Kamar HABLI

Kamar Habli is a nutritionist and specialist in local food products. She joined the Institute for Social Research and Interventions in 2024 as a PhD researcher in the SeaSons project.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Saint Joseph of Beirut (Lebanon). In 2021, she embarked on an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree in Food Identity, a multidisciplinary program across France, Italy, Romania, and Greece, training experts in local traditional food products and Geographical Indications (GIs).

She completed an internship within the Horizon 2020 project MOVING (MOuntain Valorisation through INterconnectedness and Green growth), where she focused on identifying tacit sustainable knowledge and circular economy practices embedded in 13 mountain-based food value chains, all labelled and recognised as Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) or Protected Geographical Indication (PGI).

In 2023, she pursued a second Master’s degree in Management: Sustainable Agri-Food Value Chains and Supply Chains (CDVALES) at IAMM Montpellier (France). Her internship was part of the TETRAE TRAACT (Territoires de la Transition Agricole et Alimentaire: Expérimenter, Capitaliser, Accompagner) project, which investigates socio-ecological transitions in food-producing territories. Her research analyzed the role of small and medium-sized food businesses in relocalization approaches, particularly through hybrid collectives known as as Mid-Tier Food Systems or Values-Based Territorial Food Networks (VBTFNs), also known in French as Systèmes alimentaires du Milieu (SyAM). It examines the motivations and barriers of the actors, socio-technical interactions at the micro, meso and macro levels, and territorial food governance. Her research interests also include climate change adaptation, sustainable knowledge, circular economy practices, and sustainable nutrition.