RESEARCH THEMES AND STUDY AREAS
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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
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ETHNOBIOLOGY OF FORAGING
HUMAN ECOLOGY OF FORAGING,
ORIGINS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET, WEEDS AND THEIR BITTER TASTE, HEALTHY DIETS
AND FOOD EDUCATION
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ETHNOBIOLOGY OF FOOD HERITAGE
WILD FOODS, VALORISATION
PROCESSES, NEW GASTRONOMIES BASED UPON LOCAL FOODS
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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
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URBAN ETHNOBIOLOGY
MIGRANTS’ AND REFUGEES’ LEK,
UNDERPINNED CULTURAL NEGOTIATION & ADAPTATION STRATEGIES, URBAN FORAGING,
PLANTS & CITIZENS SCIENCE
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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