Curriculum Vitae
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CV of Pavlos Georgiadis
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Pavlos Georgiadis BSc/(Hons), MSc, MSc
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PhD Candidate
Social Sciences in Agriculture/Rural Communication & Extension
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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Interdisciplinary researcher in the areas of Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Development, Rural Communication & Extension with international
experience across the Public, Private and Civil Society sectors in 11 countries across Europe, Asia and America. Leading advocate for good food and
good farming in Greece, advising major national and EU institutions on food
policy. Experienced world traveler (30+ countries) and proactive leader in
independent as well as team-based project management. Excellent academic writing and public speaking skills combined with intercultural awareness
and ability to bridge realities in bottom-up and top-down approaches. Quick
and willing to assimilate new work procedures and tackle unfamiliar situations with rigour and creativity, I seek to contribute with my solid academic
background, fluency in 3 languages, international network of partners and
peers to the re-orientation of Greece’s economic model/agriculture policy.
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Alexandroupoli | Greece
Tel: +30 6942 890639
E-mail: pavlos@wedelivertaste.com
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Personal Information
Pavlos Georgiadis
BSc/(Hons), MSc., MSc, PhD Candidate
Date of Birth: 08.10.1981
Place of Birth: Alexandroupoli, Greece
Nationality: Greek
Single, no children
Gender: Male
Website: geopavlos.eu
Twitter: @geopavlos
Vimeo:
vimeo.com/foodpolitics
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/pavlos-georgiadis/3a/ba8/240
Education
02/2008 - to date
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Institute for Social Sciences in Agriculture
Department for Rural Communication & Extension
PhD Candidate
• Dissertation topic: Ethnobotanical Contributions to
Safeguard Biodiversity and Preserve Indigenous
Knowledge in Mountainous Regions of South-East Asia
• Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Volker Hoffmann
• Funded by the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
University of Hohenheim and the Eiselen-FoundationUlm, Germany.
• Ethnobotany & Plant Systematics
• Sustainable Rural Development
• Participatory Rural Appraisal
• Qualitative Research
• Fieldwork in Thailand and China
• Working Language: English
09/2005 - 09/2007
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Institute for Agriculture in the Tropics & Subtropics
MSc Environmental Protection & Agricultural Food
Production
• International MSc Program
• Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security
• Thesis: Local Plant Knowledge: An Ethnobotanical
Survey in the Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand, India
• Fieldwork in India
• Language of Instruction: English
09/2004 - 09/2005
University of Edinburgh &
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom
MSc Biodiversity & Taxonomy of Plants
• MSc Course
• Plant Systematics & Phylogenetics
• Molecular Evolution & Developmental Genetics
• Thesis: Genetic Dissection of Pollination Syndromes in
South African Streptocarpus spp.
• Language of Instruction: English
09/2000 - 09/2004
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
BSc Biological Sciences / (Hons) Plant Science
• BSc Course
• Molecular Plant Science, Evolutionary Biology,
Genetics, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Physiology, Cell
Biology
• Thesis: Physiology and Stress Tolerance of Fern
Gametophytes (Dryopteris spp.)
• Language of Instruction: English
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Professional Experience
10/2014 - to date
Place Identity NGO (placeidentity.gr)
Scientific Consultant
• Community Building, Pedio_Agora
• Stakeholder Mapping, Pedio_Agora
• Cultural Domain Analysis, Pedio_Agora
09/2012 – to date
We Deliver Taste (wedelivertaste.com)
CoFounder, Chief Communications Officer
• Agriculture & Food Consultancy, eCommerce & Education
• Connecting Agriculture with Gastronomy
• Winner of the Smart Living Challenge.
• Pitch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Zi4UF2dfeGI
01/2012 – to date
Calypso | Single Varietal Extra Virgin Olive Oil
(calypsotree.com)
Founder, CEO
• Concept Management
• Brand Development
• Quality Control
• Public Relations & Communication
08/2006 – 10/2006
DaimlerChrysler Sindelfingen
Department for Environmental Protection
Production Concepts & Technologies
Practicant
• Online Waste-Water Monitoring using Bioluminescent
Bacteria Technology
04/2006 – 07/2006
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Institute for Plant Physiology & Biotechnology
Scientific Employee
• Isolation & characterization of subtilisin-like serin proteinases
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Current Projects
10/2014 - to date
Place Identity NGO (placeidentity.gr)
Scientific Consultant
• Community Building, Pedio_Agora
• Stakeholder Mapping, Pedio_Agora
• Cultural Domain Analysis, Pedio_Agora
05/2015 – to date
Technical Centre for Agricultural & Rural Cooperation
(CTA) (www.cta.int/en)
External Collaborator, Consultant
• Technical & Financial Evaluation of Youth Call for Proposals.
• “Advancing Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurship and
ICT innovations to boost climate-resilient food systems”.
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Teaching Experience
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01/2009
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Institute for Social Sciences in Agriculture
Department for Rural Communication & Extension
Lecturer
• Knowledge & Innovation Management
06/2008 – 07/2008 &
University of Florida, USA
Study Abroad Program in India
Instructor
• Biocultural Diversity, Food & Sustainability
05/2009 – 06/2009
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Research Associations
2014 - to date
Bildmuseet
Umeå, Sweden
2014 - to date
Ashoka Greece
Athens, Greece
2014 - to date
Aephoria.net
Athens, Greece
2014 - to date
Place Identity
Athens, Greece
2012 - to date
Organization Earth
Athens, Greece
2008 – to date
TianZi Biodiversity Research & Development Center;
Jinghong, Yunnan, China
2008 – to date
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science;
Kunming, Yunnan, China
2008 – to date
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Herbarium, Chinese
Academy of Science; Menglong, Yunnan, China
2008 – to date
Chiang Mai University Herbarium, Faculty of Biology;
Chiang Mai, Thailand
2007 – to date
The Uplands Program, Faculty of Agriculture,
Chiang Mai University; Chiang Mai, Thailand
2007 - 2009
Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology;
New Delhi, India
2007
Wildlife Institute of India; Dehradun, India
Film Making
06/2012 - to date
Farming on Crisis?
Video blog & Short Documentary Film
Executive Producer, Researcher & Presenter
• Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs,
Agriculture & Innovation
• Common Agricultural Policy, Young Farmers, Greece
• Language: Greek with English subtitles
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Available online: http://www.vimeo.com/foodpolitics
Awards: Best Category Film / Shorts
2nd Annual ArcLight Documentary Festival, Los Angeles, CA
01/2012 – to date
the small Village
Feature Length Documentary Film
Communication & Outreach Manager; Scientific
Consultant
• Fundraising (in progress)
• Bio-cultural Heritage, Greece, Rural Lifestyles
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Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=I9or5ZC5Z4I
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Blogging
12/2012 - to date
blogs & opinion portals in various countries
• Greece: protagon.gr; bostanistas.gr; bitterbooze.com
• The Netherlands: foodpolitics.eu
• UK: sustainablefoodtrust.org
Awards:
2012 IUCN - Thomson Reuters Media Award
Awards
2014
Winner, Smart Living Challenge
Global | for the idea We Deliver Taste
An open, international innovation competition designed to generate
business opportunities and ideas that foster a sustainable lifestyle in
urban environments.
2013
Special Jury Mention, Corte e Fieno Rural Film Festival
Global | for the short documentary Farming on Crisis?
The Festival aims to examine the persistence of rural culture in contemporary society through the various forms and structures of film.
Its objective is to gather testimonies from the rural world and to
encourage in new generations a renewal of the traditions of the
land in an innovative and lasting way.
2012
Best Short, 2nd Annual ArcLight Documentary Festival,
Los Angeles, CA
Global | for the short documentary Farming on Crisis?
2012
3 Runner-Up, IUCN - Thomson Reuters Media Award
Global | for the article The true cost of the cheap potato
The Award aims to raise global awareness of environmental and sustainable development issues by encouraging high standards in environmental reporting worldwide.
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Civil Society Action
2012 - to date Agricultural & Rural Convention - ARC2020
Greece Representative
2009 – to date Slow Food Thrace; Alexandroupoli, Greece
Convivium Leader
2008 – to date Slow Food Youth Network
Greece Coordinator
2008 – 2011
FRESH (Food Revitalization & Eco-Gastronomic Society of Hohenheim)
Stuttgart, Germany
Founder
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Publications & Conference Contributions
2011
CHOOCHAROEN, C.; SCHNEIDER, A.; NEEF, A.; GEORGIADIS, P.: Income
Options for the Poorest of the Poor: The Case of Cardamom in
Northern Laos. Journal of Small Scale Forestry.
2011
GEORGIADIS, P.; CHOOCHAROEN, C.; REDEGELD, A.: People, Forests and
Rural Development: Re-discovering the neglected and underutilized
ethnobotanical heritage of Northern Thailand. In Development on
the Margin; Tropentag 2011; (October 05-07 in Bonn, Germany).
2011
H ILSCHER , M.; M ANOHARAN , D.; S CHWEIZER, S.; B IRKENBERG , A;
GEORGIADIS, P.; SCHUMACHER, J.; BELLOWS, A.C.: Ethics in Agricultural
Sciences: Development and Implementation in the University's
Curricula. In Development on the Margin; Tropentag 2011; (October
05-07 in Bonn, Germany).
2010
GEORGIADIS, P.; SCHUMACHER, J.; HILSCHER, M.; MANOHARAN, D.;
BIRKENBERG, A.; SCHWEIZER, S.; IDEL, A.; HUDSON-WIEDENMANN, U.;
HERREN, H.R.; GOTTWALD, F.T.; FADANI, A.; BELLOWS, A.C.; KRUSE, M.;
ZELLER, M.: Food Ethics: A new and necessary Academic Approach to
Improve Food and Nutrition Security. In World food system – A
contribution from Europe; Tropentag 2010; (September 14-16 in
Zurich, Switzerland).
2010
GEORGIADIS, P.; CHOOCHAROEN, C.; REDEGELD, A.: Impact-oriented
Ethnobotany for Sustainable Land-use and Rural Livelihood
Diversification in Southeast Asian Mountains. In International
Symposium on Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in
Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia; (July 21-23 in Hanoi,
Vietnam).
2010
GEORGIADIS, P.: Diversity in Perspective: People, Ecosystems and
Opportunities. In International Conference for Enhancing Biodiversity
in Agriculture (ICEBA 2010); (July 2-4 in Toyooka, Japan).
2010
GEORGIADIS, P.; MARGRAF, J.: Ethnobotanical Contributions to
safeguard Biodiversity, diversify Livelihoods and preserve indigenous
Knowledge through Rainforestation Farming in mountainous regions
of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. In Agrobiodiversity: Lessons for
Conservation and Local Development; 51st Meeting of the Society for
Economic Botany; (June 6-10 in Xalapa, Mexico).
2008
G EORGIADIS , P.: Local Plant Knowledge for Livelihoods: An
Ethnobotanical Survey in the Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India.
Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim.
2007
GEORGIADIS, P.; HOFFMANN, V.; RAWAT, G.S.; SHIVA, V.: Status of the
Medicinal Flora and Indigenous Knowledge in the Garhwal Himalaya,
Uttarakhand, India. In Utilization of Diversity in Land Use Systems:
Sustainable and Organic Approaches to meet Human Needs;
Tropentag 2007; (October 9-11 in Witzenhausen), Cuvillier,
Göttingen.
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Additional Qualifications
Languages
Greek: native
English: fluent
German: fluent
Hindi: basic
Driving License:
Full, clean
Countries of
Experience:
Greece, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Czech
Republic, Sweden, Belize, India, Thailand, Laos, China
IT Skills:
MS Windows, MS Office, Macintosh, Web 2.0 applications, Photoshop, experienced website and blog administrator
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References
Dr. Hans Herren
Millennium Institute, President & CEO, Washington
DC; E-Mail: hansrherren@mac.com; Tel: +(202) 383
6200
(Ms) Cecilia Andersson
Bildmuseet Umeå, Curator; Umeå Arts Campus,
Umeå; E-Mail: cecilia.m.andersson@umu.se
(Mr) Petros Kokkalis
Organization Earth, General Secretary; Athens,
Greece; E-mail: pkokkaliss@gmail.com; Tel: +30 6948
981800
(Ms) Stephania Xydia
Place Identity, CoFounder, Athens, Greece; E-mail:
stephania.xydia@gmail.com; Tel: +30 6934 438748
Prof. Stephen
Blackmore
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Regius Keeper; 20A
Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, United Kingdom;
E-mail: s.blackmore@rbge.org.uk
Prof. Anita Anantharam Center for Women’s Studies & Gender Research,
University of Florida; 203 Ustler Hall, PO Box 117352,
Gainesville, FL 32611; E-mail: aanita@ufl.edu
Dr. Gopal Singh Rawat
Wildlife Institute of India, Senior Researcher; Post
Box #18, Chandrabani, Dehradun, 248001,
Uttarakhand, India; E-mail: rawatg@wii.gov.in
(Ms) Birgitta Tennander
Swedish Institute, Events Unit, Senior Project Manager; Post Box #18, Chandrabani, Dehradun, 248001,
Uttarakhand, India; E-mail: birgitta.tennander@si.se
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