Geographic Reach

A Mediterranean Research Network

 

Mediterranean Basin

Research sites spanning from Portugal to Tunisia and Turkey

PT
Leiria, Portugal
ES
Extremadura, Spain
FR
France
IT
Italy (multiple)
TN
Tunis, Tunisia
TR
Aydın, Turkey
IT Italy

Italian Partners

 
IT
CNR IBE
National Research Council — Institute of BioEconomy, Florence
Italy
WP1 Lead · WP6 T6.1

Lead partner for consumer stakeholder consultations and educational video production. Hosts the IBE research team producing training materials and coordinating Task 1.5.

IT
UNIPR
University of Parma — Dept. Food & Drug Sciences
Italy
WP1 Lead · WP3 T3.1

Leads Work Package 1, responsible for consumer behaviour analysis, semi-structured interviews, focus groups and ethnographic observations across all partner countries.

IT
UNIFI
University of Florence — Dept. Agriculture, Food & Environment
Italy
WP2 · WP6 T6.3

Contributes to recipe bioactive compound evaluation and development of digital eating decision-making tools integrated with scientific project results.

IT
IPBR / Institut Lyfe
Institut Lyfe Research & Innovation Center, Lyon (France/Italy link)
Italy / France
WP2 T2.3 Lead

Leads the development of the 5 final Mediterranean recipes under Task 2.3, applying culinary science and innovative food technologies.

ES Spain

Spanish Partners

 
ES
UEX
University of Extremadura — INDEHESA Research Group
Extremadura, Spain
WP2 Lead · WP7 Lead

Project coordinator and WP2 lead. Responsible for overall project management, recipe design coordination, computer-aided web interviews (WP1 T1.4) and shelf-life analysis.

ES
CICYTEX
Centre for Scientific & Technological Research of Extremadura
Extremadura, Spain
WP2 T2.2 Lead · WP6 T6.4

Leads valorisation of local and traditional Mediterranean varieties, breeds and marine resources. Also leads production of policy recommendation papers under WP6.

PT Portugal

Portuguese Partners

 
PT
IPLEIRIA
Polytechnic of Leiria — School of Tourism and Maritime Technology
Leiria, Portugal
WP2 T2.1 Lead · WP5 T5.4

Leads recipe design activities including consumer co-creation sessions and Living Labs approach. Contributes to health adherence studies and MOOC content on seasonal food shopping.

TN Tunisia

Tunisian Partners

 
TN
UTM
University of Tunis El Manar — Faculty of Science
Tunis, Tunisia
WP3 T3.3 Lead · WP6 T6.6

Leads automated food-chain control procedures for the blockchain platform and the awareness-raising campaign. Hosted the 2nd Annual Meeting (September 2025).

TN
LIPAH
Laboratoire d'Informatique en Programmation Algorithmique et Heuristique
Tunis, Tunisia
Associated Research Lab

Research laboratory at UTM providing expertise in algorithmic programming and heuristic methods, contributing to the digital platform development.

TR Turkey

Turkish Partners

 
TR
ADU
Aydın Adnan Menderes University — Food Engineering Dept.
Aydın, Turkey
WP6 Lead · WP6 T6.2 Lead

Leads Work Package 6 and develops the online multilingual MOOC training platform. Prof. Fatih Mehmet Yılmaz leads cooking practices modules covering healthy culinary technologies.

FR France

French Partners

 
FR
DMU
De Montfort University (France branch)
France
WP4 Lead

Leads WP4 business model development including sensory testing, willingness-to-pay analysis and consumer acceptability studies.

FR
TSP
Télécom SudParis
France
WP3 T3.2 Lead

Leads core blockchain infrastructure development and digital identity wallet implementation for the food chain traceability platform.

FR
JASSP
JASSP SAS (Technology SME)
France
WP3 Lead · T3.4, T3.5

Leads Work Package 3, developing the review and valorization system, gamification layer and final prototype validation of the blockchain traceability platform.