RESEARCH THEMES

 

·       Ethnobotany: traditional foraging; folk perceptions, categorizations, and uses of wild food plants

 

·       Food heritage: neglected ingredients, domestic food-medicines, traditional fermented foods

 

·       Human ecology and bio-cultural diversity: cross-cultural and diachronic analyses of LEK (local environmental knowledge) systems; cultural adaptation processes

 

 

STUDY AREAS AND COMMUNITIES

 

·       Cultural boundaries, minorities, and Diasporas esp. in South-East Europe and the Middle East

 

 

RESEARCH PROJECTIONS/RELEVANCE

 

·       Strategies for fostering local food heritage

·       Sustainable rural development

·       New gastronomies

·       Food security and food sovereignty

·       History of plant uses

·       Culturally-sensitive public health/nutritional policies