Societal Transition and Agriculture
Pavlos Georgiadis, M.Sc., M.Sc.

Pavlos Georgiadis, M.Sc. M.Sc.

Doctoral candidate (external)

Pavlos Georgiadis is a biodiversity, ecosystem restoration and community-led climate action specialist. In the last 15 years, he has worked with indigenous and rural communities in over 20 countries in Europe, Asia and America at the nexus between traditional ecological knowledge, rural innovation and policy change. During this time, he has produced and curated award-winning science communication content that helped spark dialogues and inspire action on local and global transitions. As a field botanist and prolific plant collector in temperate and tropical mountain forests of the Indian Himalaya, Northern Thailand and Southwest China, he has registered over 1,100 voucher plant specimens in the world's most prominent natural history collections. He is a member of the Sectoral Scientific Council of Agrotechnology at the National Research, Technology and Innovation Council of Greece.

Dissertation Title

Ethnobotanical Contributions to Safeguard Biodiversity and Preserve Indigenous Knowledge in Mountainous Regions of South-East Asia

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Research Interests

  • Ethnobotany
  • Ecosystem restoration
  • Nature-based solutions
  • Citizen science
  • Sustainable food and land use systems
  • Community-led climate action
  • Participatory action research

Career

Since 2021Adjunct Lecturer, Acopian Center for the Environment, American University of Armenia
Since 2020Doctoral Candidate, Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, Institute for Social Sciences, University of Hohenheim
Since 2011Independent Consultant on Sustainable Food Systems Innovation and Ecosystem Restoration
2007 - 2011Doctoral Candidate, Department of Rural Communication and Extension, Institute for Social Sciences, University of Hohenheim
2005 - 2007M.Sc. Environmental Protection and Agricultural Food Production, University of Hohenheim
2004 - 2005M.Sc. Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants, The University of Edinburgh and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
2000 - 2004B.Sc./(Hons) Biological Sciences/Plant Science, The University of Edinburgh

Publications

Georgiadis P. (2022): Ethnobotanical knowledge against the combined biodiversity, poverty and climate crisis: A case study from a Karen community in Northern Thailand. Plants, People, Planet 1-10.
Georgiadis P. (2021): Ethnobotany of the Himalayas - The Indian Himalaya (Garhwal Himalaya). In: Kunwar R.M., Sher H., Bussmann R.W. (eds.): Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham.
Ajates Gonzales R., Hager G., Georgiadis P., Coulson S., Woods M., Hemment D. (2020): Local action with global impact: the case of the GROW Observatory and the Sustainable Development Goals.  Sustainability 12: 10518.
Münke, C., Halloran A., Vantomme P., Reade B., Evans J., Flore R., Rittman R., Lindrén A., Georgiadis P., Irving M. (2015). Wild ideas in food. In: Sloan P., Legrand W., Hindley C. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Food and Gastronomy. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 206-213
Choocharoen C., Schneider A., Neef. A, Georgiadis P. (2011): Income options for the poorest of the poor: the case of cardamom in Northern Laos. Small Scale Forestry 12: 193-213.
Georgiadis P. (2008): Local plant knowledge for livelihoods: an ethnobotanical survey in the Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India. Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim.

Conferences and scientific workshops (selection)

Ajates Gonzalez R., Woods M., Hemment D., Georgiadis P., Philip D. (2019): Fostering transformation through citizen science: The case of GROW Citizens’ Observatory. Transformations 2019: Learning from Transformative Action and Thinking, 16.-18.10.2019 at University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Woods M., Ajates Gonzalez R., Hemment D., Georgiadis P., Philip D. (2019): Converting communities into agents of transformation: the case of the GROW Citizens’ Observatory. Transformations 2019: Learning from Transformative Action and Thinking, 16.-18.10.2019 at University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Hemment D., Woods M., Ajates Gonzalez R., Georgiadis P. (2019): 'GROW food. GROW soil. GROW science’. Transformations 2019: Learning from Transformative Action and Thinking, 16.-18.10.2019 at University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Woods M., Ajates Gonzalez R., Coulson S., Hemment D, Georgiadis P. (2019): Co-designing environmental solutions for a changing climate in the context of Citizens’ Observatories. European Citizen Science Association Conference 2020, 6-10 September 2020 in Trieste, Italy
Ajates Gonzalez R., Woods M., Gulari N., Hemment D., Georgiadis P., Hager G., Van Der Velden N., Verrall S., Burton V. (2019): From contributory to collegial: a model to foster citizen-led open data innovation in Citizens’ Observatories. European Citizen Science Association Conference 2020, 6-10 September 2020 in Trieste, Italy
Hilscher M., Manoharan D., Schweizer S., Birkenberg A., Georgiadis P., Schumacher J., Bellows A.C. (2011): Ethics in agricultural sciences: development and implementation in the university's curricula. In: Becker M., Kreye C., Ripken C., Tielkes E. (eds.): Tropentag 2011: Development on the Margin, 5-7 October 2011 in Bonn, Germany, pp. 22
Georgiadis P. (2010): Diversity in perspective: people, ecosystems and opportunities. International Conference for Enhancing Biodiversity in Agriculture (ICEBA 2010) in Toyooka, Japan.
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. (2010): Food ethics: a new and necessary academic approach to improve food and nutrition security. In: Tielkes E. (ed.): Tropentag 2010: World food system – A contribution from Europe, 14-16 September 2010 in Zurich, Switzerland
Georgiadis P., Choocharoen C., Redegeld A. (2010): Impact-oriented ethnobotany for sustainable land-use and rural livelihood diversification in southeast Asian mountains. In: Stahr K., Fröhlich H. (eds.): International Symposium on Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia, 21-23 July 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam
Georgiadis P., Margraf J. (2010): Ethnobotanical contributions to safeguard biodiversity, diversify livelihoods and preserve indigenous knowledge through Rainforestation Farming in mountainous regions of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. 51st Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany - Agrobiodiversity: Lessons for Conservation and Local Development, 6-10 June 2010 in Xalapa, Mexico
Georgiadis P., Hoffmann V., Rawat G.S., Shiva V. (2007): Status of the Medicinal Flora and Indigenous Knowledge in the Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India. In: Tielkes E. (ed.) Tropentag 2007: Utilization of Diversity in Land Use Systems: Sustainable and Organic Approaches to meet Human Needs, 9-11 October 2007 in Witzenhausen, Germany
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Postal address:

University of Hohenheim
Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture
Societal Transition and Agriculture (430b)
Schloss Museumsflügel (4.15/1C)
70599 Stuttgart, Germany