- Director
Dr. F. Xavier Medina is a social anthropologist and leads research and education in Food and Culture after more than two decades. He is actually professor and programmes director of the Department of Food Systems, Culture and Society, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona. He is also Chair for Europe of the International Commission of the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (ICAF) since 2006. Previously he was Chair of ICAF Spain, Spanish delegation of the ICAF (2000-2006). He was also a member of the team that drafted the documentation of the Mediterranean Diet Candidacy for World Intangible Heritage Declaration by UNESCO (2007-2010; proposal adopted by UNESCO in November 2010), and he is also actually a member of the team who promotes the Candidacy of the Catalan Cuisine for World Intangible Heritage Declaration by UNESCO.
- Secretary
Mr. Jordi Bages-Querol (UOC-FICCG). Barcelona.
- Executive Council
Dr. Jaime Kulisevski. Dean. School of Health Sciences, UOC. Barcelona.
Dr. F. Xavier Medina. Director of the UNESCO Chair on “Food, Culture and Development”. Director of the Department of Food Systems, Culture and Society, UOC. Barcelona.
Dr. Jordi Tresserras. University of Barcelona. Director of the IBERTUR Network (Member of UNESCO-UNITWIN) and the Laboratory of Tourism, Creativity and Heritage (LABPACT). Barcelona.
Dr. Laura Solanilla. Senior Lecturer and Programmes Director. School of Humanities, UOC. Barcelona.
- Advisory Council
Dr. Alicia Aguilar. Program Director of Nutrition. UOC. Barcelona.
Prof. Marcelo Álvarez. Researcher and project manager. National Institute of Anthropology and Latin American Thought (INAPL). Buenos Aires.
Dr. Ricardo Ávila. Director, Department of Man Studies. University of Guadalajara, México.
Mrs. Pepa Aymamí. Director. Institut Català de la Cuina i de la Cultura Gastronòmica (FICCG). Barcelona.
Dr. Miriam Bertran. Senior Lecturer, School of Nutrition, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, UAM-Xoximilco. México D.F.
Dr. Luis Cantarero. Senior Lecturer. University of Zaragoza. Chair of the Spanish delegation of the International Commission on the Anthropology of Food (ICAF-Spain). Zaragoza.
Prof. Dr. Jesús Contreras. Professor, Faculty of Geography and History (Social Anthropology), University of Barcelona. Director. Observatori de l’Alimentació (ODELA). Barcelona.
Dr. Sandro Dernini. Researcher, Sustainable Food Systems Programme. FAO. Rome.
Prof. Frédéric Duhart. Lecturer, Basque Culinary Center. Secretary. International Commission on the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (ICAF). Donostia/Paris.
Dr. Igor de Garine. Emeritus Research Director, CNRS. Honorary President of the International Commission on the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (ICAF). Paris
Dr. Helen Macbeth. Chair. International Commission on the Anthropology of Food (ICAF) & Oxford Brookes University. Oxford.
Dr. Oriol Miralbell. Senior Lecturer, School of Economy (Tourism), UOC. Barcelona.
Prof. Dr. Enric Olivé. Director, UNESCO Chair on the Mediterranean Cultural Dialogue. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona.
Dr. Fabio Parasecoli. Professor. Food and Gastronomy program. New College of New York. New York.
Mrs. Cristina Petracchi. Capacity Development Officer (E-Learning), FAO. Rome.
Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Pulain. Professor of Sociology, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail. Director, of the Institut supérieur du tourisme, de l'hôtellerie et de l'alimentation (ISTHIA). Director of the chair on "Food Studies: Food, Cultures and Health" Taylor's University. Toulouse/Kuala Lumpur.
Mrs. Claudia Roden. Food writer. London/New York.
Dr. Francesc Saigí. Program Director. Faculty of Health Sciences, UOC.
Prof. Dr. Lluís Serra-Majem. Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences (Public Healh), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Director of the UNESCO Chair in Research, Planning and Development of local Health Systems. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Mr. Damià Serrano. Barcelona Province Council (Tourism & Wine Tourism). Barcelona.
Dr. Laura Solanilla. Senior Lecturer and Programmes Director. School of Humanities, UOC. Barcelona.
Dr. Jordi Tresserras. University of Barcelona and Director of the IBERTUR Network (Member of UNESCO-UNITWIN) and the LABPACT
Mr. John Zvereff. Director, Department of International Development, UOC. Barcelona.