Pavlos Georgiadis

• Master of Science
• PhD Student at University of Hohenheim

Societal Impact Statement Global biodiversity is eroding at alarming rates due to anthropogenic factors, such as climate change and unsustainable land use management. These interrelated challenges often push forest ecosystems to their limits, leading many species to disappear before their characteristics and potential are explored. As a result, ind...

Set amidst the Indian western Himalayan belt, Garhwal has been identified through the ages as a distinct geographical, socio-economic, historical, and cultural landscape. The region lies between latitudes of 29o26′N to 31o28′N and longitudes of 77o49′E to 80o6′E, covering a total area of 29,089 sq. km. Bordered by Tibet to the north and the Kumaon...

Set amidst the Indian western Himalayan belt, Garhwal has been identified through the ages as a distinct geographical, socio-economic, historical, and cultural land- scape. The region lies between latitudes of 29o260N to 31o280N and longitudes of 77o490E to 80o60E, covering a total area of 29,089 sq. km. Bordered by Tibet to the north and the Kumao...

This article reports on Citizen Observatories’ (COs) potential to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reflecting on the experience of the GROW Observatory (GROW). The research aims to take the first steps in closing the gap in the literature on COs’ potential contributions to the SDG framework, beyond quantitative data contribut...

The increasing number of extreme weather events and the rapid changing environment in an unstable climate present critical challenges for communities across the world. Citizens’ Observatories (COs) present an unprecedented opportunity to design new socio-technical innovations in which citizens can not only uptake, but also co-design and shape their...

Citizens’ Observatories (COs) are a top down development put forward by the European Commission in its FP7 and Horizon 2020 calls for Research and Innovation projects. However COs can combine the bottom-up power of citizen science (CS) with low cost technologies to achieve local innovation and environmental monitoring at scale. This paper presents...

This paper discusses the concept of Citizens’ Observatories as a platform to address complex environmental challenges by bringing together trans-disciplinary perspectives and different types of knowledge to identify and share potential solutions. Drawing on sustainable transition theories, we discuss the GROW Citizens’ Observatory’s (CO) socio-tech...

This paper discusses based-placed engagement strategies in a Citizens’ Observatory (CO). COs are a recent innovation connecting people, science and technologies to create collaborative data, knowledge and action around environmental challenges, offering a much needed link between local and global efforts. The GROW Observatory’s ambition is to demon...

The power of citizens learning and collaborating with scientists, artists, and policy-makers to address environmental concerns is presented in this engaging short film. Over the past three years, local Community Champions (CC) in GROW Places in Europe have been leading the effort to place 15,000 soil moisture sensors, to support scientific validati...

We present¹ a personalized ingredient-based Deep Learning recommender on the food domain that exploits ingredients and nutrition information to create recipe representations and propose to every user a more personalized and healthier meal. The recommender will be a critical component in our Meal Prediction Tool (MPT) designed with a focus on the pe...

Citizen science has a long history, and Citizen Observatories have become an effective platform as increasing ownership of digital technology has opened up the possibilities for data collection and sense making. The European Commission has identified the vital contribution Citizen Observatories can make to global environmental monitoring activities...

The issues surrounding the provision, preparation and development of food products is fundamental to every human being on the planet. Given the scarcity of agricultural land, environmental pollution, climate change and the exponential growth of the world’s population where starvation and obesity are both widespread it is little wonder that explorin...

This study examines the potential of cardamom for poverty alleviation and sustainable rural development under conditions of increased resource scarcity in the uplands of northern Laos. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative fieldwork in Luang Namtha province, the supply chain of cardamom is identified and the socio-economic opportunities for...

Transforming the global food systems in a sustainable manner requires new direction in agricultural research and practice. Researchers bear great responsibility. They collect and publish sensitive data dealing with the human and environmental subjects. Especially in the interdisciplinary field of agricultural sciences, a social, economic and enviro...

University of Hohenheim students, Faculty and staff are collecting inputs and analytic expertise from different sources -including non-university and partly also from non-scientific institutions- for the formulation of a teaching concept to create a new academic course module on the “Ethics of Food and Nutrition Security”. The present paper communi...

Agricultural productivity and the availability of wild foods are strongly connected to the well-being of the world’s poorest people. There is an increasing need for innovative agricultural approaches for poverty reduction. Those seek to enable the rural poor to expand their economic opportunities while sustaining and enhancing their forests and oth...

Agricultural productivity and the availability of wild foods are strongly connected to the well-being of the world’s poorest people. There is an increasing need for innovative agricultural approaches for poverty reduction. Those seek to enable the rural poor to expand their economic opportunities while sustaining and enhancing their forests and oth...

The concept of sustainability involves a comprehensive and integrated approach to economic, social and environmental processes. The role of social, political, and cultural factors is now getting more recognition and multidisciplinary research is directed towards seeking ways of development according to the specific requirements and potentials of a...

India is one of the leading countries in the world in terms of the wealth of traditional knowledge systems related to the use of plants. The country possesses a huge indigenous knowledge on harvesting, storage and usage of medicinal and aromatic plants, which has been gathered over centuries. Because they are both a local health commodity and also...