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET, WEEDS AND THEIR BITTER TASTE, HEALTHY DIETS AND FOOD EDUCATION

· ETHNOBIOLOGY OF FOOD HERITAGE

WILD FOODS, VALORISATION PROCESSES, NEW GASTRONOMIES BASED UPON LOCAL FOODS

· ETHNOBIOLOGY OF CHANGE

TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF FOLK NATURE KNOWLEDGE DUE TO THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SOCIAL CHANGE, POLITICAL CHANGES (ALSO ALONG POLITICAL BORDERS), LINKS TO ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY

· URBAN ETHNOBIOLOGY

MIGRANTS’ AND REFUGEES’ LEK, UNDERPINNED CULTURAL NEGOTIATION & ADAPTATION STRATEGIES, URBAN FORAGING, PLANTS & CITIZENS SCIENCE

· ETHNOBIOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABILITY

NEW PLANT MATERIALS FOR THE ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION, LEK, “COMMONING” PRACTICES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM, EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR REVITALIZING LEK

PRIMARY FOCUS: MEDITERRANEAN, MENA, EASTERN EUROPE

SECONDARY FOCUS: ALPS, HINDUKUSH, WESTERN URBAN SPACES