{"id":6891,"date":"2012-06-19T17:32:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T15:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/docenti\/andrea-pieroni\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:14:41","slug":"andrea-pieroni","status":"publish","type":"docenti","link":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/docenti\/andrea-pieroni\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Pieroni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Biography<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Trained in medical botany at the University of Pisa, Andrea Pieroni earned his doctorate from the University of Bonn in Germany. He has worked as a Research Assistant at the University of London (2000-2003) and as a tenured Lecturer and, later, Senior Lecturer at the University of Bradford in northern England (2003-2009). From January 2009 he was Associate Professor of Ethnobotany in Pollenzo and from 2016 Full Professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Pieroni has served as the Vice-President and President of the International Society of Ethnobiology (2008-2010). He is the founder and Chief Editor of the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (ethnobiomed.com) and sits on the boards of diverse international peer-reviewed journals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main target communities and study areas are: minorities, diasporas, cultural and geographical boundaries in the Mediterranean, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and especially in the Greater Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea Pieroni was Rector of the University of Gastronomic Sciences from 2017 to August 2021.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Delegate for Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Joint Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director of the Master Programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Ethics Committee<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Teaching Activity<\/h4>\n
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